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词条 Wickenrodt
释义

  1. Geography

     Location  Neighbouring municipalities 

  2. Politics

     Municipal council  Mayor  Coat of arms 

  3. Culture and sightseeing

     Buildings  Regular events 

  4. Economy and infrastructure

     Transport 

  5. References

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|state = Rheinland-Pfalz
|district = Birkenfeld
|Verbandsgemeinde = Herrstein
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|area = 5.27
|population = 185
|Stand = 2006-06-30
|postal_code = 55758
|area_code = 06785
|licence = BIR
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 34 093
|Adresse-Verband = Brühlstraße 16
55756 Herrstein
|website = www.wickenrodt.de
|mayor = Otmar Glöckner
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Wickenrodt is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Herrstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück on a plateau overlooking the Hahnenbach valley between Idar-Oberstein and Rhaunen.

Neighbouring municipalities

Wickenrodt borders in the north on the municipality of Bollenbach, in the northeast on the municipality of Bundenbach, in the east on the municipality of Sonnschied, in the south on the municipality of Niederhosenbach, in the southwest on the municipalities of Breitenthal and Oberhosenbach and in the northwest on the municipality of Sulzbach. Wickenrodt also meets the municipality of Griebelschied at a single point in the southeast.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[1]

Mayor

Wickenrodt’s mayor is Michael Adam.[2]

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per bend vert a stylized W and in base an adze in bend argent, and Or a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[3]

  • Evangelical parish church, Unterdorf – aisleless church; nave essentially Romanesque, alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries; Romanesque quire tower with Late Gothic pointed spire; two bells: one about 1340 by Magister Sifride, Cologne, the newer one marked 1466
  • Unterdorf 8 – Evangelical rectory; Classicist building with hipped roof, 1840s

Regular events

Each year, the Wickenrodt Beautification Club (Verschönerungsverein Wickenrodt) stages a folk and children’s festival (last weekend in July), and the Wickenrodt Riding Club (Reitverein RV Wickenrodt) holds a riding tournament (first weekend in September).

Every other year (in even-numbered years), Saint Nicholas’s Market (Nikolausmarkt) takes place around the municipal centre on the first Saturday in December.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Running to the southeast of the municipality is Bundesstraße 41, which towards the south leads to the Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier). Serving nearby Kirn is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken).

References

1. ^Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
2. ^Wickenrodt’s executive
3. ^Directory of Cultural Monuments in Birkenfeld district
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1 : Birkenfeld (district)

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