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Eckenroth is an ''
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belonging to a ''
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in
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,
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. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde''
Langenlonsheim-Stromberg Langenlonsheim-Stromberg is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the Bad Kreuznach (district), district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Langenlonsheim. It was formed on 1 ...
, whose seat is in
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. The population is 225 as of May 2025.


Geography


Location

Eckenroth lies below Schindeldorf, an outlying centre of Stromberg, on the opposite side of the dale from the Steyerberg.
Bingen am Rhein Bingen am Rhein () is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The settlement's original name was Bingium, a Celtic languages, Celtic word that may have meant "hole in the rock", a description of the shoal behind the ...
lies roughly 10 km to the east-northeast, while
Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke (Bad Kreuznach), Alte Nahebrücke, ...
lies some 12 km to the south-southeast.


Neighbouring municipalities

Clockwise from the north, Eckenroth's neighbours are the town of Stromberg and the municipality of
Schweppenhausen Schweppenhausen is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the Nort ...
. Also lying right nearby, but not bordering on Eckenroth, is the municipality of
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to the west.


History

Just when Eckenroth, the smallest village in the ''Verbandsgemeinde'', came into being cannot be determined with any accuracy. It is assumed, however, that this happened about the year 900, when it was built on
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s left behind by the
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after their centuries in the region. In 1156, it was one of the forest villages held by the
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, and in 1190, it said in the directory of
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s kept by the House of Bolanden that ''Ogelrode'', as the village was then known, was a branch of the parish of ''Leibersheim'' (
Waldlaubersheim Waldlaubersheim is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. As of the 2020 census it had a total population of 801. Waldlaubersheim's postal code is 55444. Geography and climate Waldlaubersheim ...
), and that it was there that the villagers had to send their
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s. The parish itself was held by Count Werner of Bolanden as a fief from Count Lon. A half share of the
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and a part of his tithes from the cropfields and
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s were transferred by Werner of Bolanden in 1282 to the knight Sir Emilrich of Schonenburg as an enfeoffment. Repeatedly, the village's name has changed in spelling. One archaic spelling has already been mentioned, but then there were two – ''Ockenrait'' and ''Oeckenrod'' – in the Stromberg taxation register.


Population development

Eckenroth's population development since
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ic times is shown in the table below. The figures for the years from 1871 to 1987 are drawn from census data:Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Regionaldaten
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Religion

As at 31 August 2013, there are 234 full-time residents in Eckenroth, and of those, 81 are
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(34.615%), 86 are
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(36.752%), 1 is
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(0.427%), 3 (1.282%) belong to other religious groups and 63 (26.923%) either have no religion or will not reveal their religious affiliation.


Politics


Municipal council

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


Mayor

As of June 2025 Eckenroth's mayor is Tim Siepet.Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach
Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 2 August 2021.


Coat of arms

The municipality's
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might be described thus: Sable a clearing hoe and a cramp in saltire Or. The cramp, or crampon – a
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called a ''Doppelhaken'' (“double hook”) or ''
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'' (“wolf hook”) in
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 – is an ancient
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symbol, and in
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it is also a symbol for
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. The other charge, the hoe, as a kind of tool for clearing land can be called a ''Rodhacke'' in German, thus making it
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for the last syllable in the village's name (both the D in the word for the tool and the last two letters in “Eckenroth” are pronounced . The hoe, however, also stands for the village's traditional
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. The
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s, sable and Or (black and gold), are those formerly borne by the
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, to which Eckenroth belonged for quite a long time. Municipal council chose the two charges with Eckenroth's traditional industries, forestry and winegrowing, in mind. The municipal banner also bears the municipal arms on a background of two vertical stripes of red and gold.


Culture and sightseeing


Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in
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’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:Directory of Cultural Monuments in Bad Kreuznach district
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, Hauptstraße – Late Baroque
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, marked 1782; tomb, 1887; warriors’ memorial 1914-1918, renovated 1932 * Hauptstraße, graveyard – Family Klein
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, about 1879 * Near Krämerweg 1 – memorial stone,
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, marked 1882 * Schulweg 2 – former
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; one-and-a-half-floor
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brick building, marked 1892, addition with teacher's dwelling (see also below) The old 19th-century schoolhouse still stands in the village, but it is no longer used as such, having been converted into an
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, the ''Gasthaus “Zur Linde”'' (“Inn at the Limetree”). It has a community hall that can be hired for occasions and events.


Regular events

The traditional
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(church consecration festival, locally known as the ''Kirmesfest'') falls on the last Sunday in August and is held on the square before the old
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, now an
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called ''Zur Linde''.


Economy and infrastructure


Transport

Currently, no
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serves Eckenroth or any of its neighbours, although the now disused ''Hunsrückquerbahn'' once served neighbouring
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and Stromberg. There is, however, talk of reactivating this railway as a quick transport link for
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport Hahn Airporthahn-airport.de
retrieved 30 April 2025
() , also colloquially known and formerly officially br ...
, a former
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military facility,
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, most of whose military functions ceased on 30 September 1993. However, as it stands, the nearest railway is the
Nahe Valley Railway The Nahe Valley Railway () is a two-track, partially electrified main line railway in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, which runs for almost 100 kilometres along the Nahe (Rhine), Nahe. It was built by the Rhine-Nahe Railway ...
( Bingen
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) with
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in Bingen,
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,
Laubenheim Laubenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Langenlonsheim-S ...
,
Langenlonsheim Langenlonsheim is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Langenlon ...
,
Bretzenheim Bretzenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Langenlonsheim- ...
and
Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke (Bad Kreuznach), Alte Nahebrücke, ...
, all lying roughly to Eckenroth's east. Also running by Eckenroth to the east is the
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A 61. The nearest
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is in
Waldlaubersheim Waldlaubersheim is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. As of the 2020 census it had a total population of 801. Waldlaubersheim's postal code is 55444. Geography and climate Waldlaubersheim ...
.


References


External links


Eckenroth in the collective municipality’s webpages
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