Traisen (near)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '  N , 7 ° 49'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Rudesheim
Height :	185 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.86 km 2
Residents:	564 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	197 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55595
Area code :	0671
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 105
Association administration address:	Nahestrasse 63 55593 Rüdesheim
Website :	www.traisen.de
Local Mayor :	Martin Kress
Location of the local community Traisen in the Bad Kreuznach district

Traisen is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rüdesheim . Traisen is a wine growing place . A large part of the Rotenfels area belongs to Traisen .

geography

Traisen is located about four kilometers southwest of the center of the city of Bad Kreuznach on a plateau above the Nahe . The village covers altitudes between 170  m above sea level. NHN and 205  m above sea level NHN . The shores of the river, the terrain falls on the southeast Hasenberg , the Lercher mountain , the Nauberg and the idol rock from. In terms of nature , the 20% forested municipal area is divided into four: an eastern section can be assigned to the Kreuznacher Hardt , the section on the Nahe bank to the Nahe-Alsenz-Felsental , the southwest section to the Schloßböckelheimer Heide and the northwest to the inner Kreuznacher Lösshügelland . Traisen includes the residential areas Auf dem Rotenfels, Sonnenhof and Rotenfelser Hof.

Traisen borders (clockwise) on the city of Bad Kreuznach, on the local communities Norheim and Hüffelsheim .

Population development

The development of the population of Traisen, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 228 1835 337 1871 347 1905 353 1939 329 1950 363

year Residents 1961 379 1970 474 1987 564 1997 578 2005 553 2019 564

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Traisen consists of twelve council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. In the 2014 local elections, a personalized proportional representation was used, as two groups of voters ran .

mayor

The local mayor is Martin Kress. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with 82.14% of the vote.

Culture and sights

societies

The following clubs exist in Traisen:

• PRO- Traisen e. V., non-profit since 2011, actively promotes the village community, supports social village projects, the citizen list of the same name is represented in the municipal council.
• Fire Brigade Association, Friends of the Fire Brigade Association
• The local group of the VdK.
• Country women's association with folklore dance group.
• Freizeitclub Rotenfels eV

Buildings

The St. Laurentius Church from the 15th century is well worth seeing.

The Bad Kreuznach telecommunications tower towering on the Schanzenkopf , in the immediate vicinity of the Rotenfels , is part of the Traisen district, as is the nearby quarry.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Traisen

Natural monuments

The Traisener Rotenfels

The district also includes the remarkable Rotenfels , a steep wall over 200 m high with the “Bastei” viewpoint. The Rotenfels is considered the highest and steepest wall  between the  Alps  and  Scandinavia .

Economy and Infrastructure

There are a few wineries, three restaurants and agricultural and small businesses in the area.

The federal highway 41 runs in the north, the federal highway 48 in the east . In Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg there is a train station on the two lines Bingen - Kaiserslautern and Frankfurt - Mainz - Saarbrücken.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 1, 2017 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 16 (PDF; 1.9 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Municipal Council Election 2019 Traisen. Retrieved September 15, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
6. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rüdesheim, Verbandsgemeinde, 27th line of results. Retrieved September 15, 2019 . 

Web links

Commons : Traisen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature about Traisen in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography