Allenfeld

Allenfeld is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rüdesheim.

Geography

Allenfeld located in the southern Hunsrück between the Soonwaldsteig and Gauch forest.

History

The town was first mentioned as Alden field in records in 1438.

Allenfeld belonged to the Rear County of Sponheim and was assigned to the division of Sponheim possessions in 1776 the Margraviate of Baden. After taking the left bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops (1794 ) the place from 1798 to 1814 belonged to the canton of Stromberg in the Rhine- Moselle department. Based on the decisions taken at the Congress of Vienna agreements, the region and thus Allenfeld came in 1815 with the Kingdom of Prussia in 1816 to the pie Kreuznach in the Region of Koblenz, which was part of 1822 on the Rhine Province.

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

Parish council

The local council in Allenfeld 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.

Culture and sights

A special highlight is the bike path on the lines of the former Kreuznacher Kleinbahnen that winds on the one hand the Gräfenbach along. On the other hand Ellerbach leads along this bike path is in Allenfeld its highest point at about 370 m above sea level. NN. At this vertex can also be found in the old Allenfelder winepress was previously pressed the orchards of the surrounding fields and processed into juice.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Allenfeld