Unzenberg

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '  N , 7 ° 26'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Kirchberg (Hunsrück)
Height :	348 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.5 km 2
Residents:	411 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	75 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55483
Area code :	06763
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 154
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 5 55481 Kirchberg (Hunsrück)
Website :	www.unzenberg.de
Local Mayor :	Dietmar Klein
Location of the local community of Unzenberg in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

Unzenberg is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Kirchberg (Hunsrück) community .

geography

Unzenberg is located in the Hunsrück in the Kauerbachtal .

The community consists of the districts Unzenberg, Göbenhausen and Tombach.

history

The place arose from the settlements of Göbenhausen (7 courtyards), Tombach (3 courtyards) and Unzenberg (9 courtyards). The first mention can be found in the slope register of Count Simon II of Sponheim in 1310.

With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops , the place became French, in 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . At the beginning of the 20th century, the station outside of the village was built.

After the First World War temporarily occupied by the French, the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Unzenberg consists of eight council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Dietmar Klein is the local mayor of Unzenberg. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office with 85.65% of the vote.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Shield with a curved, lowered black tip, inside a silver bell, split; on the right a black intertwined blindfold in gold, on the left a silver mill wheel in green over a slanted silver wavy bar. "

Reasons for the coat of arms: The three-part division in the coat of arms symbolizes the three old settlements of Göbenhausen, Tombach and Unzenberg. The blindfold is a symbol of the place of justice at the height of Itzelbach near Biebern , the mill wheel and the stream on the right are reminiscent of the six mills and the stream in the Kauerbachtal. The lower part shows the village bell hanging on a wooden bell tower in the middle of the village.

Economy and Infrastructure

Wind energy

The Unzenberg wind farm is located on a hill to the east of the municipality and currently has five wind turbines from Vestas and two from REpower Systems . The electricity is fed into the high-voltage network via a substation in Kirchberg , which was built for the Kirchberg and Neuerkirch wind farms . The wind farm was planned and built by the project developer juwi , the commissioning will take place at the beginning of 2012, at the same time Thüga Erneuerbare Energien GmbH & Co. KG acquired the wind farm, the operational management remains with Juwi.

traffic

The route of the Hunsrückquerbahn between Langenlonsheim and Hermeskeil, which is currently closed due to defects in the superstructure, runs south of the village .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Unzenberg

Web links

Commons : Unzenberg  - Collection of Images

• Unzenberg community on the website of the Kirchberg (Hunsrück) community
• Literature about Unzenberg in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: Municipal council election 2019 Unzenberg. Retrieved October 7, 2019 . 
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Kirchberg, Verbandsgemeinde, 36th result line. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .