Hontheim

This article is about the municipality in Germany. For the theologians, see Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim and Joseph Hontheim.
Hontheim

Coat of arms
Hontheim

Coordinates: 50°4′7.21″N 6°59′30.81″E / 50.0686694°N 6.9918917°E / 50.0686694; 6.9918917Coordinates: 50°4′7.21″N 6°59′30.81″E / 50.0686694°N 6.9918917°E / 50.0686694; 6.9918917
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Bernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc. Traben-Trarbach
Government
 • Mayor Ilona Lauxen (WG Steffens)
Area
 • Total 24.77 km2 (9.56 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 827
 • Density 33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 54538
Dialling codes 02674
Vehicle registration WIL

Hontheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Hontheim

Geography

Location

The municipality lies on a plateau in the southern Volcanic Eifel at the northern edge of the Kondelwald forest. The municipal area is 58.4% wooded. Hontheim belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Traben-Trarbach.

Constituent communities

Hontheim’s Ortsteile, besides the main centre, are Wispelt, Krinkhof and Bonsbeuern.

History

Beginning in 1794, Hontheim lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[2]

  Steffens Götten Komes Gellner Total
2009 7 2 2 1 12 seats

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per fess Or a cross gules and gules a hound courant of the first.[3]

Economy and infrastructure

Through the municipality runs Bundesstraße 421. To the west runs the Autobahn A 1. In Ürzig is a railway station on the Koblenz-Trier railway line. The state spa town of Bad Bertrich, with Germany’s only Glauber’s salt (sodium sulphate decahydrate; Na2SO4•10H2O) hot spring, is only 3 km away.

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
  2. ↑ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  3. ↑ Hontheim’s arms


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