Kleinich | |
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Location of Kleinich within Bernkastel-Wittlich district  | |
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| Coordinates:49°53′34.12″N7°11′9.85″E / 49.8928111°N 7.1860694°E /49.8928111; 7.1860694 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bernkastel-Wittlich |
| Municipal assoc. | Bernkastel-Kues |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–24) | Arno Wilhelm[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 20.30 km2 (7.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 687 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 54483 |
| Dialling codes | 06536 |
| Vehicle registration | WIL |
| Website | www.kleinich.de |
Kleinich is anOrtsgemeinde – amunicipality belonging to aVerbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in theBernkastel-Wittlichdistrict inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany.
The municipality lies in theHunsrück between theHunsrückhöhenstraße (“Hunsrück Heights Road”, a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road onHermann Göring’s orders) and the MiddleMoselle. The nearestmiddle centres areBernkastel-Kues andMorbach.Frankfurt-Hahn Airport lies only a few kilometres to the east. Kleinich belongs to theVerbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues, whose seat is in thelike-named town.
Kleinich’sOrtsteile are Kleinich, Oberkleinich, Thalkleinich, Fronhofen, Götzeroth, Emmeroth, Pilmeroth and Ilsbach.
In 1220, Kleinich had its first documentary mention. Together with the surroundinghamlets, it was part of theCounty of Sponheim.
On 15 May 1936, the name was changed fromCleinich to Kleinich. Until municipal administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate in 1969, the village belonged to the Bernkastel district, whose seat was atBernkastel-Kues. On 7 June 1969, the municipality of Kleinich was newly founded out of the dissolved municipalities of Kleinich and Thalkleinich. Today’s municipality arose from a merger of the dissolved municipalities of Kleinich, Emmeroth, Fronhofen, Götzeroth, Ilsbach, Oberkleinich and Pilmeroth on 17 March 1974.
Today, Kleinich is part of theVerbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues. In 1996, Kleinich reached second place in Rhineland-Palatinate in the contestUnser Dorf soll schöner werden (“Our village should become lovelier”).
| 1933 | 1939 | 13 Sep. 1950 | 31 Dec. 1970 | 31 Dec. 1990 | 30 Jun. 2005 | 31 Dec. 2007 |
| 225 | 214 | 889 | 779 | 686 | 732 | 699 |
The municipal council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The 2004 election was not determined byproportional representation; the council members were elected bymajority vote.
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[3]
| Year | WG Born | WG Molz | Total |
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| 2009 | 7 | 5 | 12 seats |
TheOrtsteile have elected advisory bodies (Ortsbeiräte) and each has a head (Ortsvorsteher). For these purposes, theOrtsteile of Götzeroth and Ilsbach are counted as one.
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