Allenfeld

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Allenfeld

Location of Allenfeld within Bad Kreuznach district

Coordinates: 49°52′2″N 7°40′5″E / 49.86722°N 7.66806°ECoordinates: 49°52′2″N 7°40′5″E / 49.86722°N 7.66806°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Bernd Rohr

Area

• Total

2.98 km² (1.15 sq mi)

Elevation

375 m (1,230 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

197

• Density

66/km² (170/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

55595

06756

Allenfeld 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 of Rüdesheim, whose seat is in the municipality of Rüdesheim an der Nahe.

Allenfeld lies in the southern Hunsrück, between the Soonwald and the Gauchswald. Its elevation is 375 m above sea level and its municipal area measures 2.98 km².

The village’s name first cropped up in 1438 as Aldenfeld in the Sponheim taxation book. Beginning no later than the 12th century, Allenfeld belonged to the County of Sponheim and in the 13th century was grouped into the newly formed administrative entity called the Amt of Winterburg, which as of 1416 belonged to the so-called “Hinder” County of Sponheim-Starkenburg.

The table shows Allenfeld’s population development. The figures in the table from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

As at 31 August 2013, there are 195 full-time residents in Allenfeld, and of those, 106 are Evangelical (54.359%), 35 are Catholic (17.949%) and 54 (27.692%) either have no religion or will not reveal their religious affiliation.

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.

Allenfeld’s mayor is Bernd Rohr, and his deputies are Friedhelm Lenhart and Hans-Jürgen Fett.

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