Steinbach, Rhein-Hunsrück
{{Infobox German location
| type = Ortsgemeinde
| name = Steinbach
| image_photo =
| image_coa =
| coordinates = {{coord|50|2|41|N|7|35|43|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| image_plan = Steinbach in SIM.svg
| state = Rheinland-Pfalz
| district = Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
| Verbandsgemeinde = Simmern-Rheinböllen
| elevation = 400
| area = 2.60
| postal_code = 56291
| area_code = 06766
| licence = SIM
| Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 40 148
| website =
| mayor = Michael Schubach[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1400000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
| leader_term = 2019–24
| party =
}}
Steinbach is an {{lang|de|Ortsgemeinde}} – a municipality belonging to a {{lang|de|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.
Geography
=Location=
History
Beginning in 1794, Steinbach lay under French rule. In 1814 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.
=Population development=
What follows is a table of the municipality's population figures for selected years since the early 19th century (each time at 31 December):
{{historical populations|align=none|cols=3|width=12em
| 1815 | 162
| 1835 | 151
| 1871 | 132
| 1905 | 127
| 1939 | 120
| 1950 | 128
| 1961 | 122
| 1965 | 124
| 1970 | 116
| 1975 | 91
| 1980 | 93
| 1985 | 83
| 1987 | 105
| 1990 | 106
| 1995 | 106
| 2000 | 114
| 2005 | 118
| 2006 | 115
| 2009 | 118
| source = Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
}}
Politics
=Municipal council=
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.[http://www.wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/1400514800.html Municipal election results for Steinbach]
=Mayor=
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111219071142/http://www.hunsrueck-nahereise.de/vg-rheinboellen/steinbach.html Steinbach at Hunsrück und Naheland] {{in lang|de}}
- [http://www.swr.de/landesschau-rp/hierzuland/-/id=100766/nid=100766/did=2457762/u7pvy9/index.html Brief portrait of Steinbach with film] at SWR Fernsehen {{in lang|de}}
{{Cities and towns in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district)}}
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