Hausbay is an ''
Ortsgemeinde
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'' – a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
belonging to a ''
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- ...
'', a kind of collective municipality – in the
Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
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(
district
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) in
Rhineland-Palatinate
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,
Germany
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. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde''
Hunsrück-Mittelrhein Hunsrück-Mittelrhein is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Emmelshausen. It was formed on 1 January 2020 by the merger of the fo ...
, whose seat is in
Emmelshausen
Emmelshausen is a town in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, to which it also belongs. Emmelshausen is a state-recognized climatic spa (''Luftku ...
. It is also the location of a large
wind farm
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featuring currently the world's highest
wind energy
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tower.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies in the
Hunsrück
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between Emmelshausen (8 km) and
Kastellaun
Kastellaun is a town in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality.
Geography
Location
The town lies in the eastern Hunsrück ...
(10 km). The
Autobahn
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A 61 (3 km) and ''
Bundesstraße
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Germany
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'' 327 (2 km) are also nearby. Hausbay lies at the forks of two streams, the Lingerhahner Bach and the Kelsiter Bach, whose combined flow is known thereafter as the Baybach.
History
In 1275, Hausbay had its first documentary mention. The name is believed to go back to a single house that once stood on the Baybach. In the
Middle Ages
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, the village was shared by two lordships. One half belonged to the ''Gallenscheider Gericht'' (“Gallenscheid Court”), and thereby as of 1314 to the
Electorate of Trier
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, while the other half belonged to the
County of Katzenelnbogen
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. Beginning in 1794, Hausbay lay under
French
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rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of
Prussia
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at the
Congress of Vienna
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. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded
state
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Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
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of
Rhineland-Palatinate
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.
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by
majority vote
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arms
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might in English
heraldic
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language be described thus: A pall wavy reversed azure between argent a cross gules and Or a lion rampant guardant of the second armed, langued and crowned of the first, in base Or balances of the third.
The pall (Y-shaped element) stands for the three brooks that flow through the municipality, the Lingerhahnerbach, the Kilsiterbach and the Baybach, which rises where the other two meet. The red cross on the silver field on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side refers to the village's former allegiance to the
Electorate of Trier
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, while the lion rampant guardant (that is, with his head turned to face the viewer) recalls the Lower
County of Katzenelnbogen
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, ''
Vogt
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ei'' of Pfalzfeld. The brook formed the border. The balances in base stand as a symbol of justice for the Gallenscheid Court, to which the Electoral-Trier part of the village belonged, and take the
tincture
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s Or and gules (gold and red), as these were also the court's colours.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in
Rhineland-Palatinate
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’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
*
Saint Lawrence's Catholic
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Church (branch church; ''Filialkirche St. Laurentius''), Lingerhahner Straße 1 –
Gothic Revival
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brick
aisleless church
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, 1904-1908
* Lingerhahner Straße – graveyard;
sandstone
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Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
grave cross, tree cross, marked 1916
Regular events
The
kermis
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on the last weekend in July and the village festival in early September are the most important festivals
Regular events
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References
External links
Municipality’s official webpage
at SWR Fernsehen
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