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Descriptio Wormatiensis Civitatis
The ''Descriptio Wormatiensis civitatis'' ('description of the city of Worms'), also known as the ''Wormser Mauerbauordnung'' ('wall-building ordinance of Worms'), is an ordinance from about 900 concerning the maintenance of the city wall of Worms, Germany. Manuscript and editions The ''Descriptio'', which is written in Latin, is preserved in the ''Wormser Chronik'' of . Zorn's work, which dates to 1576, combines material from several sources, including the ''Annales Wormatienses'' and the ''Chronicon Wormatiense''. The combined ''Descriptio'', ''Annales'' and ''Chronicon'' were published under the title ''Annales Wormatienses'' by G. H. Pertz. The disentangling of the medieval texts combined in Zorn's was done by .David S. Bachrach, ed. (2014), ''The Histories of a Medieval German City, Worms c. 1000–c. 1300: Translation and Commentary'' (Farnham: Ashgate), pp. 25–26 and 40 n44. The ''Descriptio'' has been published three times: by Pertz,G. H. Pertz, ed. (1861), "Annales W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mettenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate
Mettenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse between Worms and Mainz. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Eich, whose seat is in the like-named municipality. Climate Yearly precipitation in Mettenheim amounts to 558 mm, which is low, falling into the lowest fourth of the precipitation chart for all Germany. Only at 12% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations are even lower figures recorded. The driest month is January. The most rainfall comes in July. In that month, precipitation is twice what it is in January. Precipitation varies moderately. At 51% of the weather stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded. History Mettenheim was mentioned as early as 873 in the '' Descriptio Wormatiensis civitatis'' as a Roman colony. It was originally held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dienheim
Dienheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Dienheim lies between Mainz and Worms, in Rhenish Hesse. The winemaking centre belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Rhein-Selz, whose seat is in Oppenheim. History In the 8th century, Dienheim had its first documentary mention. The village passed in Charlemagne’s time to the Fulda Abbey. Later it ended up as an Imperial pledge in Electoral Palatinate’s ownership.Gerhard Köbler, ''Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder: Die deutschen Territorien vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart'', 3., verbesserte, um ein Register erweiterte Auflage, C. H. Beck, München 1990, ''Dienheim (Reichsdorf)'' p. 110. Dienheim is mentioned in the Wormser wall-building ordinance from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining the city wall of Worms. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monzernheim
Monzernheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. History Monzernheim is mentioned in the Wormser wall-building ordinance from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining the city wall of Worms.C. Van De Kieft and J. F. Niermeyer, eds. (1967), ''Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae'' (Leiden: E. J. Brill), pp. 43–44. Geography Location As a winegrowing centre, Monzernheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Coat of arms The municipality's arms Arms or ARMS may refer to: *Arm or arms, the up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pfrimm
The Pfrimm is a , left or western tributary of the Rhine in the Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany). Course The Pfrimm rises in the southern part of the Donnersbergkreis. Its spring lies in the northern part of the Palatinate Forest Nature Park, about southeast of the municipality Sippersfeld in the protected area , which contains several ponds in the area. The spring is in a valley surrounded by the hills ''Sperberhöhe'' () in the east, ''Salweidenkopf'' () in the south and ''Schnepfberg'' () in the southwest. In 1927, the spring was encased in basalt stones. About north of the spring, the Pfrimm river flows through a pond named and subsequently through a pond named . It does not flow thought the nearby pond , which lies nearby to the west. The Pfrimm flows primarily through agricultural areas, and mostly about parallel to the federal road B47. The upper part of the river drains the northern parts of the North Palatine Uplands. Below the ''Sippersfelder Weiher'', it f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mertesheim
Mertesheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration and belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. History In 771, ''Meldrisheim'' had its first documentary mention. It is mentioned in the Wormser wall-building ordinance from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining the city wall of Worms.C. Van De Kieft and J. F. Niermeyer, eds. (1967), ''Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae'' (Leiden: E. J. Brill), pp. 43–44. Until 1969 it belonged to the now abolished district of Frankenthal. Currently it is in the district of Bad Dürkheim, and it joined the newly formed ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Grünstadt-Land in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eisbach (Rhine)
