Bad Kreuznach (district)
The district of Bad Kreuznach is a district in the center of Rhineland -Palatinate, Germany. He is (starting clockwise from north) Surrounded by the Rhein - Hunsrück district as well as the counties of Mainz- Bingen, Alzey- Worms, Donnersbergkreis, Kusel and Birkenfeld.
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Geography
The district of Bad Kreuznach comprises in eastern parts of the Rheinhessen panel and hill country, in the south of the North Palatine hill country and the west and north of the Hunsrück. The main axis of the circle is the Nahe, which by Kirn, Bad Sobernheim Bad Kreuznach and flows from the west and leaves the circle in the north. The district of Bad Kreuznach ( License Plate KH) forms part of the Landkreis Mainz- Bingen and the Thunder Mountain district near the vineyards.
History
By the end of the 18th century, the area now the district of Bad Kreuznach was divided into several smaller and larger territories.
1794 the left bank of the Rhine was occupied during the First Coalition War, in 1798 the territory of the French Direktorialregierung was reorganized according to the French model. The area of the circle later Kreuznach was divided until 1814 in the Rhine-Moselle département and the Saar Territory. After the end of French rule in the left bank of the Rhine (1814 ), the region was granted to the Congress of Vienna ( 1815), the Kingdom of Prussia. Under the Prussian administrative district of Kreuznach in the Region of Koblenz in 1816, newly formed, which was part of 1822 to the Rhine province.
1932, the county Kreuznach was merged with the circle Meis home. In the district reform in 1969, the county area was extended by several municipalities in the counties resolved Rockhausen and Alzey, but had also some churches that were in some cases also on the Rhine, dispose to other counties. The name of the district was changed while in Bad Kreuznach.
Policy
Council
The council of the district of Bad Kreuznach consists of 50 elected members and the district administration as chairman. In the district council, the CDU, the FDP and the Greens form a coalition, bringing the district of Bad Kreuznach is one of the few counties in Germany, where reigns a so-called Jamaica coalition. The district council election on 7 June 2009 yielded the following election results:
District administrators
The District Administrator is elected by direct suffrage for eight years. In the 2008 election, Franz -Josef Diel (CDU ) prevailed. He took office in the summer of 2009.
Coat of arms
Divided: the top of a growing black, red and red -winning reinforced golden lion, nested down in four rows in blue and gold ( coat of arms - approval September 13, 1939 )
The lion symbolizes the former Palatine area parts, the lower part of the possessions of the shield Front County of Sponheim.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
To the east of the district of Bad Kreuznach, the Federal Highway 61 (Ludwigshafen -Koblenz ) touches the circle area. Furthermore, the federal highways run through 41, 48, 421 and 428 the county. At the very southern edge of the B 420 runs
Cities and Towns
(Population at 31 December 2012)
Association of communities with their member municipalities:
- 2 municipality Bad Münster am Stein- Ebernburg
- 3 municipality Bad Sobernheim
- 4 community association Kirn -Land [Seat: Kirn ]
- 5 municipality Langenlonsheim
- 6 municipality Meisenheim
- 7 municipality Rudesheim
- 8 municipality Stromberg