Argenthal

Argenthal is a municipality in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rheinboellen. Argenthal is a nationally recognized tourist.

  • 5.1 Persons who are in touch with the community

Geography

Argenthal is located on the northwestern edge of the Soon Forest, one to 657 m high part of the Hunsrück, which is listed as the Rhenish Slate Mountains.

To Argenthal includes the residential places Birkenhof, Eckelhornerhof, forest house Ellern, forest house animal garden, Haus am Waldsee, Jägerhofstraße and Wacholderhof.

With 28.52 km ², of which 19.85 km ² of forest ( Soonwaldsteig ), the district Argenthal to Boppard the second largest in the Rhein- Hunsrück-Kreis (Source: Statistical State Office, December 31, 2007 ). Larger towns in the neighborhood are simmering in the west and in the east Rheinboellen.

The highest elevation of Argenthal is the Schanzer head with 643 m above sea level. NN. On the territory of the municipality is the Waldsee, this bathing arose from a 1935 disused ore mine.

History

The place was first mentioned in 1091 as " Argantal ". Sovereign was the Count Palatine of the Rhine. With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops, the place was French. In 1815 he was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Argenthal consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the local council:

Economy and infrastructure

Argenthal one of the larger Hunsrück- places, in which only a few people in the agricultural activities. The majority of the inhabitants are employed as workers, employees, civil servants, artisans, traders and soldiers.

Personalities

People who are connected with the community

  • Dirk Jasper ( * 1947, † 2011), a freelance journalist, nonfiction author and multimedia producer, and his family lived in Argenthal.
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