Wickenrodt
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Coordinates: 49 ° 49 ' N , 7 ° 22' E |
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State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Birch field | |
Association municipality : | Herrstein-Rhaunen | |
Height : | 397 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 5.27 km 2 | |
Residents: | 163 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 31 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 55758 | |
Area code : | 06785 | |
License plate : | BIR | |
Community key : | 07 1 34 093 | |
Association administration address: | Brühlstrasse 16 55756 Herrstein |
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Local Mayor : | Michael Adam | |
Location of the local community of Wickenrodt in the Birkenfeld district | ||
Wickenrodt is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Herrstein-Rhaunen community .
geography
Wickenrodt is located in the Hunsrück on a plateau above the Hahnenbachtal between Idar-Oberstein and Rhaunen . The location is on a slope in a hollow opening to the east.
history
The place was first mentioned in 961 as "Uuickenrodero" in Nahegau .
- Population development
The development of the population of Wickenrodt, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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Evangelical parish church
The simple hall church with choir tower is embedded in an arrangement with a rectory , parish barn and parish garden on the south-eastern edge of the village. Its origins can be dated to the 13th century. The Romanesque choir tower has a late Gothic pointed helmet and contains two bells, the older one dates from around 1340, the younger bell was acquired from Achtelsbach in 1922 and is dated 1466. The originally Romanesque nave was significantly changed in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The church can be seen in a longer scene of the 1958 film Der Schinderhannes with Curd Jürgens .
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council in Wickenrodt consists of six council members who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the directly elected honorary local mayor as chairman.
mayor
Michael Adam became the local mayor of Wickenrodt in 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with 88.89% of the votes.
Adam's predecessor Otmar Glöckner held the office from 1994 to 2014.
Regular events
Every year a folk and children's festival is organized by the Wickenrodt Beautification Association (last weekend in July) and a regional riding tournament (1st weekend in September) by the local RV Wickenrodt riding club.
Every 2 years (even number of the year) there is a St. Nicholas market on the 1st Saturday in December around the parish hall.
Economy and Infrastructure
The place is crossed by the district road K 23 . Bundesstraße 41 runs in the southeast . In Kirn there is a train station on the Bingen – Saarbrücken line .
Personalities
- Walther Veeck (1886–1941), historian and archaeologist
See also
Web links
- Local community Wickenrodt on the website of the Herrstein-Rhaunen community
- Literature about Wickenrodt in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
- ↑ Andreas Nitsch: Mayors want to end projects that have already started. Michael Adam. In: Nahe newspaper. Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH, Koblenz, March 8, 2019, accessed on August 27, 2020 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Herrstein-Rhaunen, Verbandsgemeinde, third from last line of results. Retrieved August 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Freiherr vom Stein plaque: Quintet excellent. Otmar Glöckner. Birkenfeld district, November 4, 2016, accessed on August 27, 2020 .