Auen, Germany

Floodplain is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bad Sobernheim. Floodplain is a nationally recognized resort.

• 4.1 Structures

Geography

Wetlands located in the southern Hunsrück between the mountain ranges of the Soon the forest and the river Nahe. In the west and in the east Langenthal is Daubach.

For floodplain includes the living space Gosenhof.

Population

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in floodplains 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.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: "shield divided by silver oblique beam, which is covered with a black A. Top blue - golden chess, below in blue a golden Abtskrümme ".

The oblique beams with the letter "A" for floodplain goes back to a court seal from the year 1731. Abtsstab The references Archbishop Bardo of Mainz, in a deed under other towns who performed in 1044 and floodplains. The checkerboard pattern is reminiscent of the County of Sponheim, was among the meadows until the end of the 18th century.

Culture and sights

Structures

Economy and infrastructure

In the south, the highway runs 41 In Monzingen is a station on the railway line Bingen- Saarbrücken.