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Fronhofen
Fronhofen 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. Geography Location The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück in the Biebertal, the valley of the Bieberbach, between ''Bundesstraße'' 50 and the ''Hunsrückhöhenstraße'' (“Hunsrück Heights Road”, a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road on Hermann Göring’s orders). The village itself lies on sloped ground at an elevation of 370 to 408 m above sea level. History In 1285, Fronhofen had its first documentary mention; however, its history does reach back somewhat further. Originally, Fronhofen consisted of a monastery estate and a mill. In 1074, Count Berthold donated the holding to Ravengiersburg Monastery, and until 1408 it belonged to the Provostry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keidelheim
Keidelheim 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. Geography Location The municipality lies in the middle of the Hunsrück between Simmern and Kastellaun, right on the ''Schinderhannes-Radweg'' (cycle path) at a mean elevation of 320 m above sea level. The Külzbach marks the boundary between Keidelheim and the neighbouring village of Kümbdchen. History Sometime between 1330 and 1335, Keidelheim (then ''Kudelnheim'') was first mentioned in a document in the taxation register kept by the Count of Sponheim. The register listed a whole series of taxes and other comital levies, among which were the soul tax, the head tax and tithes. Another compilation of taxes from about 1400 lists for the first time the village's inhabitants (it was then c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kümbdchen
Kümbdchen 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. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Hunsrück on the west slope of the Külzbach valley and in the Kondbach valley. Within municipal limits, the Kondbach empties into the Külzbach. Kümbdchen lies well within a kilometre of both Simmern and Keidelheim. Rheinböllen lies roughly 12 km to the east, while another 8 km beyond, the Rhine flows by Bacharach. Kümbdchen currently has somewhat more than 500 inhabitants. The municipal area measures 362 ha, of which 330 ha is given over to agriculture while the other 32 ha is wooded. History Kümbdchen is among the Hunsrück's oldest villages. In the countryside around Kümbdchen, there have been both Roman and Sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis is a district (german: Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Mayen-Koblenz, Rhein-Lahn, Mainz-Bingen, Bad Kreuznach, Birkenfeld, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Cochem-Zell. History The district was created in 1969, when the districts of St. Goar and Simmern were merged. In 2014 it was expanded with the municipalities Lahr, Mörsdorf and Zilshausen, previously part of Cochem-Zell. Geography The name of the district already mentions the two main geographic features of the district - the river Rhine which forms the boundary to the north-east and the hills of the Hunsrück cover most of the area of the district. The Frankfurt-Hahn Airport is located in the district. Partnerships In 1962, Simmern began a friendship pact with the French region Bourgogne, which was continued after the merging with the St. Goar. In 1985 a partnership was started with the district Nyaruguru (at that time called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuerkirch
Neuerkirch 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. Geography Location The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück between Simmern and Kastellaun, right on the ''Schinderhannes-Radweg'' (cycle path) at a mean elevation of 360 m above sea level. Lands used for agriculture cover 250 ha, and those that are wooded 200 ha. The Külzbach flows through the village. This brook was once held to be the boundary between two originally separate villages, ''Neuerkirch diesseits'' and ''Neuerkirch jenseits'' (''diesseits'' and ''jenseits'' meaning “on this side” and “on that side” respectively). History Archaeological finds from the New Stone Age bear witness to settlement on the site where the village now stands. In 1302, Neuerkirch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simmern-Rheinböllen
Simmern-Rheinböllen is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Simmern. It was formed on 1 January 2020 by the merger of the former ''Verbandsgemeinden'' Simmern and Rheinböllen. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Simmern-Rheinböllen consists of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): #Altweidelbach # Argenthal # Belgweiler #Benzweiler #Bergenhausen # Biebern # Bubach # Budenbach # Dichtelbach # Ellern #Erbach # Fronhofen # Holzbach # Horn # Keidelheim # Kisselbach # Klosterkumbd # Külz # Kümbdchen #Laubach # Liebshausen # Mengerschied # Mörschbach # Mutterschied # Nannhausen # Neuerkirch #Niederkumbd # Ohlweiler # Oppertshausen #Pleizenhausen # Ravengiersburg #Rayerschied #Reich #Rheinböllen # Riegenroth # Riesweiler # Sargenroth #Schnorbach # Schönborn #Simmern Simmern (; officially Simmern/Hunsrück) is a town of roughly 7,600 inhabitants (2013) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wüschheim
