Association community Baumholder

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Association community Baumholder
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Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '  N , 7 ° 20'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Birch field
Area : 137.34 km 2
Residents: 9543 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 69 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : BIR
Association key : 07 1 34 5001
Association structure: 14 municipalities
Association administration address
: 		Am Weiherdamm 1
55774 Baumholder
Website : www.vgv-baumholder.de
Mayor : Bernd Alsfasser ( FWG )
Location of the community of Baumholder in the Birkenfeld district
Horbruch Krummenau (Hunsrück) Weitersbach Gösenroth Schwerbach Oberkirn Hausen (Hunsrück) Rhaunen Stipshausen Hottenbach Hellertshausen Schauren Asbach Sulzbach (Hunsrück) Bollenbach Bundenbach Baumholder Frauenberg Reichenbach Heimbach Ruschberg Berglangenbach Fohren-Linden Berschweiler bei Baumholder Mettweiler Eckersweiler Rohrbach Rückweiler Hahnweiler Leitzweiler Sien Sienhachenbach Schmidthachenbach Oberreidenbach Mittelreidenbach Dickesbach Fischbach Bergen Berschweiler bei Kirn Hintertiefenbach Gerach Niederwörresbach Niederhosenbach Griebelschied Sonnschied Wickenrodt Herrstein Oberwörresbach Veitsrodt Herborn Mörschied Breitenthal Oberhosenbach Weiden Vollmersbach Kempfeld Kirschweiler Bruchweiler Allenbach Wirschweiler Langweiler (bei Idar-Oberstein) Idar-Oberstein Sensweiler Hettenrodt Mackenrodt Siesbach Leisel Schwollen Hattgenstein Oberhambach Rinzenberg Börfink Buhlenberg Abentheuer Brücken (bei Birkenfeld) Achtelsbach Meckenbach Ellweiler Dambach Gimbweiler Hoppstädten-Weiersbach Dienstweiler Nohen Birkenfeld (Nahe) Ellenberg Gollenberg Rimsberg Schmißberg Elchweiler Niederhambach Niederbrombach Kronweiler Sonnenberg-Winnenberg Oberbrombach Rötsweiler-Nockenthal Wilzenberg-Hußweiler Saarland Landkreis Trier-Saarburg Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Landkreis Bad Kreuznach Landkreis Kuselmap
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The Verbandsgemeinde Baumholder is an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipality of the association includes the town of Baumholder as well as 13 independent local communities , the administrative seat is in the eponymous town of Baumholder.

The association is located between the Hunsrück and the North Palatinate mountains south of the Nahe and borders, among other things, on the district of Kusel and the district of Sankt Wendel ( Saarland ). The Verbandsgemeinde Baumholder is also located in the so-called Westrich .

Almost 10,000 inhabitants live in the 14 municipalities belonging to the association. There are also around 8,000 members of the American armed forces .

Association members communities

Local parish, city Area (km²) Residents
Baumholder , city 69.47 4,257
Berglangenbach 5.73 450
Berschweiler at Baumholder 6.64 524
Eckersweiler 3.69 164
Fohren-Linden 6.60 327
Frauenberg 3.86 379
Hahnweiler 2.29 170
Heimbach 6.78 1,042
Leitzweiler 3.02 109
Mettweiler 5.49 236
Reichenbach 11.12 550
Rohrbach 2.45 165
Rückweiler 2.75 388
Ruschberg 7.45 782
Association community Baumholder 137.34 9,543

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

Population development

The development of the number of inhabitants in relation to the area of ​​what is now the Baumholder Association; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1815 5,573
1835 8,174
1871 10.092
1905 10,282
1939 9,178
1950 9,549
year Residents
1961 11,986
1970 11.806
1987 9,841
1997 10,715
2005 10,314
2019 9,543

politics

Association municipal council

The Baumholder municipal council consists of 24 honorary council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU FDP Green FWG LfB total
2019 6th 5 2 1 8th 2 24 seats
2014 9 7th 1 - 7th - 24 seats
2009 12 8th 2 - 6th - 28 seats
2004 11 10 2 - 5 - 28 seats
  • FWG = Free Voting Association Dr. Nail e. V.
  • LfB = list for tree holders

mayor

Bernd Alsfasser (FWG) has been mayor since August 20, 2016. In the runoff election on April 3, 2016, he prevailed against the previous incumbent Peter Lang (SPD) with a share of the vote of 50.89%, after none of the original four applicants had achieved a sufficient majority in the direct election in March 2016.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: “Shield split by an ascending, curly golden tip, inside a green (elder) tree on a green three-hill, a silver elderflower on each side of the trunk, red-gold chess in front, red-armored and tongued blue lion in the back Gold. Shield border of red, gold and blue with eight stands. "

The coat of arms was approved by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior in 1965.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  3. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: Association council election 2019 Baumholder. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .
  4. ^ The Rhine Palatinate: Mayor: Bernd Alsfasser. April 5, 2016, accessed December 9, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Nahe newspaper: Before taking office as mayor: Bernd Alsfasser tackles his new task well rested. August 9, 2016, accessed December 9, 2019 .