Urbar (near Koblenz)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 23 '  N , 7 ° 37'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality :	Vallendar
Height :	100 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.46 km 2
Residents:	3202 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	925 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56182
Area code :	0261
License plate :	MYK, MY
Community key :	07 1 37 224
Association administration address:	Rathausplatz 13 56179 Vallendar
Website :	www.urbar.de
Mayoress :	Karin Küsel ( SPD )
Location of the local community Urbar in the Mayen-Koblenz district

Urbar is a municipality in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Vallendar and is located on the right bank of the Rhine north of Koblenz .

history

Arable was already a settlement area around 13,000 years ago, making it one of the first in the region. With the establishment of the Limes , the area around Urbar belonged to the Roman Empire .

In 1167 Urbar was first mentioned in writing with the name "overvare", which means "crossing". This indicates a ferry across the Rhine to Neuendorf. The ruler was the Elector of Trier until 1803 . This state rule (red cross on a white background) and the Rhine ferry are shown in the local coat of arms.

The Besselich Franciscan Monastery , founded in 1496, was able to hold out until 1803 despite the Reformation , the chaos of war and numerous famines. The location of Urbar in the run-up to the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress repeatedly led to destruction and looting. From the Middle Ages until the 1950s there was a clay pit south of the village, from which numerous clay tiles in buildings in the Koblenz area originate. 1803 came Urbar to the Principality of Nassau-Weilburg (since 1806 Duchy of Nassau); After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Urbar became part of the Rhine Province of Prussia and the mayor's office of Ehrenbreitstein. When this was dissolved in 1937, the place came to the Office Vallendar-Land, since 1970 Verbandsgemeinde Vallendar. The local Catholics belonged to the parish of St. Pankratius in Koblenz-Niederberg until 1944 and have since formed their own parish. The Protestants are members of the Evangelical Church Community Koblenz-Pfaffendorf .

The destruction of the Catholic neo-Gothic village church (19th century) in 1945 had a decisive impact on the village image. An emergency church was built in Kirchstrasse, which was converted into a community center in 1967 and demolished in 2005. In 1966, according to plans by the architect Martin Ufer ( Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein ), the new cath. Parish church of St. Peter and Paul with its characteristic tent roof and windows by the important glass painter Paul Weigmann (Leverkusen) on the street In den Büngerten. It was profaned on July 1, 2014 , and demolition began in August 2015. A chapel is to be built in their place.

The population has been growing steadily since the end of the war. In 1994 a number of 2858 inhabitants was reached. The tendency is rising sharply because of several new development areas.

The eastern overhead line mast of the Rhine overhead line crossing Koblenz-Niederwerth-Urbar is located in Urbar .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 425 1835 619 1871 760 1905 1,086 1939 1,418 1950 1,587

year Residents 1961 2,289 1970 2,843 1987 2,645 2005 3,171 2011 3,200 2017 3,228

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Urbar consists of 20 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	GREEN	FL	total
2019	6th	5	5	4th	20 seats
2014	7th	6th	2	5	20 seats
2009	5	7th	2	6th	20 seats
2004	6th	7th	-	7th	20 seats

• FL = Free List - Citizens for Urbar e. V.

mayor

After the Second World War Josef Kammertöns, Werner Stangier and Dieter Börsch (all SPD) were mayors of the place. From 1999 to 2012 Karl Josef Kohl and from 2012 to 2014 Kurt Nebgen was local mayor of the community. On May 25, 2014, Karin Küsel (SPD) was elected the new local mayor with 56.43%. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was re-elected with 74.01% of the vote.

Economy and Infrastructure

Road map of the Koblenz area

traffic

Urbar is on the B 42 and has a good connection to the trunk road network thanks to the nearby A 48 .

The city ​​of Koblenz can be reached within 15 minutes using bus lines 358, which goes directly through Urbar, and lines 8 and 318/319, which run on the B 42 . Urbar heard as a community in the district Mayen-Koblenz the transport association Rhein-Mosel .

education

• Urbar primary school
• Catholic kindergarten Urbar
• Kindergarten of the local community Urbar

The nearby university towns of Koblenz and Vallendar offer a wide range of other opportunities for training and further education.

media

The regional television broadcaster TV Mittelrhein is based in Urbar at the Besselich monastery.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Urbar (near Koblenz)

Web links

Commons : Urbar  - collection of images

• Official website of the Vallendar Association
• Short portrait with a film about Urbar at Hierzuland , SWR television
• Literature on Urbar 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. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections of the local and city mayors ( memento from June 22, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Vallendar, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .