Steinbach, Rhein-Hunsrück

Steinbach
Steinbach
Municipality
	Location of Steinbach within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
	Steinbach Steinbach
	Coordinates: 50°2′41″N 7°35′43″E / 50.04472°N 7.59528°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Simmern-Rheinböllen
Government
• Mayor	Leo Lauderbach
Area
• Total	2.60 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	133
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56291
Dialling codes	06766
Vehicle registration	SIM

Steinbach 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 Simmern-Rheinböllen, whose seat is in Simmern.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück on the northwest slope of the Simmerbach valley, roughly 8 km northeast of Simmern and 7 km northwest of Rheinböllen. Steinbach's municipal area measures 2.60 km², of which 0.91 km² is wooded.

History

Beginning in 1794, Steinbach lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Population development

What follows is a table of the municipality's population figures for selected years since the early 19th century (each time at 31 December):

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1815	162	—
1835	151	−6.8%
1871	132	−12.6%
1905	127	−3.8%
1939	120	−5.5%
1950	128	+6.7%
1961	122	−4.7%

Year	Pop.	±%
1965	124	+1.6%
1970	116	−6.5%
1975	91	−21.6%
1980	93	+2.2%
1985	83	−10.8%
1987	105	+26.5%
1990	106	+1.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1995	106	+0.0%
2000	114	+7.5%
2005	118	+3.5%
2006	115	−2.5%
2009	118	+2.6%

Source: Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz

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 chairman.^[2]

Mayor

Steinbach's mayor is Leo Lauderbach.^[3]

References

^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
^ Municipal election results for Steinbach
^ Steinbach’s mayor Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Steinbach at Hunsrück und Naheland (in German)
Brief portrait of Steinbach with film at SWR Fernsehen (in German)

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[1] "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.

[2] Municipal election results for Steinbach

[3] Steinbach’s mayor Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine

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