Wimbach

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Ahrweiler
Association municipality :	Adenau
Height :	380 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.84 km 2
Residents:	448 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	65 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53518
Area code :	02691
License plate :	AW
Community key :	07 1 31 084
Association administration address:	Kirchstrasse 15 ; 53518 Adenau
Website :	www.wimbach.de
Local Mayor :	Detlev Goebel
Location of the local community of Wimbach in the Ahrweiler district

Wimbach, aerial photo (2016)

Wimbach 2008

Schäferstrasse

Wimbach is a municipality in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Adenau community .

geography

Wimbach is located in the Hocheifel , two and a half kilometers southwest of the city of Adenau and one kilometer west of the Nürburgring . The place has the form of a settlement of a street village , which extends over a steeply sloping terrain in a northeast direction. The residential development covers altitudes between 350 m above sea level. NN and 450 m above sea level NN . The Wimbach , which gives the municipality its name and which drains to the Adenauer Bach , rises to the west of the village . A large part of the municipality is located in the Adenau state forest . Wimbach also owns the residential area In der Werft .

Neighboring communities are Honerath and Adenau in the north, Herschbroich in the west, Quiddelbach in the southeast and Kottenborn and Barweiler in the southwest.

history

Wimbach was first mentioned in a document from Count Gerhard von Are dated May 25, 1216. There, cash and non-cash benefits for Count Ulrich's foundation to the Adenauer Church are listed.

After iron ore had been tracked down near Wimbach at the beginning of the 19th century , a mine was set up, which began operations in 1829. Only a few years later, the production was stopped again in 1837.

In 1863 the upper part of the village was devastated by fire. A first chapel can be found as early as 1650. The school, first mentioned in 1826, was expanded in 1913. In the school that was newly occupied in 1964, a special needs school was set up after the village schools were closed .

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	211
1835	250
1871	226
1905	249
1939	284
1950	300

year	Residents
1961	329
1970	369
1987	410
1997	471
2005	452
2019	448

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Detlev Goebel became the local mayor of Wimbach in 2009. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with a vote of 76.47%.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “The head of the shield is in silver, the base of the shield has a black tip covered with a golden hammer and mallet. Above it two red stag antlers in the middle a black cross. "
	Justification of the coat of arms: The hammer and mallet in the black tip represent the former lead mines of Wimbach. The red stag antlers indicate the earlier patronage of St. Hubertus. The coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Cologne , to whose territory Wimbach belonged since 1276, is reminiscent of the "Hubertus Cross" in black on a silver shield in the form of a floating cross .

Culture and sights

St. Hubertus

Pefferschöffskapelle

Buildings

Catholic branch church St. Hubertus , a neo-baroque hall building , built between 1923 and 1926. In the church there is a wooden figure of the hunter saint from around 1650.
Pefferschöffskapelle , a hall from 1810.
Former school, a plastered building, built in 1826 by Ferdinand Nebel , extension made of quarry stone from 1908 to 1910 (main street).
A half-timbered Streckhof from the 19th century (plastered) and a plastered building from 1836 (both main street).
Several grave and road crosses from the 17th and 18th centuries (main street).
Schwedenkreuz: At the Nürburgring, still in the municipality, the so-called Schwedenkreuz from 1638.

Green spaces and recreation

Hiking trails in and around Wimbach
Mining monument and biotope in Wimbach
Hubertushütte - a grill hut with a panoramic view ⊙50.364288 6.901604

Regular events

Annual fair or parish fair is celebrated on the Sunday after November 3rd (Hubertus).

Economy and Infrastructure

Due to the proximity of the Nürburgring motor racing track, there are several places to stay for visitors.

Wimbach has a country inn and guesthouse in the middle of town.

traffic

The community is accessed through the K 18 . The village is not crossed by any major thoroughfare; the federal roads 257 and 258 to the west and east can be reached via the district roads 18 and 19 .