Bockenau

Bockenau is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rüdesheim. Bockenau is a nationally recognized tourist.

Geography

Bockenau lies on the southern edge of the Hunsrück in the valley of Ellerbachs at 380 meters high Wingertsberg and is enclosed by the Soonwaldsteig precursor whose highest point Ellerspring at 657 m. ü. NN. is, where the Ellerbach springs and Bockenau crosses. The place is thus geographically located in the scenic interesting and mostly untouched forest Gauch. For the full ensemble the landscape designation Bockenauer Switzerland, which is also reflected in the name of sports and entertainment center of the village there.

To Bockenau includes the residential places Bockenauer Switzerland and Lindenhof.

History

At least since the 12th century Bockenau belonged to the County of Sponheim and thus their oldest possessions and thus is on the way Sponheim. The origins of the settlement, however, go back much further. For the development of the new development area in the leg foundations of a Roman villa from the third century AD have been found - this has been proven by coins.

On the grounds of the church located in the camp area Bockenauer Switzerland and the settlement Daubacher bridge ( between winter castle and Bockenau ) was in the Middle Ages Nunkirchen, a farm with a church, which was owned by Jutta von Sponheim.

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

Parish council

The local council in Bockenau consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Culture and sights

In Bockenau there is a primary school and an active social life that manifests itself in the new Hall Bockenauer Switzerland. At the entrance south a small railway museum in the open air. To discover and climb there are two Krauss -Maffei narrow-gauge steam locomotives, among others, of the type including 998 ÖBB restored wagon and a typical keeper's house including large signal mast of the time. The Kreuznacher small train departed from 1896 to 1936 between winter and Bad Kreuznach.

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Bockenau
• List of natural monuments in Bockenau

Catholic Church of St. Lawrence

Sandstone crucifix on the Catholic Church

Protestant parish church

Protestant parish church

Late founder temporal sandstone Crucifix, 1903

Former Catholic school in 1880

Economy and infrastructure

In the South, from 2008 to four lanes led federal road 41 runs in the neighboring town of Bad Sobernheim there is a station on the railway line Bingen- Saarbrücken with umsteigefreier connection to Frankfurt am Main via Regional Express. To the northwest is located three miles away the disused military airfield horse field and in a further 35 kilometers away in the same direction of the airport Frankfurt -Hahn The drop forge the company HAY is nearby with a newly built plant is the largest employer in the area and secures together with the location Bad Sobernheim over 1200 skilled jobs in the increasingly emerging region Nationally known the 12.5 acre Weingut Schäfer -Fröhlich, which belongs to the Association of German predicate and quality wineries

Neighboring towns

Personalities

• Johann Friedrich Abegg (1761-1840), businessman and Senator in Bremen
• Rudolf Desch (1911-1997), composer and professor, born in Bockenau