{{Infobox German location | type = Ortsgemeinde | image_photo = | image_coa = | coordinates = {{coord|50|1|27.72|N|7|34|20.11|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | image_plan = Bergenhausen in SIM.svg | state = Rheinland-Pfalz | district = Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis | Verbandsgemeinde = Simmern-Rheinböllen | elevation = 370 | area = 2.68 | postal_code = 55469 | area_code = 06766 | licence = SIM | Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 40 012 | mayor = Wilhelm Enk<ref name=mayor>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1400000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.</ref> | leader_term = 2019&ndash;24 }} '''Bergenhausen''' 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'' Simmern-Rheinböllen, whose seat is in Simmern. {{stack|thumb|Village centre in background}}

==Geography==

===Location=== The municipality lies in the Hunsrück on both sides of the Simmerbach.

==History== The village's history goes back to Roman times. In 1293, Bergenhausen had its first documentary mention. Beginning in 1794, Bergenhausen 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.

==Religion== The village's Evangelical congregation belongs to the parish of Pleizenhausen.

==Politics==

===Mayor=== Bergenhausen's mayor is Wilhelm Enk.<ref name=mayor/>

==Culture and sightseeing==

===Buildings=== The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: * Honigberg 2 – estate complex along the street; partly timber-frame, partly slated, 19th century; whole complex of buildings * Kumbder Weg 1 – estate complex; timber-frame house plastered, half-hipped roof, first fourth of the 19th century, barn with two stables, latter half of the 19th century<ref>[http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Rhein-Hunsrueck-Kreis.pdf Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district]</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category|Bergenhausen}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110719083815/http://www.simmern.de/de_lebenbeiuns_ortsgemeinden_bergenhausen.html Bergenhausen in the collective municipality’s webpages] {{in lang|de}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100731080918/http://www.wo-simmern.de/reisefuehrer-hunsrueck/verbandsgemeinden/vg-simmern/bergenhausen Bergenhausen in the ''Wo-Simmern.de'' travel guide] {{in lang|de}}

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