Utzenhain

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 8 '  N , 7 ° 38'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Hunsrück-Middle Rhine
Height :	400 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.47 km 2
Residents:	108 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	24 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56291
Area code :	06746
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 156
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 1 56281 Emmelshausen
Website :	www.emmelshausen.de
Local Mayor :	Marco Brück
Location of the Utzenhain municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

Utzenhain is located on a hillside

Utzenhain is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Hunsrück-Mittelrhein community .

geography

Utzenhain is located on a slope in the east of the Hunsrück, between the Middle Rhine Valley and the federal highway 61 . The Gründelbach runs north of the village .

history

The place was probably created at the beginning of the 14th century. With the occupation of the Left Bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops , Utzenhain became French, and in 1815 the place was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . 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 Utzenhain consists of six 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

The local mayor is Marco Brück. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with 82.50% of the vote.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Shield divided by gold and blue. On top of the golden background a red lion facing the viewer, armored in blue, with a blue tongue and a blue crown. Below on the blue background a fruit cluster and two hornbeam leaves in silver. "

Attractions

• old bell tower
• renewed village square
• Old Mill

See also: List of cultural monuments in Utzenhain

Web links

Commons : Utzenhain  - collection of images

• Utzenhain on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Emmelshausen
• Utzenhain in the television program Hierzuland
• Literature about Utzenhain 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 Utzenhain. Retrieved October 5, 2019 . 
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, Verbandsgemeinde, 37th line of results. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .