Kirschroth

Coordinates: 49°45′44″N 7°34′28″E / 49.76222°N 7.57444°E / 49.76222; 7.57444
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Kirschroth
Municipality
Coat of arms of Kirschroth
Coat of arms
Location of Kirschroth within Bad Kreuznach district
Kirschroth is located in Germany
Kirschroth
Kirschroth
Kirschroth is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Kirschroth
Kirschroth
Coordinates: 49°45′44″N 7°34′28″E / 49.76222°N 7.57444°E / 49.76222; 7.57444
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBad Kreuznach
Municipal assoc.Bad Sobernheim
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Ulrike Stroh[1]
Area
 • Total7.64 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Elevation
270 m (890 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total294
 • Density38/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55566
Dialling codes06751
Vehicle registrationKH
Websitewww.kirschroth.de

Kirschroth is an

winegrowing
village.

Geography

Location

Kirschroth lies in a side valley of the Nahe. Kirschroth's character stems from its agricultural heritage, but it is nowadays a state-recognized tourism resort. It sits at an elevation of 260 m above sea level, making it one of Rhineland-Palatinate's highest winegrowing villages. The municipal area measures 764 ha, of which 284 ha is wooded (140 ha of this is municipal woodland) and roughly 80 ha is given over to vineyards.[4] The vineyards of the Kirschrother Wildgrafenberg border the village on the north and west.[5]

Neighbouring municipalities

Clockwise from the north, Kirschroth's neighbours are the municipalities of Meddersheim, Bärweiler, Hundsbach, Limbach and Merxheim, all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district.

History

In 1364, Kirschroth had its first documentary mention as Rodde. It is certain, though, that it had already existed for quite some time, likely having arisen in the

Amt of Meddersheim was formed out of the Bürgermeistereien of Meddersheim and Merxheim, but this was dissolved along with the Meisenheim district in 1932. Beginning in 1935, Kirschroth was in a kind of “personal union” with the town of Sobernheim, and as of 1940, it was fully joined with it in a new Amt called Sobernheim. In 1969, the Amt of Sobernheim became the Verbandsgemeinde of Sobernheim.[6] In 1990, Kirschroth placed third at the state level in the contest Unser Dorf soll schöner werden (“Our village should become lovelier”).[7]

Population development

Kirschroth'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]

Year Inhabitants
1815 262
1835 N.A.
1871 392
1905 350
1939 330
Year Inhabitants
1950 370
1961 354
1970 346
1987 301
2005 294

Religion

As at 30 September 2013, there are 258 full-time residents in Kirschroth, and of those, 202 are Evangelical (78.295%), 19 are Catholic (7.364%), 1 (0.388%) belongs to another religious group and 36 (13.953%) either have no religion or will not reveal their religious affiliation.[8]

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.[9]

Mayor

Kirschroth's mayor is Ulrike Stroh.[1]

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: In rot-gold geschachtem Schild ein silberner Schrägrechtsbalken, belegt mit einem schreitenden roten Fuchs, der eine Weinrebe mit Blatt im Fang hält.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Chequy gules and Or a bend argent, thereon a fox passant, in his mouth a bunch of grapes slipped and leafed of one, all proper.

Beginning in 1520, Kirschroth belonged in equal shares to the

winegrowing.[10]

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[11]

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Running to Kirschroth from the east is Kreisstraße 62, and passing out of the village to the west is Bärweilerweg, which unaccountably leads to Limbach, not Bärweiler. Running to the north is Bundesstraße 41. Serving Bad Sobernheim is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken).

References

  1. ^ a b Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 2 August 2021.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
    . 2023.
  3. ^ a b Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Regionaldaten
  4. ^ Location
  5. ^ Location
  6. ^ History
  7. ^ Unser Dorf soll schöner werden
  8. ^ Religion
  9. ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  10. ^ Description and explanation of Kirschroth’s arms
  11. ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Bad Kreuznach district

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