Reckershausen

Reckershausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Reckershausen
Coat of arms
Location of Reckershausen within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Reckershausen
Reckershausen
Coordinates: 49°59′1″N 7°24′10″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.Kirchberg
Government
 • MayorMadeleine Kreutzer (Ind.)
Area
 • Total8.19 km2 (3.16 sq mi)
Elevation
410 m (1,350 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total368
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55481
Dialling codes06763
Vehicle registrationSIM
Websitewww.reckershausen.de

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück and encompasses an area of 8.19 km², of which 4.52 km² is wooded. The rural residential community lies roughly 4 km north of Kirchberg.

History

In 1072, Reckershausen had its first documentary mention. Reckershausen was an area subject to the provost's office at Ravengiersburg Monastery. When the monastery was dissolved by the Dukes of Palatinate-Simmern in 1566, the Reformation was introduced.

In 1672 the village passed to Electoral Palatinate. Beginning in 1794, Reckershausen lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.[2]

Mayor

Reckershausen's mayor is Madeleine Kreutzer, and her deputies are Christian Gehre and Johannes Eich.[3]

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: Unter schwarzem Schildhaupt, darin schreitender, rotbewehrter, -gezungter, goldener Löwe, gespalten, vorn Rot-Silber geschacht, hinten in Gold ein schwarzes Schräggitter, belegt mit zwei gekreuzten schwarzen Berghämmern.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale chequy of fifteen gules and argent and Or trellised sable surmounted by a hammer and a pick per saltire of the same, on a chief of the fourth a lion passant of the third armed and langued of the first.

The lion in the chief refers to the former landholders, the Counts Palatine of the Rhine and the Dukes of Simmern. Reckershausen lay within the area subject to the provost's office at Ravengiersburg Monastery. Until this foundation was dissolved in 1566, these noblemen were its Vögte, and until 1707 the lords over the provost's office. The “chequy” pattern on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side refers to the “Hinder” County of Sponheim, which had in Reckershausen many peasant subjects and 19 “farmyards”. The trellis on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side is meant to look like the mesh of a sieve, for sieve making and selling was in centuries gone by an important income earner for Reckershausen. The hammer and pick refer to mining within the municipality's limits.

The arms have been borne since 1990.[4]

Culture and sightseeing
Kirchberger Straße 10: Saint Thecla's Catholic Church

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5]

Sport and leisure

Reckershausen also has a barefoot park and a natural swimming pool.

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2019, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2020.
  2. Municipal election results for Reckershausen
  3. Reckershausen’s council
  4. Description and explanation of Reckershausen’s arms
  5. Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district
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