Ockenfels

Ockenfels is a municipality in the district of Neuwied in the north of Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Linz am Rhein.

• 4.1 Regular events

• 5.1 traffic

Geography

Ockenfels closes north to the city of Linz am Rhein, just south of Kasbach - Ohlenberg above the right bank of the Rhine on a south-west to north-east steeply rising terrain. The village comprises altitudes between 80 m above sea level. Sea level and 180 m above sea level. NN. The municipal area extends up to approximately 200 m to the Rhine, the natural area can be the majority of the capital of Linz assign terrace, the area east of it lies the Rhine Westerwald volcanic ridge. The community lies on the boundary of Linz am Rhein Castle Ockenfels. To Ockenfels part of living space Blumenau.

Although Ockenfels is now mainly a residential community, for several years but also the settlement of commercial establishments is sought.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1257. The current district boundaries of Ockenfels have arisen in its basic features 1809, when the parish was divided into eight districts Linz due to a Nassau Regulation. The community was initially Ockenfels under the management of the Nassau Office Linz. After the Rhineland in 1815 ceded to the Kingdom of Prussia, the community was in 1816 the newly formed district of Linz (1822 incorporated into the district of Neuwied ) and assigned by the mayor of Linz ( from 1927 " Official Linz " ) managed.

Since a reorganization of the cadastre of 1828 only minor border corrections may have been made. A description of the 1829 submitted Ockenfelser municipality can be seen that in the village at the time 300 inhabitants lived in 62 houses, which stood a chapel and a school house.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Ockenfels consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the local council:

Coat of arms

Description: " In a golden red Glevenrad under a silver shield with a main -reaching up to the plate edge black cross ".

Culture and sights

Regular events

• Carnival Parade: on Carnival Sunday
• Fairground: first weekend after Pentecost

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

In the immediate vicinity of the town of the federal highway 42, which runs from Koblenz to Bonn runs. The nearest motorway junction is Bad Honnef / Linz on the A 3