Honerath

Honerath is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Adenau.

Geography

Honerath is located on a north- into the headwaters of some tributaries of the Leimbach sloping terrain of South. At the mouth of these streams reaches the municipality, which entirely belongs to the natural preserve " Rhein- Ahr -Eifel ", with about 300 m above sea level. NN its lowest ground point. Through the village leads the running east -west state road 10, Throws about the connections to the western neighboring community and the eastern Adenau exist. Other neighboring towns are Rodder and Reifferscheid in the north and Wimbach and Barweiler in the south. To Honerath include residential places on arable bush and Donatushof.

History

First records of the town was probably as Hoenhekka in 975 until the end of the 18th century Honerath was the Electoral Cologne office Nürburg belonging.

The development of the population, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Since records began in the early 19th century, the population - in contrast to other places in the Eifel - continuously risen.

Parish council

The local council in Honerath consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.