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Lindenschied
Lindenschied 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 on a ridge. West of the village flows the Kyrbach and to the east lies Dickenschied, through which runs ''Bundesstraße'' 421. Lindenschied lies roughly 5 km south of Kirchberg, 12 km southwest of Simmern and 9 km southeast of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. The municipal area measures 317 ha, of which 66 ha is wooded. History In 1345, Lindenschied, which was then under the High Court of Rhaunen, had its first documentary mention. The document itself stated Lindenschied's, and several other villages’, legal status, which at this time was disputed, particularly as to these villages’ rights and boundaries, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lindenschied is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', 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. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Hunsrück on a ridge. West of the village flows the Kyrbach and to the east lies Dickenschied, through which runs ''Bundesstraße'' 421. Lindenschied lies roughly 5 km south of Kirchberg, Rhein-Hunsrück, Kirchberg, 12 km southwest of Simmern and 9 km southeast of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. The municipal area measures 317 ha, of which 66 ha is wooded. History In 1345, Lindenschied, which was then under the Blood court, High Court of Rhaunen, had its first documentary mention. The document itself stated Lindenschied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickenschied
Dickenschied 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 on a ridge in the Hunsrück five kilometres south of Kirchberg. To the east lies the Simmerbach valley, to the west lies the Kyrbach valley and to the south looms a hill region called the Lützelsoon. History Prehistory and early history The Dickenschied area was settled as early as the New Stone Age, as witnessed by finds in the neighbouring municipalities of Woppenroth and Gemünden. After the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, the Hunsrück's, and thereby also Dickenschied's, prehistory and early history was marked by the Celts (600-50 BC), the Romans (50 BC-AD 300) and the Franks (300-1000). Within Dickenschied's municipal limits, Celtic bury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberkirn
Oberkirn is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Kyrbach valley between the Lützelsoon (a small, wooded plateau) to the southeast and the Idar Forest to the southwest, in the central Hunsrück. As of 31 December 2010, Oberkirn's population is 333. The municipal area comprises some 200 ha of forest and another 300 ha of meadowland. Neighbouring municipalities Oberkirn's neighbours are Rhaunen, Gösenroth, Schwerbach, Lindenschied, Rohrbach, Woppenroth and Hausen. History There was clearly a Roman presence in what is now Oberkirn, for the Evangelical church on the village's upper outskirts is built on the foundations of an old Roman villa rustica. The plain, Gothic church itself was built a few years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sohrschied
Sohrschied 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 central Hunsrück on the edge of the Kyrbach valley on both sides of the Aubach. Sohrschied lies roughly 6 km southwest of Kirchberg and 7 km southeast of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. History Early habitation is witnessed by several archaeological finds. A quern-stone from the Iron Age was found near the Sohrbach bridge west of ''Kreisstraße'' (District Road) 3. There is an early Roman barrow southwest of the village in the cadastral area known as “Im Haag”. This yielded grave goods that are now in the Bonn Museum. In two other cadastral areas, “Auf Weiler” and “Höll”, remnants of Roman walls have been unearthed. In 1428 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hecken
Hecken 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 some 3 km south of the town of Kirchberg, on the edge of the Kyrbach valley. The name Hecken derives from the Old High German word ''hag'', meaning a hedged field or wood. Hecken's area is 3.89 km² and its elevation ranges from roughly 390 to 420 m above sea level. Roughly half the municipal area is wooded. History In 1291, Hecken had its first documentary mention when Count Johan von Sponheim gave his ''Burgmann'' from Kastellaun, Herrmann von Kestilun, leave to let his wife Sophia live at the estate in Hecken should anything untoward befall him. A knightly family named itself after the village. The family's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhaunen
Rhaunen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was the seat of the former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Rhaunen. Geography Location The municipality lies at the Idar Forest in the Hunsrück in a sprawling, well watered hollow. The hollow separates the Idar Forest massif from the Soonwald massif. Within the village itself, the Lingenbach empties into the Rhaunelbach, which itself, along with the Näßbach, the Macherbach and the Büdenbach, empties into the Idarbach. The nearest major centres are Idar-Oberstein, Simmern, Morbach and Kirn. Constituent communities Also belonging to Rhaunen are the outlying centre of Neuzenbrunnen and the homesteads of Hochwälderhof and Königstein. Geology The solid rock in Rhaunen, Hunsrück slate, comes down from the Devonian. The hollow in which Rhaunen lies was formed by the many brooks that flow together her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woppenroth
Woppenroth 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 at an elevation of more than 400 m above sea level on a plateau in the central Hunsrück, roughly 7 km south of Kirchberg and 12 km southeast of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. South of the village looms the Lützelsoon, a small wooded hill region. To the west lies the Hahnenbach valley, and to the east the Kellenbach valley. The plateau stretches northwards to Dickenschied and Kirchberg. East–west through the village runs ''Landesstraße'' (State Road) 162 from Rhaunen to Gemünden, crossing ''Landesstraße'' 184 from Kirchberg to Kirn not far east of the village. Geology In the Hahnenbach valley and its side valleys, Devonian sla ... [...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 the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirchberg (Verbandsgemeinde)
Kirchberg is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the Rhein-Hunsrück district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Its seat is in Kirchberg. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Kirchberg consists of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate {{RheinHunsrück-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishopric Of Mainz
The Electorate of Mainz (german: Kurfürstentum Mainz or ', la, Electoratus Moguntinus), previously known in English as Mentz and by its French name Mayence, was one of the most prestigious and influential states of the Holy Roman Empire. In the Roman Catholic hierarchy, the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz was also the Primate of Germany ('), a purely honorary dignity that was unsuccessfully claimed from time to time by other archbishops. There were only two other ecclesiastical Prince-electors in the Empire: the Electorate of Cologne and the Electorate of Trier. The Archbishop-Elector of Mainz was also archchancellor of Germany (one of the three component titular kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire, the other two being Italy and Burgundy) and, as such, ranked first among all ecclesiastical and secular princes of the Empire, and was second only to the Emperor. His political role, particularly as an intermediary between the Estates of the Empire and the Emperor, was considerable. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Sponheim
The County of Sponheim (german: Grafschaft Sponheim, former spelling: Spanheim, Spanheym) was an independent territory in the Holy Roman Empire that lasted from the 11th century until the early 19th century. The name comes from the municipality of Sponheim, where the counts had their original residence. Geography The territory was located roughly between the rivers Rhine, Moselle, and Nahe, in the present state of Rhineland-Palatinate, around the Hunsrück region. It bordered the Electorate of Trier to the north and west, the Raugraviate, the Electorate of Mainz and the Electorate of the Palatinate to the east and the County of Veldenz to the south and west, among other states. History Beginnings The family of Sponheim, or Spanheim (German: ''Spanheimer''), has been documented since the 11th century. There are two main branches which are certainly related, but whose exact relationship is still debated. The branch of the Dukes of Carinthia descends from Siegfried I, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
