Bundenbach

Bundenbach is a municipality in the district of Birkenfeld, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rhaunen and is a nationally recognized resort. Bundenbach applies because of its 400 million year old fossils of armored fish and other animals from the Devonian than fossil site, world-class.

Geography

Bundenbach is located on the Hunsrück Slate and Castle Route.

The next largest cities are Kirn, Idar -Oberstein and simmering. Neighboring towns are Rhaunen, Bollenbach, Schneppenbach and Bruschied.

To Bundenbach includes the residential places Neumühlestrasse and Reinhard mill.

History

Located on a mountain spur at the federal stream, in a loop of the tap stream, there was a late Celtic fortification, also called castellum, of the tribe of Treverians. Considered the most fully researched line of this type

Bundenbach was first mentioned on March 14, 1283.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in federal Bach consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the local council:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " Split of blue and silver, an inclined front silver book, occupied by three black balls ( 2/1), the back one continuous red beams cross. "

The front half of the shield shows the attributes of the local patron, St.. Nicholas, who was also depicted in the old court seal; the rear half of the shield refers to the former belonging to the territory of the Electorate of Trier.

Culture and sights

Worth seeing is the medieval castle Schmidtburg are ( largest Rhenish castle ), the Herrenberg slate quarry; Since 1976, visitor mine, the Fossil Museum, the La Tène temporal Celtic hillfort Altburg and the romantic Hahnenbachtal no traffic.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Bundenbach

Economy and infrastructure

In Bundenbach there is a kindergarten and a village hall. In Kirn is a train station of the railway line Bingen- Saarbrücken. In the north are the federal highway 50 and the Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.

Sons and daughters

• Johann Thomas Petry, Johann Peter Thomas; (* 1720 in Bundenbach ), German architect
• Franz Mörscher (* 1931), German sculptor, mosaic artist, painter, photographer and non-fiction author
• Wendel Shepherd ( born 1940 ), teacher and writer