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'''Bockenau''' is an ''[[Ortsgemeinde]]'' – a [[Municipalities of Germany|municipality]] belonging to a ''[[Verbandsgemeinde]]'', a kind of collective municipality – in the [[Bad Kreuznach (district)|Bad Kreuznach]] [[Districts of Germany|district]] in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]]. It belongs to the [[Rüdesheim (Verbandsgemeinde)|''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Rüdesheim]], whose seat is in the municipality of [[Rüdesheim an der Nahe]]. Bockenau is a state-recognized [[tourism]] centre.<ref name="regionaldaten">
==Geography==
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==History==
Beginning no later than the 12th century, Bockenau belonged to the [[County of Sponheim]] and was thereby one of its oldest landholds, and therefore lies today on the ''Sponheimer Weg'', an historically thematized [[hiking]] trail. Nevertheless, the village’s origins actually go much further back. When the new building zone “In der Bein” was opened, foundations of a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[villa rustica]] from the 3rd century AD were found. This was proved by the coins that were also unearthed. On the lands of the campground called ''Bockenauer Schweiz'', lying within municipal limits, and the settlement of ''Daubacher Brücke'' (between [[Winterburg]] and Bockenau) once lay, in the [[Middle Ages]], Nunkirchen, a homestead with a [[church (building)|church]] that was owned by [[Jutta von Sponheim]].<ref>[http://www.ekir.de/bockenau-sponheim/uploads/media/typo3/uploads/media/index.php?id=29&type=1 Die Kirche zu Bockenau] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095902/http://www1.ekir.de/bockenau-sponheim/uploads/media/typo3/uploads/media/index.php?id=29&type=1 |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref><ref>
===Population development===
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==Religion==
As at 31 August 2013, there are 1,241 full-time residents in Bockenau, and of those, 536 are [[Evangelical Church in Germany|Evangelical]] (43.191%), 477 are [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] (38.437%), 2 are [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] (0.161%), 32 (2.579%) belong to other religious groups and 194 (15.633%) either have no religion or will not reveal their religious affiliation.<ref>
==Politics==
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