Bergenhausen

Bergshausen is a municipality in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality simmering / Hunsrück.

Geography

Bergshausen located on both sides of the Simmer Bach.

History

Its history goes back to Roman times. The first written mention is in 1293.

With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops, the place was French, 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 the municipality Bergshausen, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Religion

The Protestant church Bergshausen belongs to the parish Pleizenhausen that is part of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland.

Parish council

The local council in Bergshausen 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.

Mayor Ernst Müller.