Montabaur () is a town and the district seat of the

Westerwaldkreis The Westerwaldkreis ("District of Westerwald") is a district (''Kreis'') in the north-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Altenkirchen (district), Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein ...

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, Germany. At the same time, it is also the administrative centre of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Montabaur – a kind of collective municipality – to which 24 other communities belong. The town is known throughout the country for its strikingly yellow castle and its

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on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

Geography

Location

Montabaur lies in the

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, roughly 20 km northeast of

Koblenz Koblenz ( , , ; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz'') is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman military p ...

. About 14,000 people live in the city, while the district is home to about 40,000.

Constituent communities

Montabaur has seven outlying centres. In the north lies Eschelbach, and in the west lie Horressen and Elgendorf. Stretching south along the Gelbach valley are the

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centre of Wirzenborn, and, farther along still, Reckenthal, Bladernheim and Ettersdorf.

Neighbouring communities

Montabaur's neighbours are, clockwise beginning in the north, Dernbach, Staudt, Heiligenroth,

Großholbach Großholbach (or Grossholbach) is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Gießen on t ...

, Girod, Steinefrenz, Heilberscheid,

Isselbach Isselbach is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea t ...

Stahlhofen Stahlhofen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is not to be confused with Stahlhofen am Wiesensee, another community in the same district, but i ...

Untershausen Untershausen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The community lies in the Westerwald south of Montabaur in the Nassau Nature Park. The ...

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Niederelbert Niederelbert is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The municipal area ranges in elevation from 240 to 275 m above sea level. Location ...

Arzbach Arzbach is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to ...

Kadenbach Kadenbach is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Koblenz in the Nassau Nature Pa ...

Neuhäusel Neuhäusel is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community has been since early 2006 a major investment and activity centre for village renewal ...

Nomborn Nomborn is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn on the edge o ...

and

Hillscheid Hillscheid is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Hillscheid lies northeast of Koblenz on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. The community ...

Town's character

Montabaur's Old Town (''Altstadt'') is famed for its

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''Roter Löwe'' ("Red Lion") town hall, many

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houses from the 16th and 17th centuries and the great Late

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parish

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. The

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town wall is preserved in parts, including the ''Wolfsturm'' ("Wolf's Tower"). The Montabaur ''Stadthalle'' (literally "town hall", but actually an event venue) is intended for various functions such as conferences, concerts, theatre and other events. The historic ''Wolfsturm'' is at the townsfolk's disposal and can be hired for use.

Castle

became a property of the

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. It stands in a prominent position above the town on the () at 321 m above

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History

The town has a history that can be traced back to the year 959, with the Montabaur fort ''castellum Humbacense''. The

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-Elector of

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, Dietrich von Wied, who came back from a

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in the

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about 1217, had the ''humbacense'' castle newly built and named it ''Mons Tabor'' for its similarity to

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, said to be the place of the

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. Out of this grew Montabaur. In 1291, King Rudolf von Habsburg (1218–1291) granted Montabaur, as well as

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Mayen Mayen () is a town in the Mayen-Koblenz, Mayen-Koblenz District of the Rhineland-Palatinate Federal State of Germany, in the eastern part of the Volcanic Eifel Region. As well as the main town, additional settlements include Alzheim, Kürrenberg, ...

Bernkastel Bernkastel-Kues () is a town on the Middle Mosel in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is well-known for its winegrowing. The town is a state-recognized health resort (''Erholungsort''), seat of the ''Verban ...

and

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, town rights, so that the village became a town with its own coat of arms and a town wall. In 1802 with the dissolution of the Archbishopric-Electorate of Trier the princes of Nassau took power in Montabaur and annexed it to the

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in 1806. With

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annexing Nassau in 1866 Montabaur became part of the Wiesbaden Region within the

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. In 1945 the western Allies partitioned the northwestern part of the Wiesbaden Region with Montabaur and annexed it to the new

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of Rhineland-Palatinate. The partitioned part of the Wiesbaden Region then formed the Montabaur Region (as of 1946) seated in Montabaur. In 1968 the Montabaur Region, one of the originally five ''

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e'' of Rhineland-Palatinate, was dissolved and its territory annexed to the adjacent Koblenz Region. Until early 2004, Montabaur was furthermore a

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station with the ''Westerwaldkaserne'', where the ''Raketenartilleriebataillon 350'' (RakArtBtl 350) and, later, maintenance units were stationed.

Politics

The town council is composed as follows: * CDU – 15 seats * SPD – 5 seats * FWG – 3 seats * BfM ''Bürger für Montabaur'' – 3 seats * ''Wählergruppe Hatzmann'' – 2 seats

Economy

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is headquartered in Montabaur. * Volkmann & Rossbach Verkehrssicherheitssysteme (transport safety systems) * Deco Glas * Ursa Chemie * Klöckner Pentaplast * in planning: printing centre for the Mittelrhein-Verlag/Rhein-Zeitung * Metallwerk Elisenhütte, maker of small-calibre ammunition Bahnhof Montabaur 2009

Transport

* A 3 (

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–

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) * ''

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'' 49 * ''Bundesstraße'' 255 *

at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line, Himmelbergtunnel * Regional railway,

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–

Siershahn Siershahn is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. History Clay finds from La Tène times have been unearthed here. In 1211, Siershahn had its first do ...

(Unterwesterwaldbahn) * Recreational airfield for gliders

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

* Schloss Montabaur * Wolfsturm (Old Town Wall) * Parts of the Old Town Wall * Neo-Gothic Town Hall, built between 1866 and 1868 * many well preserved

houses, among them one formerly occupied by the Baron of Stein * Historic ''Werbhaus''

Churches

* St. Peter in Ketten :The earliest forerunner of the building nowadays used as a Catholic parish church was a wooden church built in 940. In 959 followed another church building on this spot, this time with a stone foundation. Today's church was built between the 12th and 14th centuries. The oldest parts of the building display Romanesque style elements, although the church's overall character is Early Gothic. Peculiarities in the décor are a

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painting above the quire arch and a stone

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, both remnants of the original décor, as well as a wooden Madonna from about 1450. The parish church has been lavishly renovated and now shines with a new radiance. * Brüderkirche (Catholic), "Brethren's Church", House of God used by the order known as the ''Barmherzige Brüder Montabaur'' ("Montabaur Merciful Brethren") * Pauluskirche (

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) * Lutherkirche (Protestant) * Anna- or Fuhrmannskapelle :The churchyard's former funerary

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was built in 1300 and given timber-frame work on the sides and top in the 17th and 18th centuries, which housed the parish vicars' dwellings. Today it is part of the house façade southeast of the parish church. * Marien-Wallfahrtskirche (pilgrimage church) in the outlying centre of Wirzenborn in the Gelbach valley.

Cultural institutions

* Amateur theatre "Die Oase" * Stadtbücherei (town library) * Haus der Jugend ("House of Youth") * Katholische öffentliche Bücherei (Catholic public library) * Stadtarchiv (town archive) * Stadthalle Haus Mons-Tabor (event venue) * Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Schauspielwerkstatt e.V. ("Academy for Representative Art" Exhibition Workshop) * Akademietheater Rheinland-Pfalz * DPSG scout group "St. Peter in Ketten" * Kino "Capitol" (cinema) * ''Kulturwerkraum''

Leisure

* Mons-Tabor-Bad (swimming pool) * Trimm-Dich-Pfad (fitness path) * Nordic-Walking-Park ** The routes are certified by the ''Deutscher Nordic Walking Nordic Inline Verband'' (DNV) and range from the shortest route, the 2.36-km fitness path to the longest, the 11.16-km Biebrichskopf-Route. Integrated into the Montabaur Nordic-Walking-Park, too, is the 10-km-long Münz-Sylvesterlauf

jogging Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. The main intention is to increase physical fitness with less stress on the body than from faster running but more than walking, or to maintain a steady speed for longer periods ...

path. * Cycling paths run from Montabaur though the Gelbach valley to the

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valley.

Aid organizations

* Montabaur

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Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft The German Life Saving Association ( or DLRG) is a relief organization for life saving in Germany. The DLRG is the largest Non-profit organization, voluntary lifesaving organization in the world. With around 560,000 members, organised in app ...

(lifesaving)

Sport clubs

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** 1. AFC Fighting Farmers Montabaur 1992 e.V. *

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club ** ASV Montabaur e.V. *

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** TuS Montabaur *

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** BC Montabaur Staudt *

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** BBC Montabaur e.V. *

Boxing Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...

** BCM Boxclub Montabaur e.V *

Cycling Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

** RSG Montabaur *

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** Tauchsportgruppe Montabaur (TSG) *

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** 1. FFC Montabaur/Ww. (girls' and women's football) ** TuS Montabaur ** SV Horressen/Elgendorf *

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** Schusterjungen Volkssportclub Montabaur *

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** Sportfreunde Montabaur e.V. * Riding ** Reitverein Montabaur 1965 e.V. *

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** Schützengesellschaft "St. Sebastianus" 1588 / 1957 e.V. Montabaur (shooting-society-Montabaur) *

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** Skiclub Montabaur-Horressen *

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** DLRG Montabaur ** TuS Montabaur *

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** TC Schwarz-Weiss Montabaur ** TC Mittelwald Montabaur-Horressen *

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** RSG Montabaur *

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, Beachsport ** Beach-Club Dernbach/Montabaur 1995 e.V.

