Ratzert

Ratzert is a municipality in the district of Neuwied in the north of Rhineland- Palatinate. The community belongs to the municipality powder stream. To Ratzert part of the district Brubbach.

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Geography

The place is a little off the main roads north of powder stream on the edge of the Rhine -Westerwald. Through the town, the building rises slightly towards the south and east, flows towards the southwest of Wambach. To Ratzert include the west lies the district of Brubbach and the living space Waldhof.

History

The place Ratzert 1270 is mentioned for the first time. They meet at this time there just the Ludwig von Ratzert ( Razerode ), which testifies to the accuracy of an instrument. Ratzert was a farmstead, which was owned by Heinrich Stoggeleid and his wife Beatrix. At that time and subsequently was the family Stoggeleid in saynischen services. Contze of Ratzert ( Raitzroide ) was 1478 ( 11.3. ) To the local nobility. He owed his Lord saynischen the Herbstbede. In 1589 were found in Ratzert eight souls, one of which was Saynisch. Ratzert always belonged to the parish Niederwambach. For the first time one encounters in 1612 on a wiedischen yard, the peculiar held Hermann II of Wied. In Ratzert were a total of seventeen houses in 1843, 1895 then already 38 houses with 163 inhabitants. These were always banished to the mill to Niederwambach. The children went to the parish school in Niederwambach. 1870 was built to Ratzert for 3740 dollars the first school. In 1891 Ratzert is referred to as the poorest in the Westerwald.

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

Policy

Parish council

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

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The nearest motorway junction is Neuwied on the Autobahn 3 The nearest ICE railway station is in Montabaur on the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.

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