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belonging to a ''
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'', a kind of collective municipality – in the
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(
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) in
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,
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. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kastellaun, whose seat is in the like-named town.


Geography


Location

The municipality lies in the
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near
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, roughly 5 km west of
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. Through the village runs the road from
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past the ruin of Castle Balduinseck to Blankenrath.


History

Finds of coins and vessels bear witness to
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settlement on the Burgkopf, a nearby mountain spur, as do remnants of a
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temple and two grave complexes that have been unearthed. In 1056, Mastershausen had its first documentary mention as ''Malestreshusen''; the church was first mentioned in 1220. Beginning in 1316, Mastershausen, together with 15 neighbouring places, belonged to the ''
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'' of Balduinseck in the
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. In 1325, Castle Balduinseck (''Burg Balduinseck'') was built as the ''Amt'' seat. Its ruin is still among the municipality’s points of interest. Some
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buildings, too, have been preserved. Beginning in 1794, Mastershausen lay under
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rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of
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at the
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. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded
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of
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. Until 1970, the municipality belonged to the ''Amt'' of Blankenrath, but under the Eighth ''Verwaltungsvereinfachungsgesetz'' (“Administration Simplification Law”) of 18 July 1970, with effect from 7 November 1970, the municipality was grouped into the
Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis is a district () 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. His ...
, and has ever since belonged to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kastellaun. The town of Kastellaun is also where the municipal administration is located.


Politics


Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by
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at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.


Mayor

Mastershausen’s mayor is Anton Christ.


Coat of arms

The municipality’s
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might be described thus: Tierced in mantle reversed, dexter argent a cross gules and sinister argent a cross sable, between which sable a crown Or. The red cross is the arms formerly borne by the Electorate of Trier, to which Mastershausen belonged for more than 400 years. The black cross is the arms borne by the Cologne Cathedral Foundation, which until 1794 held collation rights (that is, the right to nominate candidates to fill vacant ecclesiastical posts) in Mastershausen. The golden crown on the black field recalls Queen Richeza of
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, who donated holdings at ''Malestreshusen'' to the Brauweiler Monastery.


Culture and sightseeing


Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in
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’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district
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Parish Church (''Pfarrkirche St. Lucia''), Kirchstraße 5 – Romanesque (?) west tower, tower cupola, 1928; new building, 1965; outside, a
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grave cross, marked 1801 * Friedhof –
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grave cross,
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Ironworks, latter half of the 19th century * At Johann-Steffen-Straße 23 –
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sculpture under wooden
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, 19th century * Johann-Steffen-Straße 28 – L-shaped estate, whole complex of buildings;
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house, partly solid or slated, half-hipped roof, bakehouse, 18th century, barn, stable * At Johann-Steffen-Straße 29 –
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sculpture under wooden baldachin, 19th century * Kirchstraße 8 – former rectory; solid building, marked 1903, essentially possibly from the latter half of the 19th century, timber-frame barn, partly solid; whole complex of buildings * Near Kirchstraße 9 – former
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; plastered timber-frame house, 19th century; basalt grave cross, marked 1748 * Zum Mautzbach 1 – ''Quereinhaus'' (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street), partly slated, marked 1902 * Boundary stones, on ''Landesstraße'' (State Road) 203 on the village’s outskirts – three boundary stones, two marked 1776 * ''Kaspersmühle'' (mill), north of the village – one-floor timber-frame building, waterwheel, 19th century * Wayside cross, east of the village – cast-iron grave cross


References


External links


Municipality’s official webpage

Mastershausen the holiday village
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