world.wikisort.org - Germany

Search / Calendar

Jeckenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Meisenheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Jeckenbach
Municipality
Location of Jeckenbach within Bad Kreuznach district
Jeckenbach
Jeckenbach
Coordinates: 49°42′37″N 7°36′28″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBad Kreuznach
Municipal assoc.Meisenheim
Government
  Mayor (201924) Christa Venter[1]
Area
  Total6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Elevation
190 m (620 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total215
  Density34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55592
Dialling codes06753
Vehicle registrationKH

Geography



Location


Jeckenbach is a linear village (by some definitions, a "thorpe") that lies in the North Palatine Uplands west of the Glan.


Neighbouring municipalities


Clockwise from the north, Jeckenbach's neighbours are the municipalities of Bärweiler, Lauschied, Desloch, Breitenheim, Löllbach, Schweinschied and Hundsbach, all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district.


Geology


Jeckenbach is an important site for fossil finds from the Rotliegend (Permian) some 290,000,000 years ago. It was here that amateur palaeontologist Arnulf Stapf from Nierstein am Rhein unearthed the oldest mayflies (Misthodotes stapfi) ever found in Central Europe. Further fossils that were brought to light were of fishes and amphibians. Finds from Jeckenbach are kept at the Palaeontological Museum in Nierstein.


History


From 1816 to 1866, Jeckenbach belonged to the Oberamt of Meisenheim in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, along with which it passed in 1866 to the Kingdom of Prussia.


Population development


Jeckenbach's population development since Napoleonic times is shown in the table below. The figures for the years from 1871 to 1987 are drawn from census data:[3]

YearInhabitants
1815282
1835N.A.
1871450
1905410
1939373
YearInhabitants
1950397
1961371
1970389
1987316
2005282

Religion


As at 30 September 2013, there are 253 full-time residents in Jeckenbach, and of those, 206 are Evangelical (81.423%), 20 are Catholic (7.905%), 1 (0.395%) belongs to another religious group and 26 (10.277%) either have no religion or will not reveal their religious affiliation.[4]


Politics



Municipal council


The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.[5]


Mayor


Jeckenbach's mayor is Christa Venter.[1]


Coat of arms


The municipality's arms might be described thus: Argent on a base wavy gules a lion rampant azure armed, langued and crowned of the second, in his forepaws an inescutcheon of the second charged with a cross Maltese of the first.


Culture and sightseeing



Buildings


The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate's Directory of Cultural Monuments:[6]

Jeckenbach also has a theatre club which puts on yearly plays. For the village's youth, a youth clubhouse with a grilling pavilion has been built about 1.5 km outside the village on a hill.


Economy and infrastructure



Transport


Running through Hundsbach is Landesstraße 182, which links to Bundesstraße 420 at Meisenheim to the southeast. In the other direction, the road leads to Becherbach bei Kirn and then Kirn itself, where it links with Bundesstraße 41. Landesstraße 182 also has a junction with Landesstraße 374 just before Becherbach bei Kirn, which leads to Bundesstraße 270 at Sien. Branching off Landesstraße 182 just outside the village is Landesstraße 373. Serving Bad Sobernheim is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (BingenSaarbrücken).


References





На других языках


[de] Jeckenbach

Jeckenbach ist eine Ortsgemeinde im Landkreis Bad Kreuznach in Rheinland-Pfalz. Sie gehört der Verbandsgemeinde Nahe-Glan an.
- [en] Jeckenbach

[ru] Йеккенбах

Йеккенбах (нем. Jeckenbach) — коммуна в Германии, в земле Рейнланд-Пфальц.



Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии