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Hontheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Hontheim
Hontheim
Hontheim
Municipality
Location of Hontheim within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Hontheim
Hontheim
Coordinates: 50°4′7.21″N 6°59′30.81″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.Traben-Trarbach
Subdivisions4
Government
  Mayor (201924) Ilona Lauxen[1]
Area
  Total24.77 km2 (9.56 sq mi)
Elevation
385 m (1,263 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total783
  Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
54538
Dialling codes02674
Vehicle registrationWIL

Geography



Location


The municipality lies on a plateau in the southern Volcanic Eifel at the northern edge of the Kondelwald forest. The municipal area is 58.4% wooded. Hontheim belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Traben-Trarbach.


Constituent communities


Hontheim's Ortsteile, besides the main centre, are Wispelt, Krinkhof and Bonsbeuern.


History


Beginning in 1794, Hontheim lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.


Politics



Municipal council


The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[3]

 SteffensGöttenKomesGellnerTotal
2009722112 seats

Coat of arms


The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per fess Or a cross gules and gules a hound courant of the first.[4]


Economy and infrastructure


Through the municipality runs Bundesstraße 421. To the west runs the Autobahn A 1. In Ürzig is a railway station on the Koblenz-Trier railway line. The state spa town of Bad Bertrich, with Germany's only Glauber's salt (sodium sulphate decahydrate; Na2SO4•10H2O) hot spring, is only 3 km away.


References


  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 8 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.
  3. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  4. Hontheim’s arms




На других языках


- [en] Hontheim

[ru] Хонтхайм

Хонтхайм (нем. Hontheim) — коммуна в Германии, в земле Рейнланд-Пфальц. х



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