Heidenrod | |
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Location of Heidenrod within Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district  | |
 Location of Heidenrod | |
  Heidenrod  Heidenrod | |
| Coordinates:50°12′36″N07°59′24″E / 50.21000°N 7.99000°E /50.21000; 7.99000 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–25) | Volker Diefenbach[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 95.94 km2 (37.04 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 361 m (1,184 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 7,905 |
| • Density | 82.40/km2 (213.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 65321 |
| Dialling codes | 06120, 06124, 06772, 06775 |
| Vehicle registration | RÜD |
| Website | www.heidenrod.de |
Heidenrod is a municipality in theRheingau-Taunus-Kreis in theRegierungsbezirk ofDarmstadt inHesse,Germany. Seat of municipal administration is to be found in the most populated municipal district, in Laufenselden.
Heidenrod lies in the westernTaunus north of the main ridge and west of theAar, betweenKoblenz andWiesbaden, roughly halfway between theRhine and theLahn. The municipal area stretches east and west of the high ridge along which runsBundesstraße 260, also known as theBäderstraße (“Bath Road”). The two highest settlements in the western Taunus, Kemel (village centre, 510 m abovesea level) and Mappershain (village centre, 500 m above sea level) are Heidenrod municipal districts. TheMappershainer Kopf, some 500 m northwest of its namesake place, is at 548 m above sea level the highest mountain in theWestern Hintertaunus ("Farther Taunus").[3][circular reference]
Within municipal limits, west of the municipal district of Kemel, rise the headwaters of theWisper, 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.
Heidenrod borders in the north on the municipalities ofHolzhausen an der Haide,Rettert,Berndroth,Dörsdorf,Eisighofen andReckenroth (all in theRhein-Lahn-Kreis inRhineland-Palatinate), in the northeast on the municipality ofAarbergen, in the east on the municipality ofHohenstein, in the southeast on the town ofBad Schwalbach, in the southwest on the town ofOestrich-Winkel, and in the west on the town ofLorch and the municipalities ofWelterod,Strüth,Weidenbach,Diethardt andNastätten (all in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis).
Heidenrod's 19Ortsteile, with population figures as of Nov 2012,[4] 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).
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.
The municipal election held on 6 March 2016[5][circular reference] yielded the following results:
| Parties and voter communities | % 2016 | Seats 2016 | % 2006 | Seats 2006 | % 2001 | Seats 2001 | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 28.4 | 9 | 38.5 | 12 | 41.2 | 13 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 38.5 | 12 | 35.6 | 11 | 41.2 | 13 |
| GREENS | Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | 9.9 | 3 | 7.3 | 2 | 8.4 | 2 |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party | 4.7 | 1 | 4.6 | 2 | 5.5 | 2 |
| BIH | Bürgerinitiative Heidenrod | 18.5 | 6 | 14.0 | 4 | – | – |
| DHP | Deutsche Heimat Partei ... Die National-Liberalen | – | – | – | – | 3.8 | 1 |
| Total | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | |
| Voter turnout in % | 59.2 | 54.7 | 61.0 | ||||
Heidenrod maintains partnerships with the following places:
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