Wickenrodt is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein.
Wickenrodt | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wickenrodt within Birkenfeld district  | |
  Wickenrodt  Wickenrodt | |
| Coordinates: 49°48′58″N 07°21′33″E / 49.81611°N 7.35917°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Birkenfeld |
| Municipal assoc. | Herrstein-Rhaunen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Michael Adam[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.27 km2 (2.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 164 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55758 |
| Dialling codes | 06785 |
| Vehicle registration | BIR |
| Website | www.wickenrodt.de |
Geography
editLocation
editThe municipality lies in the Hunsrück on a plateau overlooking the Hahnenbach valley between Idar-Oberstein and Rhaunen.
Neighbouring municipalities
editWickenrodt borders in the north on the municipality of Bollenbach, in the northeast on the municipality of Bundenbach, in the east on the municipality of Sonnschied, in the south on the municipality of Niederhosenbach, in the southwest on the municipalities of Breitenthal and Oberhosenbach and in the northwest on the municipality of Sulzbach. Wickenrodt also meets the municipality of Griebelschied at a single point in the southeast.
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
editWickenrodt's mayor is Michael Adam.[4]
Coat of arms
editThe municipality's arms might be described thus: Per bend vert a stylized W and in base an adze in bend argent, and Or a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure.
Culture and sightseeing
editBuildings
editThe following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5]
- Evangelical parish church, Unterdorf – aisleless church; nave essentially Romanesque, alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries; Romanesque quire tower with Late Gothic pointed spire; two bells: one about 1340 by Magister Sifride, Cologne, the newer one marked 1466
- Unterdorf 8 – Evangelical rectory; Classicist building with hipped roof, 1840s
Regular events
editEach year, the Wickenrodt Beautification Club (Verschönerungsverein Wickenrodt) stages a folk and children's festival (last weekend in July), and the Wickenrodt Riding Club (Reitverein RV Wickenrodt) holds a riding tournament (first weekend in September).
Every other year (in even-numbered years), Saint Nicholas’s Market (Nikolausmarkt) takes place around the municipal centre on the first Saturday in December.
Economy and infrastructure
editTransport
editRunning to the southeast of the municipality is Bundesstraße 41, which towards the south leads to the Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier). Serving nearby Kirn is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken).
References
edit- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
- ^ Wickenrodt’s executive
- ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Birkenfeld district
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