Jeckenbach

Jeckenbach is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Meis home.

Geography

Geographical location

The street village located in the North Palatine Uplands west of Glan. To the north is Desloch, in the east Breitenheim, to the south and west is Löllbach Schweinschied.

Geology

Jeckenbach is an important archaeological site of fossils from the Rotliegend (Permian ) about 290 million years ago. There, the oldest mayflies ( Misthodotes stapfi ) Central Europe were discovered by amateur paleontologists Arnulf Stapf from Nierstein on the Rhine. In addition, you barg fish and amphibians ( dinosaur ). Finds from Jeckenbach be kept in Nierstein Paleontological Museum.

History

1816-1866 was Jeckenbach to Oberamt Meisenheim of Hesse- Homburg and came up with in 1866 to Prussia.

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

Parish council

The local council in Jeckenbach 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 location.

Culture and sights

  • Theater club with annual productions
  • For the youth about 1.5 km has been built with a barbecue area outside of the village on a hill, a youth club - house.

Personalities

The artist Joseph Beuys and the writer Erich Fried visited early 1980s Jeckenbach.

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