Oberhonnefeld-Gierend
Oberhonnefeld- Gierend is a municipality in the district of Neuwied in the north of Rhineland- Palatinate. The community belongs to the municipality Rengsdorf.
- 4.1 municipal
- 4.2 Coat of Arms
- 5.1 traffic
Geography
The place is situated in Rhein-Westerwald Nature Park north of Rengsdorf.
Community structure
- Oberhonnefeld
- Gierend
- Greed final height
History
Around 1000 a church was first mentioned in Oberhonnefeld.
Population
Development of the population (31 December):
Data source: Statistical Office of Rhineland -Palatinate
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Oberhonnefeld- Gierend 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: Split by a bent- tip, in a black church in front view, the tower with round arch open, split and open windows in the bell storey and pointed, bestekten with the betting Erhan tent roof; eight times forward diagonally split of gold and red, occupied by a achtspeichigen black gear; back to green a three-line golden ear, the stalk with two folded leaves.
Explanation: The golden- red oblique division is the herald image of the oldest coat of arms of the Counts of Wied from the 1218 and points out that the church belonged to the allodial possession of the Counts of Wied. The gear symbolizes the former, operated until the end of the 18th century, iron and copper mines and smelters in the parish Honnefeld. The ear symbolizes the cultivation of grain, the green of the wooded surroundings of the community. The church pictured is supposed to represent the Protestant parish church in Oberhonnefeld, a neoclassical church hall. The coat of arms is quite valid since June 3, 1981 to a design by Albert Meinhard, Neuwied.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
East of the municipality runs the federal highway 256 which leads from Neuwied to old churches. The nearest motorway junction is Neuwied on the Autobahn 3 The nearest ICE train station is located in Montabaur on the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.