Bilkheim

Bilkheim is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Wallmerod.

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Geographical location

Bilkheim is located about 13 km north-east of Montabaur in a valley, directly on the border with Hesse. The sheep creek rises above the village, flows laterally past Bilkheim and empties into the Walmeroder stream, which in turn shortly thereafter flows into the salt creek.

History

First mentioned as Bullincheym Bilkheim was the noble Dietrich von Bramstedt to Neurod in 1345th

1664 moated castle courtyard Neuroth was built as a widow seat of the House Walderdorff. It was from 1695 found a grave stone with the place names Bilkheim.

In 1828, the first urn from the Hallstatt culture ( 700-500 before Christ ) were discovered on the " infidel." Through these grave findings there is evidence that there must have been a settlement in the area Bilkheims before more than 2000 years. The grave findings are partly exhibited and archived in the museum in Wiesbaden.

In 1901 a school was built in Bilkheim who is now in private ownership. A back now built into a hiking and biking trail railway line was built in 1910 and joined with Westerburg and Montabaur.

The old houses along the main street are mostly bought and inhabited by "new" Bilkheimern. The descendants of the "old" Bilkheimer pull out of the village and build in the adjacent building areas.

The original religion in Bilkheim was Roman Catholic until about 50 years to 100 %. With the advance of globalization, however, many faiths are now represented in Bilkheim.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Bilkheim consists of eight council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The eight seats on the council are divided into two groups of voters. In the previous election in 2004, a majority vote was held.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: " Divided by Göpel section. Fronts on golden, covered with a slight left rising blue wave wedge Wellenschildfuß, in red a silver castle tower. Back in silver a red tower with three battlements and three silver windows. Down in Green a golden urn, flipping six silver isosceles trapezoids. "

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

• The nearest motorway junction is Diez at the A 3 Cologne -, about 10 kilometers from Frankfurt.
• The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.
• The closest major airports are passenger airport Cologne -Bonn and Frankfurt.

Events

Bilkheim every year has three major events:

• Fair: On the last weekend of August is held every year the traditional funfair in / at the parish hall of St. Barbara.
• Backes Festival: The first weekend in August is held every year the Backes hard. This festival is designed by all the clubs together.
• Christmas Market: In December 2006, the first time a Christmas market was held.