Berzhausen

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 34 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Height :	200 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.37 km 2
Residents:	204 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	86 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57632
Area code :	02685
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 005
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 13 57610 Altenkirchen
Website :	www.vg-altenkirchen-flammersfeld.de
Local Mayor :	Maik Kunz
Location of the Berzhausen community in the Altenkirchen district (Westerwald)

Berzhausen is a municipality in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld .

Geographical location

The local community lies in the valley of the Wied ; Neighboring towns are Obernau in the north, Schürdt in the northwest and Seelbach in the south. Berzhausen is surrounded by extensive forest areas of the Altenkirchen state forest.

The two districts Berzhausen and Strickhausen as well as the residential areas Uhlenhorst and Wiesenhof belong to the community.

history

Strickhausen was first mentioned in a document in 1432. The Ranzenmühle formerly located in Berzhausen was mentioned in 1470. In 1561 five fireplaces were opened in Berzhausen, i. H. Houses, counted.

Both places belonged to the county of Sayn-Hachenburg until 1806 , Berzhausen on the left of the Wied belonged to the parish of Schöneberg , and Strickhausen to the parish of Flammersfeld . The county of Sayn-Hachenburg fell to the princes of Nassau-Weilburg by inheritance in 1799 . In 1806 the two Nassau princes joined the Napoleonic Rhine Confederation , so that from 1806 the region belonged to the Duchy of Nassau . A participant in the Congress of Vienna made (1815) agreements, the territory of the former saynischen counties was to the Kingdom of Prussia ceded .

Under the Prussian administration, both localities were assigned to the Flammersfeld mayor in the newly established Altenkirchen district , which from 1822 belonged to the Rhine Province . In 1817 Berzhausen had 51 and Strickhausen 41 inhabitants.

In the years 1850-1852, the then Flammersfeld mayor Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen initiated the construction of the first bridge between Berzhausen and Strickhausen. The school in Strickhausen has been mentioned since 1865, the school in Berzhausen since 1870.

The previously independent community of Strickhausen was incorporated into Berzhausen on April 1, 1939.

Population development

The development of the population of Berzhausen in relation to today's municipal area; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 92 1835 133 1871 143 1905 179 1939 157

year Residents 1950 196 1961 176 1970 181 1987 141 2005 182

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Berzhausen consists of six council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Maik Kunz has been the local mayor of Berzhausen since 2016. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of the vote of 83.17%. Maik Kunz's predecessor was Manfred Maurer.

coat of arms

The blazon reads: "Split from red and green by a twisted silver tip, inside a black mill wheel over a blue corrugated strip, in front a blue-tongued and armored golden leopard lion, in the back a silver bakehouse gable with a black door, window and framework."

The Saynic lion indicates that Berzhausen and Strickhausen belonged to the county of Sayn ; the back house ( Backes ) on green ground symbolizes the earlier importance of agriculture and forestry; the mill wheel is reminiscent of the Bannmühle for the places in the Flammersfeld parish and for the places Berzhausen and Bettgenhausen in the Schöneberg parish; the blue wavy bar indicates the Wied .

literature

• Josef Marko: The school in Berzhausen , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 43 (2000), pp. 131-134.
• Daniel Schneider: The mill trade in the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 59 (2016), pp. 219–237.
• Gerd Strickhausen: The desolation of the former satchel mill on the Wied in the old parish Flammersfeld , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 45 (2002), pp. 217-220.

Web links

Commons : Berzhausen  - Collection of Images

• Homepage of the local community Berzhausen
• Local community Berzhausen on the website of the Association of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Cf. Gerd Strickhausen: The desolation of the former Ranzenmühle on the Wied in the old parish Flammersfeld, pp. 217–220. For the history and development of the mills in the county of Sayn cf. Daniel Schneider: The milling industry in the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen, pp. 219–237.
3. ↑ Negotiations of the State Deputy Assembly by resolution ..., Volume 1 , 1836, p. 583
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Berzhausen Accessed December 31, 2019 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Verbandsgemeinde, fourth line of results. Accessed December 31, 2019 .