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Traben-Trarbach (Verbandsgemeinde)
Traben-Trarbach is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Bernkastel-Wittlich, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Its seat of administration is in Traben-Trarbach. On 1 July 2014 it was expanded with the municipalities of the former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Kröv-Bausendorf. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Traben-Trarbach consists of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): * Bausendorf * Bengel * Burg * Diefenbach * Enkirch * Flußbach * Hontheim * Irmenach * Kinderbeuern * Kinheim * Kröv * Lötzbeuren * Reil * Starkenburg * Traben-Trarbach Traben-Trarbach on the Middle Moselle is a town in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde'' and a state-recognized climatic spa (''Luftkurort''). The city lies in the ... * Willwerscheid {{Authority control Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhineland-Palatinate The state of Rhineland-Palatinate is divided into 163 Verbandsgemeinden, which are municipal associations grouped within the 24 districts of the state and subdivided into 2,257 Ortsgemeinden (singular Ortsgemeinde) which comprise single settlements. Most of the Verbandsgemeinden were established in 1969. Formerly the name for an administrative unit was ''Amt''. Most of the functions of municipal government for several municipalities are consolidated and administered centrally from a larger or more central town or municipality among the group, while the individual municipalities (Ortsgemeinden) still maintain a limited degree of local autonomy. Saxony-Anhalt The 11 districts of Saxony-Anhalt are divided into ''Verwaltungsgeme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hontheim
Hontheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies on a plateau in the southern Volcanic Eifel at the northern edge of the Kondelwald forest. The municipal area is 58.4% wooded. Hontheim belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Traben-Trarbach. Constituent communities Hontheim's ''Ortsteile'', besides the main centre, are Wispelt, Krinkhof and Bonsbeuern. History Beginning in 1794, Hontheim lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traben-Trarbach
Traben-Trarbach on the Middle Moselle is a town in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde'' and a state-recognized climatic spa (''Luftkurort''). The city lies in the so-called "Valley of Dawn". Geography Location Traben-Trarbach lies some 40 km northeast of Trier and some 60 km southwest of Koblenz in the valley of the Middle Moselle. North of the town is found the mountain inside a bend in the Moselle, Mont Royal. Frankfurt-Hahn Airport in the Hunsrück lies some 10 km away towards the east (in each case, as the crow flies). The municipal area spreads over a total of 31,350,000 m² with a great share of this being wooded. This makes Traben-Trarbach the biggest town by land area on the Middle Moselle. Traben lies on the Moselle’s left bank at the foot of the former fort of Mont Royal, and Trarbach lies on the right bank on the Hunsrück side. While Traben stretches in a br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starkenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate
Starkenburg is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the location of the like-named castle, now in ruins. Geography The municipality lies on a 250 m-high ridge sloping down from the Hunsrück to the Moselle on the river’s right bank, downstream between Traben-Trarbach, the Ahringsbach valley and Enkirch. Towards the north, the village is bordered by a castle crag, where a few remnants of walls from the Starkenburg (castle) can still be discerned. Starkenburg is surrounded by unbroken greenbelt characterized by vineyards, woods, meadows and farms. Starkenburg belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Traben-Trarbach, whose seat is in the like-named town. History The Romans were already using this place’s strategic location, in which they built a fort. The Roman fortification of the heights was a forerunner to the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reil, Germany
Reil is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Reil is strongly characterized by winegrowing and tourism. It was the second capital of the ''Kröver Reich'', a Carolingian crown estate that existed until the French Revolution. Geography The municipality lies on the Moselle. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Traben-Trarbach. History In 1008, Reil had its first documentary mention. The document in question, from King Heinrich II, is dated 18 May 1008 and documents an exchange agreement under which Archbishop Willigis of Mainz traded to Saint Stephen's Church at Mainz an estate in Reil (then known as Rigula) for another estate in Büchenbach (then known as Buochinbah). During the Middle Ages, an important pilgrimage centre, called Reilkirch, stood across the Moselle from Reil, whose Romanesque tower and Early Gothic nav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lötzbeuren
