# Badenhard

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**Badenhard** is an *[Ortsgemeinde](/source/Ortsgemeinde_(Germany))* – a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) belonging to a *[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)*, a kind of collective municipality – in the [Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis](/source/Rhein-Hunsr%C3%BCck-Kreis) ([district](/source/Districts_of_Germany)) in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany). It belongs to the *Verbandsgemeinde* [Hunsrück-Mittelrhein](/source/Hunsr%C3%BCck-Mittelrhein) having its administration in [Emmelshausen](/source/Emmelshausen).

## Geography

### Location

Badenhard is located on a high ridge in the east [Hunsrück](/source/Hunsr%C3%BCck), between the [Middle Rhine](/source/Middle_Rhine) valley and the [Autobahn](/source/Autobahn) [A 61](/source/Bundesautobahn_61).

### Neighbouring municipalities

Next to Badenhard there are [Utzenhain](/source/Utzenhain) and [Birkheim](/source/Birkheim).

## History

The feudal landholders were until the [French](/source/France) occupation in 1794 the [Counts of Katzenelnbogen](/source/County_of_Katzenelnbogen) and the [Landgraviate of Hesse](/source/Landgraviate_of_Hesse). In 1815, Badenhard was assigned to the Kingdom of [Prussia](/source/Prussia) at the [Congress of Vienna](/source/Congress_of_Vienna). In 1908, the building of the local church was financed by a local woman. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded [state](/source/States_of_Germany) of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate).

## Religion

The municipality’s majority is [Evangelical](/source/Evangelical_Church_in_Germany).

## Politics

### Municipal council

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by [majority vote](/source/Plurality_voting_system) at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[2]

### Mayor

Badenhard’s mayor is Dirk Jost.[3]

### Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: *In geteiltem Schild oben in Gold drei rote Eichenblätter nebeneinander, unten in Blau zwei silberne Ähren.*

The municipality’s [arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) might in English [heraldic](/source/Heraldry) language be described thus: In the split shield above in gold three oak leaves next to next, the bottom in blue with two silver ears of wheat argent.

The *Ortsgemeinde* of Badenhard is even today a community well defined by [agriculture](/source/Agriculture) and [forestry](/source/Forestry). The oakleaves refer to the broadleaf forests, and the ears of wheat to agriculture. While the [charges](/source/Charge_(heraldry)) refer to the municipality itself, the [tinctures](/source/Tincture_(heraldry)) refer to the old feudal landholders, the Counts of Katzenelnbogen and the Landgraviate of Hesse.[4]

## Culture and sightseeing

### Buildings

In the following are listed buildings or sites in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate)’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:

- [Evangelical](/source/Evangelical_Church_in_Germany) church, Schloßstraße 1 – [Baroque Revival](/source/Baroque_Revival_architecture)-[Art Nouveau](/source/Art_Nouveau) building with T-shaped floor plan, 1908/1909[5]

## Economy and infrastructure

### Transport

Badenhard is located only a few kilometres away from [Autobahn](/source/Autobahn) [A 61](/source/Bundesautobahn_61).

## References

1. [Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis](https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1400000000000.html), Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.

1. [Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat](http://www.wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/1400200500.html)

1. [Badenhard’s mayor](http://www.emmelshausen.de/vg_emmelshausen/Gemeinden/Badenhard/)

1. [Description and explanation of Badenhard’s arms](http://www.emmelshausen.de/vg_emmelshausen/Gemeinden/Badenhard/)

1. [Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district](https://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Rhein-Hunsrueck-Kreis.pdf)

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