Heidenrod

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Field	Value
type	Gemeinde
name	Heidenrod
image_coa	DEU Heidenrod COA.svg
coordinates
image_plan	Heidenrod in RÜD.svg
state	Hessen
region	Darmstadt
district	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
elevation	361
area	95.94
postal_code	65321
area_code	06120, 06124, 06772, 06775
licence	RÜD
Gemeindeschlüssel	06 4 39 005
website	www.heidenrod.de
mayor	Volker Diefenbach
leader_term	2019–25
party	SPD
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Geography

Location

Heidenrod lies in the western Taunus north of the main ridge and west of the Aar, between Koblenz and Wiesbaden, roughly halfway between the Rhine and the Lahn. The municipal area stretches east and west of the high ridge along which runs Bundesstraße 260, also known as the Bäderstraße (“Bath Road”). The two highest settlements in the western Taunus, Kemel (village centre, 510 m above sea level) and Mappershain (village centre, 500 m above sea level) are Heidenrod municipal districts. The Mappershainer Kopf, some 500 m northwest of its namesake place, is at 548 m above sea level the highest mountain in the Western Hintertaunus ("Farther Taunus").

Within municipal limits, west of the municipal district of Kemel, rise the headwaters of the Wisper, which run together between the constituent communities of Wisper and Geroldstein. In the constituent community of Mappershain rises the Dörsbach. Some 60% of the municipal area is wooded.

Neighbouring communities

Heidenrod borders in the north on the municipalities of Holzhausen an der Haide, Rettert, Berndroth, Dörsdorf, Eisighofen and Reckenroth (all in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate), in the northeast on the municipality of Aarbergen, in the east on the municipality of Hohenstein, in the southeast on the town of Bad Schwalbach, in the southwest on the town of Oestrich-Winkel, and in the west on the town of Lorch and the municipalities of Welterod, Strüth, Weidenbach, Diethardt and Nastätten (all in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis).

Constituent communities

Heidenrod's 19 Ortsteile, with population figures as of Nov 2012, are Algenroth (77), Dickschied (473), Egenroth (172), Geroldstein (91), Grebenroth (346), Hilgenroth (103), Huppert (525), Kemel (1219), Langschied (238), Laufenselden (1894), Mappershain (246), Martenroth (67), Nauroth (582), Niedermeilingen (328), Obermeilingen (93), Springen (406), Watzelhain (362), Wisper (94) and Zorn (447).

History

In 1972, the first merger took place when 17 self-governing municipalities amalgamated. Last but not least in 1977 Hilgenroth became part of Heidenrod by law.

Politics

Municipal council

The municipal election held on 6 March 2016 yielded the following results:

Municipal partnerships

Heidenrod maintains partnerships with the following places:

France Wissous, Essonne, France
Hungary Mád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
Germany Sollstedt, Thuringia

Education

Grundschule Kemeler Heide (primary school)
Fledermausschule (primary school)

Famous people

Arne Hoffmann (b. 1969 in Wiesbaden), media scientist, journalist and book author, lives in Heidenrod-Springen
Christian Hock, football trainer for SV Wehen-Wiesbaden
Sigmund Mannheimer (1835–1909), German-American educator, born in Kemel

References

(5 September 2022). "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden". [[Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt]].
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