Bannberscheid

Bannberscheid is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Wirges.

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Geographical location

The village is north of Montabaur in about 270 m altitude in a Meadow with gradually increasing slope, within the low mountains of the Westerwald, which is framed by high Westerwald and the Montabaurer ridge.

History

Bannberscheid was first mentioned in 1211 as Berenscheit documented.

From 1895 to 1897, the village church was built. The village was electrified in 1921 and 1937 connected to the sewerage system. Until the 1960s, the clay mining was the main source of income.

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

Religion

The vast majority of the population is Roman Catholic. In the village is a branch church of the parish of St. Boniface ( Wirges ), diocese of Limburg. The 100 evangelical Christians are looked after by the Evangelical Martin Luther Church community Wirges that belongs to the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Bannberscheid consists of twelve 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 coat of arms description reads: " Due to a silver - red split swash bar links shared by Blue and Gold top a golden mill wheel. Down at the plate edge blue three stages. "

The introduction of the coat of arms was initiated in 1992 by the local council.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

• To the east of the site the B 255 runs the Montabaur and Rennerod connects.
• The nearest motorway junction is Montabaur on the A 3 Cologne -Frankfurt am Main, about three kilometers away.
• The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.