Events

* Schustermarkt (shoemakers' market) *

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("shooting club's festival") every year in July. * Jazzwochenende Montabaur ("

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Weekend") * Kneipenfestival ("Pub Festival") * MonsTaRock * Mach1 Festival * Aktivtage *

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Education

Schools

* ''Joseph-Kehrein-Schule'' :Big municipal

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of Montabaur (in 2006, 370 pupils, 16 classes) with a preschool

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class, voluntary all-day school Monday-Thursday until 16:00 including lunch, homework supervision, supervised free time and many further educational offerings. Integrated foreign-language work in

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and

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. Partner school: ''École Louis Pasteur'' in Tonnerre,

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. * ''Waldschule'' (primary school and

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) in outlying centre of Horressen * Rhineland-Palatinate state musical Gymnasium :The ''Peter-Altmeier-Gymnasium Montabaur'' was until 1999 an ''Aufbaugymnasium'' (a Gymnasium for former Realschule students who want to upgrade their secondary education with an Abitur). As of 1991, the first music students came into the fifth class; these first music students did their

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in 2000. * : Gymnasium with bilingual and natural-sciences section * Anne-Frank-

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* ''Heinrich-Roth Duale Oberschule'' (secondary school) * Berufsbildende Schule Montabaur (vocational education) * Akademie für Darstellende Kunst e.V ("Academy for Representative Art")

Adult education

* Berufsfortbildungswerk (institution connected with the

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) * Bildungswerk Sport – Westerwald branch (sport training) * Info-Stelle Weiterbildung (further education information) * Katholische Erwachsenenbildung (Catholic adult education) * Kreisvolkshochschule (KVHS, district

folk high school Folk high schools (also ''adult education center'') are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal. They are most commonly found in Nordic countries and i ...

) * Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt (state teaching and experimental station) * Volkshochschule der Verbandsgemeinde Montabaur (VHS, folk high school of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Montabaur) * Institut für Schulung und Beruf (ISB, institute for schooling and careers)

Town partnerships

Montabaur maintains partnership arrangements with the following towns: * Tonnerre, Burgundy,

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Furthermore, the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Montabaur has a partnership with an American town: *

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Notable residents

Sons and daughters of the town

* J. Fred Schmidt (1865-1907), butcher who emigrated to

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, where he founded the meatpacking business that eventually became Schmidt's Sausage Haus, a landmark restaurant in the city's

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* J. C. Leyendecker (1874–1951),

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and illustrator * Maximilian Sauerborn (1889–1963), jurist, administrative official and politician * Anton Diel (1898–1959), politician, 1949–59 Member of the

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* August Kunst (1898–1980), politician, 1957–61 Member of the Bundestag * Heinz König (1927–2002), economist, Rector of the

University of Mannheim The University of Mannheim (German: ''Universität Mannheim''), abbreviated UMA, is a public university, public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the ''Palatine Aca ...

, founding father of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...

* Frank Decker (1964–), political scientist, professor of

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at the

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* Michael Krug, head chocolatier at L.A. Burdick in the United States

People connected with Montabaur

* Johann V of Isenburg (1507–1556),

and

Elector of Trier The elector of Trier was one of the prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire and, in his capacity as archbishop, administered the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier, archdiocese of Trier. The territories of the Electorate of Trier, electorate and t ...

, lived his last years at Schloss Montabaur where he died *

Ralph Dommermuth Ralph Dommermuth (born 1963) is a German businessman, the founder, chairman and CEO of United Internet. Career Dommermuth was born in 1963 and raised as the son of a realtor in Montabaur, Germany. He has one brother. After initial training at t ...

(1963–), founder of United Internet and Internet entrepreneur from Germany * Joseph Kehrein (1808–1876), honorary citizen of Montabaur,

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, philologist, historian and director of the Montabaur teachers' college * Karl Walter (1862–1929), organist, educator, scientist and authority on

organ Organ and organs may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function * Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body. Musical instruments ...

s and bells, died in Montabaur and is buried here * Andreas Lubitz (1987–2015), co-pilot of Germanwings 9525

References

External links

* {{Authority control Westerwaldkreis Electorate of Trier