Heidenrod is a municipality in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Seat of municipal administration is to be found in the most populated municipal district, in Laufenselden.
Heidenrod | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Heidenrod within Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district  | |
  Heidenrod  Heidenrod | |
| Coordinates: 50°12′36″N 07°59′24″E / 50.21000°N 7.99000°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–25) | Volker Diefenbach[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 95.94 km2 (37.04 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 361 m (1,184 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 7,927 |
| • Density | 83/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 65321 |
| Dialling codes | 06120, 06124, 06772, 06775 |
| Vehicle registration | RÜD |
| Website | www.heidenrod.de |
Geography
editLocation
editHeidenrod lies in the western Taunus north of the main ridge and west of the Aar, between Koblenz and Wiesbaden, roughly halfway between the Rhine and the Lahn. The municipal area stretches east and west of the high ridge along which runs Bundesstraße 260, also known as the Bäderstraße (“Bath Road”). The two highest settlements in the western Taunus, Kemel (village centre, 510 m above sea level) and Mappershain (village centre, 500 m above sea level) are Heidenrod municipal districts. The Mappershainer Kopf, some 500 m northwest of its namesake place, is at 548 m above sea level the highest mountain in the Western Hintertaunus ("Farther Taunus").[3][circular reference]
Within municipal limits, west of the municipal district of Kemel, rise the headwaters of the Wisper, which run together between the constituent communities of Wisper and Geroldstein. In the constituent community of Mappershain rises the Dörsbach. Some 60% of the municipal area is wooded.
Neighbouring communities
editHeidenrod borders in the north on the municipalities of Holzhausen an der Haide, Rettert, Berndroth, Dörsdorf, Eisighofen and Reckenroth (all in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate), in the northeast on the municipality of Aarbergen, in the east on the municipality of Hohenstein, in the southeast on the town of Bad Schwalbach, in the southwest on the town of Oestrich-Winkel, and in the west on the town of Lorch and the municipalities of Welterod, Strüth, Weidenbach, Diethardt and Nastätten (all in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis).
Constituent communities
editHeidenrod's 19 Ortsteile, with population figures as of Nov 2012,[4] are Algenroth (77), Dickschied (473), Egenroth (172), Geroldstein (91), Grebenroth (346), Hilgenroth (103), Huppert (525), Kemel (1219), Langschied (238), Laufenselden (1894), Mappershain (246), Martenroth (67), Nauroth (582), Niedermeilingen (328), Obermeilingen (93), Springen (406), Watzelhain (362), Wisper (94) and Zorn (447).
History
editIn 1972, the first merger took place when 17 self-governing municipalities amalgamated. Last but not least in 1977 Hilgenroth became part of Heidenrod by law.
Politics
editMunicipal council
editThe municipal election held on 6 March 2016[5][circular reference] yielded the following results:
| Parties and voter communities | % 2016 |
Seats 2016 |
% 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 28.4 | 9 | 38.5 | 12 | 41.2 | 13 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 38.5 | 12 | 35.6 | 11 | 41.2 | 13 |
| GREENS | Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | 9.9 | 3 | 7.3 | 2 | 8.4 | 2 |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party | 4.7 | 1 | 4.6 | 2 | 5.5 | 2 |
| BIH | Bürgerinitiative Heidenrod | 18.5 | 6 | 14.0 | 4 | – | – |
| DHP | Deutsche Heimat Partei ... Die National-Liberalen | – | – | – | – | 3.8 | 1 |
| Total | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | |
| Voter turnout in % | 59.2 | 54.7 | 61.0 | ||||
Municipal partnerships
editHeidenrod maintains partnerships with the following places:
Education
edit- Grundschule Kemeler Heide (primary school)
- Fledermausschule (primary school)
Famous people
edit- Arne Hoffmann (b. 1969 in Wiesbaden), media scientist, journalist and book author, lives in Heidenrod-Springen
- Christian Hock, football trainer for SV Wehen-Wiesbaden
- Sigmund Mannheimer (1835–1909), German-American educator, born in Kemel
References
edit- ^ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
- ^ Taunus
- ^ "Heidenrod".
- ^ de:Heidenrod
External links
edit
(in German)