Rüdesheim an der Nahe

Rudesheim is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland -Palatinate and the administrative seat of the collective municipality Rudesheim, who also belongs. Rüdesheim is recognized as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

Geography

Rüdesheim is situated at the junction of the Rhine Hessen Hunsrück to the mouth of the creek cats in the Ellerbach, a tributary of the Nahe. It is located about 4 km west of the town of Bad Kreuznach and is grown together with this. Other neighboring towns and municipalities are Weinheim, Hüffelsheim, Roxheim, almond and Hargesheim.

At Rudesheim includes the residential places Lohr mill, Rüdesheim court and to Hargesheimer path.

History

In 1125 the plague raged in Rudesheim. At the same time a famine. The place was cremated in 1334 next to Bockenau, Weinheim and Sponheim.

1794 the site was occupied by French troops. 1814 Rüdesheim under Austro- Bavarian administration and was in 1851 the seat of the Amtsbürgermeisterei. In 1893 a small railroad in the Kreuznacher Kleinbahnen was built in 1939 and opened a swimming pool. At the end of the Second World War, in 1945, American troops marched into the village.

On 7 June 1969, the annexation to Bad Kreuznach, but this was canceled again on 17 December of the same year. In 1970, the municipality Rudesheim was formed and in 1994 inaugurated the B -41 bypass.

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

Policy

Parish council

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

Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Rüdesheim is the holy St. Martin on horseback, dividing his cloak with a sword, dar. left in front is a kneeling beggar to find. The figures are white, the coat is blue, the bottom is green and the background is red. The coat of arms was approved on the model of a court seal from 1569, 1950 from the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Interior.

Economy and infrastructure

The place has a direct connection to the B 41, which leads to the nearby A61.