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Büchenbeuren is an – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a , a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (Districts of Germany, district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Kirchberg (Verbandsgemeinde), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the Kirchberg, Rhein-Hunsrück, like-named town. Büchenbeuren is a state-recognized tourism municipality (''Fremdenverkehrsort''), and according to state planning, is laid out as a Central place theory, lower centre. Geography Location The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück northeast of the Idarwald (forest). Constituent communities Büchenbeuren is divided among the outlying ''Ortsteil'' of Scheid, part of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport and the main centre, also called Büchenbeuren. History In 1301, Büchenbeuren had its first documentary mention in a document from the comital family County of Sponheim, Sponheim. Nevertheless, it is believed to be roughly 300 yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Büchenbeuren is an – a municipality belonging to a , a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town. Büchenbeuren is a state-recognized tourism municipality (''Fremdenverkehrsort''), and according to state planning, is laid out as a lower centre. Geography Location The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück northeast of the Idarwald (forest). Constituent communities Büchenbeuren is divided among the outlying ''Ortsteil'' of Scheid, part of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport and the main centre, also called Büchenbeuren. History In 1301, Büchenbeuren had its first documentary mention in a document from the comital family Sponheim. Nevertheless, it is believed to be roughly 300 years older than that. Büchenbeuren belonged until the end of the Middle Ages to the landholdings under the lordship of the Counts of Sponheim. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niederweiler, Rhein-Hunsrück
Niederweiler 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'' of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town. Geography Location The municipality is residential and characterized by agriculture and lies in the Hunsrück roughly 1 km south of Büchenbeuren. Just beyond Büchenbeuren is Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. Niederweiler's municipal area measures 4.81 km2, of which 1.45 km2 is wooded. History There are a great many prehistoric and Roman barrows on the ''Via Ausonia'', a Roman road (called the ''Ausoniusstraße'' in German). Unearthed there in 1926 was a Roman site, apparently a grave monument from the 2nd century, with a hefty base and a balustraded enclosure. Some of the finds made there can now be found in the Bonn State Museum (''Bonner Landesmuseum''). This monument stood rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lautzenhausen
Lautzenhausen is an – a municipality belonging to a , a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town. Geography Location The municipality lies on a high plateau in the Hunsrück. Great parts of the municipal area are covered by Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. Lautzenhausen is linked to the long-distance road network by ''Bundesstraße'' 50. Lautzenhausen lies roughly east-southeast of the Moselle at Starkenburg and just under west-southwest of Simmern. The municipal area measures . History Archaeological finds bear witness to a Roman presence in the area. In 1260, Lautzenhausen had its first documentary mention. Beginning in 1794, Lautzenhausen 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-Palatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belg
Belg 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'' of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town. Geography The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück, right on the ''Hunsrückhöhenstraße'' (“Hunsrück Heights Road”, a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road on Hermann Göring’s orders; the stretch running through Belg is nowadays designated ''Bundesstraße'' 327). History In 1295, Belg had its first documentary mention in connection with the Counts of Sponheim. This noble house enfeoffed two others with estates. As early as the 11th century, slate was being mined in the Belger Bachtal (valley), and 15 mines were still being worked into the 20th century. Beginning in 1794, Belg lay under France, French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bärenbach, Rhein-Hunsrück
Bärenbach 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'' of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Hunsrück about 1 km east of the river Nahe. Rhineland-Palatinate's geographical midpoint is found within Bärenbach's municipal limits. A stone marks the spot at precisely where the midpoint lies. History Middle Ages and early modern times In 1103, Bärenbach had its first documentary mention. Between 1234 and 1437, Bärenbach belonged to the Upper Rhenish Circle, the Margraviate of Baden, the “Further” County of Sponheim and the '' Oberamt'' of Kirchberg. In this time, the Counts of Sponheim shared their holdings out in a “Further” County and a “Hinder” County. To the ''Oberamt'' of Kirchberg in the “Further” Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altlay
Altlay is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Zell, whose seat is in the municipality of Zell an der Mosel. Geography The municipality lies in the north of the Hunsrück between Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (3 km to the south) and the Moselle at an elevation of some 300 m above sea level. North of the village, the Altlayer Bach flows through a narrow valley into the Moselle. Altlay lies 8 km southeast of Zell and 11 km northwest of the town of Kirchberg. History As early as 1107, the municipality was mentioned under the name ''Leia''. About 1489, slate mining near Altlay was mentioned. Beginning in 1794, Altlay 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 Rhinelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of France
The cantons of France () are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as Constituency, constituencies for the election of members of the representative assemblies established in each of France's territorial departments (Departmental council (France), departmental councils, formerly general councils). For this reason, such elections were known in France as "cantonal elections", until 2015 when their name was changed to "departmental elections" to match the departmental councils' name. There are 2,054 cantons in France. Most of them group together a number of Communes of France, communes (the lowest administrative division of the French Republic), although larger communes may be included in more than one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhin-et-Moselle
Rhin-et-Moselle (; ) was a department of the First French Republic and First French Empire in present-day Germany. It was named after the rivers Rhine and Moselle. It was formed in 1797, when the left bank of the Rhine was annexed by France. Until the French occupation, its territory was divided between the Archbishopric of Cologne, the Archbishopric of Trier, and the Electorate of the Palatinate. Its territory is now part of the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia. Its capital was Koblenz. After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department became part of Prussia. History The Département de Rhin-et-Moselle was established by the French First Republic in 1798 in the territories of the Holy Roman Empire conquered after the War of the First Coalition in 1794, after the failure of the creation of an independent Cisrhenian Republic. The annexation was legalized under international law by the Treaty of Lunéville on February 9, 1801. Since the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the Regions of France, administrative regions and the Communes of France, communes. There are a total of 101 departments, consisting of ninety-six departments in metropolitan France, and five Overseas department and region, overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 333 Arrondissements of France, arrondissements and 2,054 Cantons of France, cantons (as of 2023). These last two levels of government have no political autonomy, instead serving as the administrative basis for the local organisation of police, fire departments, and, in certain cases, elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council (France), departmental council ( , ). From 1800 to April 2015, these were called gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhine
The Rhine ( ) is one of the List of rivers of Europe, major rivers in Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein border, then part of the Austria–Switzerland border, Swiss-Austrian border. From Lake Constance downstream, it forms part of the Germany-Switzerland border, Swiss-German border. After that the Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border. It then flows in a mostly northerly direction through the German Rhineland. Finally, the Rhine turns to flow predominantly west to enter the Netherlands, eventually emptying into the North Sea. It drains an area of 185,000 km2. Its name derives from the Gaulish language, Gaulish ''Rēnos''. There are two States of Germany, German states named after the river, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, in addition to several districts of Germany, districts (e.g. Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Rhein-Sieg). The departments of France, department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