The Eisbach, locally known as , is a long river and left or western tributary of the Rhine in the northeastern Palatinate and southeastern Rhenish Hesse, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Course The largest of the seven springs of the Eisbach is at an elevation of about above sea level on the northern slope of the Hohe Bühl mountain, , in the northern Palatinate Forest, southwest of Ramsen. After about two kilometres, the seven streams unite in the Eiswoog reservoir. At the hamlet of ''Kleehof'', the long Bockbach flows in from the right. Here, the direction of the river changes from straight north to northeast. The direction remains northeast until the confluence with the Rhine. The river then flows past Ramsen and Eisenberg. Below Ebertsheim, it receives the long Seltenbach from the right and a few metres further, its largest tributary, the Rodenbach from the left. At Asselheim, a ward of Grünstadt, the Eisbach reaches the Upper Rhine Valley. It then fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirchheimbolanden
Kirchheimbolanden (), the capital of Donnersbergkreis, is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, south-western Germany. It is situated approximately 25 km west of Worms, and 30 km north-east of Kaiserslautern. The first part of the name, ''Kirchheim'', dates back to 774. It became a town in 1368, and the Sponheim family improved its security with many towers and walls. William, Duke of Nassau, ancestor of the royal families of Belgium, Sweden, Denmark and Norway, and of the grand-ducal family of Luxembourg, was born in Kirchheimbolanden. It was also ruled by the First French Empire between 1792 and 1814, before passing to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1815. It was a rural district centre in the ''Rheinkreis'', which was renamed ''Pfalz'' ( Palatinate) in 1835. Geography Location Kirchheimbolanden lies in the Palatinate at the transition point of the Nordpfälzer Bergland to the Alzeyer Hügelland bordering to the east. The city centre is located about four kilometres (as the cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruchheim
Ruchheim is the far western suburb of Ludwigshafen am Rhein located in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany. In the past Ruchheim was typically a small farming town, now however due to housing estates its population has burgeoned to approximately 6,000 inhabitants. Ruchheim's existence can be traced back to 800 AD when it is mentioned in the Lorsch Codex. It is mentioned in the Descriptio Wormatiensis civitatis, Wormser wall-building ordinance from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining the city wall of Worms, Germany, Worms.C. Van De Kieft and J. F. Niermeyer, eds. (1967), ''Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae'' (Leiden: E. J. Brill), pp. 43–44. References {{Authority control Neighbourhoods in Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oggersheim
Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning " Ludwig's Port upon Rhine"), is a city in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the river Rhine, opposite Mannheim. With Mannheim, Heidelberg, and the surrounding region, it forms the Rhine Neckar Area. Known primarily as an industrial city, Ludwigshafen is home to BASF, the world's largest chemical producer, and other companies. Among its cultural facilities are the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. It is the birthplace and deathplace of the former German chancellor Helmut Kohl. In 2012, Ludwigshafen was classified as a global city with ' Sufficiency' status by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC). History Early history In antiquity, Celtic and Germanic tribes settled in the Rhine Neckar area. During the 1st century B.C. the Romans conquered the region, and a Roman auxiliary fort was constructed near the present suburb of Rheingönheim. The Middle Ages saw the foundation of some o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxheim
Roxheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Rüdesheim, whose seat is in the municipality of Rüdesheim an der Nahe. Roxheim is a winegrowing village. Geography Location Roxheim lies on the Katzenbach north of the Nahe. Neighbouring municipalities Clockwise from the north, Roxheim's neighbours are the municipalities of Gutenberg and Hargesheim, the town of Bad Kreuznach and the municipalities of Rüdesheim an der Nahe, Mandel, Sankt Katharinen, Sommerloch and Wallhausen, all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district. Constituent communities Also belonging to Roxheim are the outlying homesteads of Rollars Mühle and Schauß Mühle. History In old documents from the 8th century, the village's name appears as ''Hrocchesheim'' (773, 781, 785, 790), ''Roghesheim'' (813) and later, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobenheim-Roxheim
Bobenheim-Roxheim is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km south of Worms, and 13 km northwest of Ludwigshafen. It is mentioned in the Wormser wall-building ordinance from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining the city wall of Worms.C. Van De Kieft and J. F. Niermeyer, eds. (1967), ''Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae'' (Leiden: E. J. Brill), pp. 43–44. The people who worked in Bobenheim-Roxheim include Franziskus von Bettinger, Harald Braner and Albert Friedrich Speer Albert Friedrich Speer (6 May 1863 – 31 March 1947) was a German architect. He was the father of the architect and Nazi Germany minister Albert Speer and the grandfather of another architect Albert Speer (born 1934), of the same name. Aft .... References Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis {{RheinPfalzKreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
