Schmidthachenbach
Schmidthachenbach is a municipality in the district of Birkenfeld, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Herrnstein.
Geography
Schmidthachenbach located in Großbachtal, a tributary of the Nahe. Half of the district area is forested.
To Schmidthachenbach includes the residential places Ante mill and forestry house Antestal.
History
The town was first mentioned as Hachenbach documented in 1572. After the French Revolution, he was from 1798 to 1814 part of the canton Grumbach in the Saarland Department. In the Congress of Vienna, he became the Duchy of Saxe -Coburg -Saalfeld slammed and belonged to the Principality of Lichtenberg. in 1834, the Principality of Lichtenberg and thus Schmidthachenbach was handed over to the Kingdom of Prussia. The village was in the sequel to Circle St. Wendel in the Trier region of the Rhine Province.
The development of the population of Schmidthachenbach, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Parish council
The local council in Schmidthachenbach consists of eight council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Economy and infrastructure
In the West, the federal highways 41 and 270 run in Kirn -Sulzbach is a station of the railway line Bingen- Saarbrücken.