Würrich

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 59 '  N , 7 ° 18'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Kirchberg (Hunsrück)
Height :	450 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.33 km 2
Residents:	159 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56858
Area code :	06543
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 165
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 5 55481 Kirchberg (Hunsrück)
Website :	www.wuerrich-hunsrueck.de
Local Mayor :	Elmar Herberts
Location of the local community Würrich in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

Würrich im Hunsrück from the west

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

View from the airliner to Würrich (April 2010)

geography

Würrich is centrally located in the Hunsrück , directly on the Hunsrückhöhenstrasse B 327 and in the immediate vicinity of the Frankfurt-Hahn airport .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1295 and was owned by the Counts of Sponheim . A chapel was mentioned in Würrich as early as 1317. In 1437 the place fell to the Margraves of Baden and the Count Palatine near Rhine , who administered Belg and Würrich as common rulers. In 1708 the dominion was divided, Belg and Würrich were assigned to the Margrave of Baden. With the occupation of the Left Bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops in 1794 , the place became French, in 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . In 1870 a Roman estate was discovered in the hallway "Auf der Acht" . After the First World War temporarily occupied by the French again , the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

The former schoolhouse of Würrich was dismantled in 1996 at the original location and rebuilt in the folklore and open-air museum Roscheider Hof . The topping-out ceremony was held in May 2000. The house was then used to demonstrate the half-timbered construction and for corresponding school class projects . After further renovations, the house was opened to the general public in 2008.

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 184 1835 227 1871 194 1905 175 1939 172

year Residents 1950 184 1961 178 1970 185 1987 171 2005 164

religion

In addition to the main town, Altlay , Belg , Rödelhausen , Peterswald -akenöffelscheid , Hahn and the Briedeler settlement Briedeler Heck belong to the Evangelical Church Community of Würrich . The merger with the Hahn parish and its branch village Briedeler Heck took place in 1978.

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Elmar Herberts is the local mayor of Würrich. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, no candidate ran, he was re-elected by the local council.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “In blue a curled silver tip, inside a blue church with a golden door and a golden sound hole; in front a golden oak that has been torn out, behind three golden ears of corn. "
	Justification of the coat of arms: The church refers to the church in the community, whose curved helmet was built in the 18th century. A chapel in the village is mentioned as early as 1317. The oak tree symbolizes the abundance of forests in the community, the ears of corn symbolize the agriculture that has shaped the place for centuries.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Würrich

Web links

Commons : Würrich  - Collection of Images

• Literature about Würrich 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 RLP: City Council Election 2019 Würrich. Retrieved October 8, 2019 . 
4. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Kirchberg, Verbandsgemeinde, last line of results. Retrieved October 8, 2019 . 
5. ^ Verbandsgemeinde Kirchberg: Ortgemeinde Würrich. Local council. Retrieved October 8, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Description of the coat of arms Würrich