Welschenbach

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 22 '  N , 7 ° 4'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality :	Vordereifel
Height :	450 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.79 km 2
Residents:	49 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	18 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56729
Area code :	02656
License plate :	MYK, MY
Community key :	07 1 37 113
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Kelberger Strasse 26 56727 Mayen
Website :	www.vordereifel.de
Local Mayor :	Klaus Augel
Location of the local community Welschenbach in the Mayen-Koblenz district

Welschenbach is a municipality in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Vordereifel , which has its administrative headquarters in Mayen .

geography

Welschenbach is located in the Eastern Eifel in the "Rhein-Ahr-Eifel" conservation area . The community is divided into the districts of Oberwelschenbach and Niederwelschenbach.

history

The history of the place is shaped by its proximity to Virneburg Castle , where the lords and later counts of Virneburg were based. Their ownership came to the Counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim in the 17th century . In 1794, the area on the left bank of the Rhine was assigned to French and Welschenbach to the Mairie Virneburg in the Rhine-Moselle department . This was continued in 1815 by Prussia in the form of a mayor's office , later as an office in the Adenau district . In 1910 there were 134 inhabitants in Welschenbach. The Virneburg office was dissolved in 1934, Welschenbach came to the Mayen-Land office and in 1970 to the municipality of the same name, which was renamed the Vordereifel municipality in 2002.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 120 1835 128 1871 107 1905 117 1939 121

year Residents 1950 102 1961 108 1970 86 1987 55 2006 46

religion

Welschenbach belongs to the parish of St. Quirin and Dionysius in Langenfeld .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Klaus Augel is the local mayor of Welschenbach. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with 97.44% of the votes.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: "In gold, above a lowered blue wavy bar, a red lecture cross with a pedum , accompanied by two green ears of wheat, below a black hammer."

education

The Welschenbach children attend the primary school in Herresbach . The responsible Realschule plus is in Nachtsheim , as well as the Gymnasium and Realschule in Adenau and Mayen.

traffic

The place is connected to the VRM network, but there are only a few buses, mostly for school transport.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Welschenbach

Web links

Commons : Welschenbach  - Collection of Images

• Local community Welschenbach on the website of the association community Vordereifel
• Literature about Welschenbach 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 Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer for Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Vordereifel, Verbandsgemeinde, last line of results. Accessed February 16, 2020 .