Badenhard is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hunsrück-Mittelrhein having its administration in Emmelshausen.
Badenhard | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Badenhard within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district  | |
  Badenhard  Badenhard | |
| Coordinates: 50°7′28″N 7°38′01″E / 50.12444°N 7.63361°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hunsrück-Mittelrhein |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Dirk Jost[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.00 km2 (1.16 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 435 m (1,427 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 161 |
| • Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56291 |
| Dialling codes | 06746 |
| Vehicle registration | SIM |
Geography
editLocation
editBadenhard is located on a high ridge in the east Hunsrück, between the Middle Rhine valley and the Autobahn A 61.
Neighbouring municipalities
editHistory
editThe feudal landholders were until the French occupation in 1794 the Counts of Katzenelnbogen and the Landgraviate of Hesse. In 1815, Badenhard was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. In 1908, the building of the local church was financed by a local woman. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Religion
editThe municipality’s majority is Evangelical.
Politics
editMunicipal council
editThe 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 chairman.[3]
Mayor
editBadenhard’s mayor is Dirk Jost.[4]
Coat of arms
editThe German blazon reads: In geteiltem Schild oben in Gold drei rote Eichenblätter nebeneinander, unten in Blau zwei silberne Ähren.
The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: In the split shield above in gold three oak leaves next to next, the bottom in blue with two silver ears of wheat argent.
The Ortsgemeinde of Badenhard is even today a community well defined by agriculture and forestry. The oakleaves refer to the broadleaf forests, and the ears of wheat to agriculture. While the charges refer to the municipality itself, the tinctures refer to the old feudal landholders, the Counts of Katzenelnbogen and the Landgraviate of Hesse.[5]
Culture and sightseeing
editBuildings
editIn the following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
- Evangelical church, Schloßstraße 1 – Baroque Revival-Art Nouveau building with T-shaped floor plan, 1908/1909[6]
Economy and infrastructure
editTransport
editBadenhard is located only a few kilometres away from Autobahn A 61.
References
edit- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
- ^ Badenhard’s mayor
- ^ Description and explanation of Badenhard’s arms
- ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district