Heidenrod

Heidenrod
Heidenrod
Location of Heidenrod within Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district
Coordinates	50°12′36″N 7°59′24″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
Mayor	Harald Schmelzeisen
Basic statistics
Area	95.94 km2 (37.04 sq mi)
Elevation	361 m  (1184 ft)
Population	7,901 (31 December 2010)
- Density	82 /km2 (213 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	RÜD
Postal code	65321
Area codes	06120, 06124, 06772, 06775
Website	www.heidenrod.de

Heidenrod is a community in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. The municipal administration is found in the community’s biggest centre, in Laufenselden.

Geography

Location

The community 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 constituent communities. 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 (“Hinder Taunus”).

Within community limits, west of the constituent community 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

Heidenrod borders in the north on the communities 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 community of Aarbergen, in the east on the community 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 communities of Welterod, Strüth, Weidenbach, Diethardt and Nastätten (all in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis).

Constituent communities

Heidenrod’s 19 Ortsteile, with population figures for some, are Algenroth (100), Dickschied (600), Egenroth, Geroldstein (100), Grebenroth, Hilgenroth (140), Huppert (550), Kemel (1500), Langschied (300), Laufenselden (2500), Mappershain (220), Martenroth (100), Nauroth (620), Niedermeilingen, Obermeilingen (110), Springen (500), Watzelhain, Wisper (100) and Zorn (509).

History

In 1972, the first merger took place when 17 self-governing communities amalgamated. In 1977 the constituent community of Hilgenroth was merged into the greater community by order.

Politics

Community council

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

Parties and voter communities		% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	38.5	12	41.2	13
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	35.6	11	41.2	13
GREENS	Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	7.3	2	8.4	2
FDP	Free Democratic Party	4.6	2	5.5	2
BIH	Bürgerinitiative Heidenrod	14.0	4	–	–
DHP	Deutsche Heimat Partei ... Die National-Liberalen	–	–	3.8	1
Total		100.0	31	100.0	31
Voter turnout in %		54.7		61.0

Town partnerships

Heidenrod maintains partnerships with the following places:

• Wissous, Essonne, France
• Mád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
• Sollstedt, Thuringia

Education

• Grundschule Kemeler Heide (primary school)
• Fledermausschule (primary school)

Famous people

• Arne Hoffmann (b. 1969 in Wiesbaden), media scientist, journalist and book author, lives in Heidenrod-Springen
• Christian Hock, football trainer for SV Wehen-Wiesbaden

External links

• Heidenrod at the Open Directory Project (German)

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.