Lötzbeuren is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The municipality lies in the Hunsrück and belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Traben-Trarbach, whose seat is in the like-named town. Nearby lies Frankfurt-Hahn Airport. History About Lötzbeuren’s mediaeval history, little is known for sure. Until the 18th century, it was a bone of contention between the Palatine and Badish joint lords of the County of Sponheim as to whether the village lay in the “Further” or “Hinder” County. In 1332, Lötzbeuren was under the Further County’s ownership, but seems to have transferred to the Hinder County by 1417. Nevertheless, the Further County’s lords time and again tried to assert their rights, especially Baden, which claimed Lötzbeuren for the Further County and as of 1707 regarded it as a Badish possession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kröv
Kröv is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The municipality lies on the Moselle between the town of Traben-Trarbach and Kinheim. Kröv is made up of the main centre, also called Kröv, and the considerably smaller outlying centre of Kövenig, lying east of the main centre and separated from it by the heights of Mont Royal. Kröv belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Traben-Trarbach. Before July 2014, it was the seat of the former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kröv-Bausendorf. History The placename derives from the original Gallo-Romance ''croviacum'', which later became a Merovingian kingly estate. The municipality’s first documentary mention came under the Carolingian king Lothair II in 862. Kröv was part of the ''Kröver Reich'' (a royal estate named for Kröv). The village belonged until 1815 to the '' Départ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinheim, Germany
Kinheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies on the Middle Moselle’s left bank at Moselle kilometre 116. The outlying centre of Kindel lies on the right bank. The two centres are linked with each other by a bridge across the Moselle. The outlying centre of Sengwald is nestled in the Alf valley between Kinderbeuern and the settlement of Ürziger Bahnhof (“Ürzig Railway Station”). Just under half the municipal area is wooded. Kinheim belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Traben-Trarbach. Climate Yearly precipitation in Kinheim amounts to 706 mm, falling into middle third of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 41% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, lower figures are recorded. The driest month is February. The most rainfall comes in June. In that mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinderbeuern
Kinderbeuern (also known locally as ''Kinderbeuern-Hetzhof'') is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Kinderbeuern lies in the Alf valley at the foot of the Kondelwald, a forested hill region. The outlying centre of Hetzhof lies not far north on the Kammerbach. Kinderbeuern belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Traben-Trarbach. Neighbouring municipalities Kinderbeuern's neighbours in the Alf valley are Bausendorf, Bengel and Sengwald, likewise in the Alf valley, but an outlying centre of the municipality of Kinheim on the Moselle. History Originally, Kinderbeuern (1296: ''Kynheymerbüren'') was an outlying settlement in the Alf valley of the municipality of Kinheim on the Moselle and until 1740 was united with Kinheim Kinderbeuern had its first documentary mention in 1296. Beginning in 1794, Kinderbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irmenach
Irmenach is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Hunsrück east of Bernkastel-Kues at an elevation of 445 m above sea level. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Traben-Trarbach, whose seat is in the like-named town. Constituent communities Irmenach's ''Ortsteile'' are Irmenach and Beuren, which lie only about a kilometre from each other. History Irmenach's and Beuren's beginnings are shrouded in darkness. There are known to have been settlers in the area as early as Roman times. An old local tradition has it that the name Irmenach goes back to Saint Irmina, which is, however, hardly likely. A far greater likelihood is that it came from ''Herminiachus'' (“Herminius’s Estate”), in which Herminius was a Celtic nobleman who had Latinized his name. Ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flußbach
Flußbach is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Flußbach is found in the outermost Southern Eifel, nestled in a side valley in the outlying hills of the Wittlich Depression. The municipal area is covered by 57% woods. The nearest middle centre is Wittlich to the south. Flußbach belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Traben-Trarbach. History Flußbach was part of the Electorate of Trier. Beginning in 1794, Flußbach lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernkastel-Wittlich
Bernkastel-Wittlich (German: ''Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich'') is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Vulkaneifel, Cochem-Zell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Birkenfeld, Trier-Saarburg and Bitburg-Prüm. History The district was established in 1969 by merging the former districts of Bernkastel and Wittlich. Geography The district is situated on both banks of the Moselle, which crosses the territory from southwest to northeast. The country rises to the Eifel in the north and the Hunsrück in the south. A great number of tributaries rise in the Eifel and flow into the Moselle. In the very south of the district is the Erbeskopf (818 m), the highest peak in the Hunsrück and Rhineland-Palatinate. Coat of arms The coat of arms displays: * The cross symbolising the bishopric of Trier * The crayfish from the arms of Bernkastel-Kues * The keys from the arms of Wittlich * The red and white pattern of the County of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
