Allendorf, Rhein-Lahn

Allendorf is a municipality in the Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Katzenelenbogen.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Allendorf is located about 1.6 km due east of Katzenelenbogen. The way over the county road 54 and state road 322 is about 2 km long.

Half of its territory is used for agriculture, one-third is covered by forest.

History

The place came in 1400 to the Electoral Palatinate. 1806, the village was assigned to the Duchy of Nassau. 1847, the last remnants of the manorial system was eliminated by payment of a lump sum. From 1866 Allendorf was Prussian, and in 1946 went to the then newly founded state of Rhineland -Palatinate. 1972 came in the wake of the Rhineland-Palatinate " functional and territorial reform " to form the municipality Katzenelenbogen who belongs to the local church Allendorf ever since.

Statistics on Population Development

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Allendorf consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 in a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:

Coat of arms

The blazon is: " Argent, a red shield, topped with golden diagonally crossed hammer and mallet, accompanied in the right Obereck from a black-rimmed gold ring ."

Hammer and mallet point to the previous mining on the Eisenstein field and in the pit Customs House. The ring is taken from the coat of arms of local noble down " of Allendorf ".

Culture and sights

In the north- east of the district is a part of the nature reserve Hohlenfelsbachtal.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Allendorf

Economy and infrastructure

As of 2007, there are three farms with an average of 43 ha of utilized agricultural area, in 1971 there were 20 farms with an average of 7 hectares.

The village has a community center, a local kindergarten and a volunteer fire department.

Through the town, the county road runs 54

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