Heidenrod is a community in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Rheingau-Taunus is a Kreis in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Limburg-Weilburg, Hochtaunuskreis, Main-Taunus, district-free Wiesbaden, Mainz-Bingen, Rhein-Lahn.-Geography:...

 in the Regierungsbezirk

Regierungsbezirk

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of Darmstadt

Darmstadt (region)

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 in Hesse

Hesse

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, Germany

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. The municipal administration is found in the community’s biggest centre, in Laufenselden.

Location

The community lies in the western Taunus

Taunus

The Taunus is a low mountain range in Hesse, Germany that composes part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. It is bounded by the river valleys of Rhine, Main and Lahn. On the opposite side of the Rhine, the mountains are continued by the Hunsrück...

 north of the main ridge and west of the Aar

Aar (Lahn)

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, between Koblenz

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 and Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden

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, roughly halfway between the Rhine and the Lahn

Lahn

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. The municipal area stretches east and west of the high ridge along which runs Bundesstraße

Bundesstraße

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260, also known as the Bäderstraße (“Bath Road”). The two highest settlements in the western Taunus, Kemel (village centre, 510 m above sea level

Sea level

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) and Mappershain (village centre, 500 m above sea level) are Heidenrod constituent communities. 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 (“Hinder Taunus”).

Within community limits, west of the constituent community of Kemel, rise the headwaters of the Wisper

Wisper

The Wisper is a thirty kilometer long river in Hesse, Germany, right tributary of the Rhine. Its source is in the western Taunus, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district, near a small village named Wisper . It flows southwest through a densely forested valley with some medieval castle ruins surrounded by a...

, 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 communities of Holzhausen an der Haide

Holzhausen an der Haide

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, Rettert

Rettert

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, Berndroth

Berndroth

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, Dörsdorf

Dörsdorf

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, Eisighofen

Eisighofen

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 and Reckenroth

Reckenroth

Reckenroth is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany....

 (all in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis

Rhein-Lahn-Kreis

Rhein-Lahn is a district in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Westerwaldkreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Rheingau-Taunus, Mainz-Bingen, Rhein-Hunsrück, Mayen-Koblenz, and the district-free city Koblenz.-History:With the Congress of Vienna the area was added to the duchy...

 in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

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), in the northeast on the community of Aarbergen

Aarbergen

Aarbergen is a community in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany.- Location :Aarbergen lies on the river Aar south of Limburg an der Lahn and between the Taunus ridge and the river Lahn in the Lower Taunus, or western Hintertaunus .The community is found...

, in the east on the community of Hohenstein

Hohenstein, Hesse

Hohenstein is a community in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany.-Location:Hohenstein lies in the western Taunus, on both sides of the river Aar between Limburg and Wiesbaden.-Neighbouring communities:...

, in the southeast on the town of Bad Schwalbach

Bad Schwalbach

Bad Schwalbach is the district seat of Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany.- Geographic Location :Bad Schwalbach is a spa town some 20 km northwest of Wiesbaden. It lies at 289 to 465 m above sea level in the Taunus, along the small river Aar...

, in the southwest on the town of Oestrich-Winkel

Oestrich-Winkel

Oestrich-Winkel is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany.- Location :This is a young town with roughly 12,000 inhabitants, having come into being in 1972 through the merger of the self-governing communities of Mittelheim, Oestrich and Winkel;...

, and in the west on the town of Lorch

Lorch

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 and the communities of Welterod

Welterod

Welterod is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany....

, Strüth

Strüth

Strüth is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany....

, Weidenbach

Weidenbach, Rhein-Lahn

Weidenbach is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany....

, Diethardt

Diethardt

Diethardt is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany....

 and Nastätten

Nastätten

Nastätten is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Taunus, approx. 25 km southeast of Koblenz, and 35 km northwest of Wiesbaden....

 (all in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis).

Constituent communities

Heidenrod’s 19 Ortsteile, with population figures for some, are Algenroth (100), Dickschied (600), Egenroth, Geroldstein (100), Grebenroth, Hilgenroth (140), Huppert (550), Kemel (1500), Langschied (300), Laufenselden (2500), Mappershain (220), Martenroth (100), Nauroth (620), Niedermeilingen, Obermeilingen (110), Springen (500), Watzelhain, Wisper (100) and Zorn (509).

History

In 1972, the first merger took place when 17 self-governing communities amalgamated. In 1977 the constituent community of Hilgenroth was merged into the greater community by order.

Community council

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

Parties and voter communities		% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	38.5	12	41.2	13
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...	35.6	11	41.2	13
GREENS	Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	7.3	2	8.4	2
FDP	Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government...	4.6	2	5.5	2
BIH	Bürgerinitiative Heidenrod	14.0	4	–	–
DHP	Deutsche Heimat Partei ... Die National-Liberalen	–	–	3.8	1
Total		100.0	31	100.0	31
Voter turnout in %		54.7		61.0

Town partnerships

Heidenrod maintains partnerships with the following places: Wissous

Wissous

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, Essonne

Essonne

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, France

France

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 Mád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County

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, Hungary

Hungary

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 Sollstedt

Sollstedt

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, Thuringia

Thuringia

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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

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