Wüschheim 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. Geography Location The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück some 3 km from the ''Hunsrückhöhenstraße'' (“Hunsrück Heights Road”, a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road on Hermann Göring’s orders), on the road that leads between Kappel and the Blümlingshof (a homestead in Bell-Völkenroth) eastwards from the ''Hunsrückhöhenstraße'' through the so-called Biebertal (Bieberbach valley) by way of Biebern to Simmern. Wüschheim lies roughly 8 km west-northwest of Simmern. History On the ground floor of the timber-frame house that serves as the municipal centre, a bakehouse, which is still functional today, was built, along with a livesto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelbach, Rhein-Hunsrück
Michelbach () 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 Kastellaun, whose seat is in the like-named town. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Hunsrück on a hilltop among fields and meadows at an average elevation of 430 m above sea level between the Külzbach and Bieberbach valleys. The municipal area measures 2.39 km² of which 76% is given over to agricultural uses and 12% each is built up or wooded. History Beginning in 1794, Michelbach lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. In 1850, the clergyman Bartels from Alterkülz founded a boys’ home in Michelbach, and in 1851 it was moved to the wetlands between Simmern and Nannhausen, where the first building of the ''Schmiedelanstalten'' (“Wetland Inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell, Rhein-Hunsrück
Bell (Hunsrück) 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 Kastellaun, whose seat is in the like-named town. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Hunsrück. The main centre – there are six ''Ortsteile'' – with its 479 inhabitants (as at 30 June 2009) lies roughly one kilometre from Kastellaun and the ''Hunsrückhöhenstraße'' (“Hunsrück Heights Road”, a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road on Hermann Göring’s orders) on the edge of the hollow where the streams rise that form the Mörsdorfer Bach, which flows down to Castle Balduinseck where it empties into the Flaumbach, itself a tributary to the Moselle. Constituent communities Bell’s ''Ortsteile'' are the main centre, also called Bell, and the outlying centres of Hundheim, Krastel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reich, Germany
Reich 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. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Hunsrück, in a hollow in the Biebertal (Bieberbach valley). The rural residential community lies roughly 6 km north-northeast of Kirchberg and 7 km west-northwest of Simmern. History In the mid 16th century, Reich had its first documentary mention in a ''Weistum'' from the Ravengiersburg Monastery (a ''Weistum'' – cognate with English ''wisdom'' – was a legal pronouncement issued by men learned in law in the Middle Ages and early modern times). With the monastery's dissolution and the introduction of the Reformation, the village passed to the Duchy of Palatinate-Simmern, and then in 1673 to Electoral Palatinate. Beginning in 1794, Reich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amt (country Subdivision)
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to a US township or county or English shire district. Current usage Germany Prevalence The ''Amt'' (plural: ''Ämter'') is unique to the German '' Bundesländer'' (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. Other German states had this division in the past. Some states have similar administrative units called ''Samtgemeinde'' (Lower Saxony), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ( Rhineland-Palatinate) or '' Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ( Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia). Definition An ''Amt'', as well as the other above-mentioned units, is subordinate to a ''Kreis'' (district) and is a collection of municipalities. The amt is lower than district-level government but higher than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravengiersburg
Ravengiersburg 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. Ravengiersburg is home to the ''Hunsrückdom'' – the “Hunsrück Cathedral” – the former resident canonical foundation's church. Geography Location The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück in the Simmerbach valley, roughly 5 km east of Kirchberg and 6 km southwest of Simmern. The village's core gathers tightly around the monastery church. West of Ravengiersburg, the Kauerbach empties into the Simmerbach. The municipal area measures 6.16 km², of which 2.29 km² is wooded. Constituent communities Within Ravengiersburg's limits is an outlying hamlet named Neuhof. History In 974, Ravengiersburg had its first documentary mention. The name comes from Count ''Raba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reckershausen
Reckershausen 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 and encompasses an area of 8.19 km², of which 4.52 km² is wooded. The rural residential community lies roughly 4 km north of Kirchberg. History In 1072, Reckershausen had its first documentary mention. Reckershausen was an area subject to the provost's office at Ravengiersburg Monastery. When the monastery was dissolved by the Dukes of Palatinate-Simmern in 1566, the Reformation was introduced. In 1672 the village passed to Electoral Palatinate. Beginning in 1794, Reckershausen 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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
