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, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein-Lahn, the district-free ...

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. 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''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

. 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 Heiligenroth is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The village lies roughly 3 km from Montabaur. In the immediate vicinity are found ...

, Großholbach, Girod, Steinefrenz, Heilberscheid, Isselbach, Stahlhofen,

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 ...

, Holler, Niederelbert,

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, Kadenbach,

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.

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

Schloss Montabaur was the seat of the district administrator's office of the old Unterwesterwaldkreis until 1945 before becoming the seat of the Montabaur district government. Today, it is owned by the ''Akademie Deutscher Genossenschaften'' (“Academy of German Co-operatives”), which has expanded it for use as a 4-star conference hotel and training centre for the

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and credit unions. It stands in a prominent position above the town on the Schlossberg 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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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, said to be the place of the

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. Out of this grew Montabaur. In 1291, King

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(1218–1291) granted Montabaur, as well as Welschbillig,

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, Bernkastel 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 German state 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 (Evangelical) * 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 *

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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

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

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valley.

Ais organizations

* Montabaur

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(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 (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

** BCM Boxclub Montabaur e.V *

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

** 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 *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

, 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 * Kirmes

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'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule;'' ...

) * 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

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(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

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

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

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at the

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People connected with Montabaur

* Johann V of Isenburg (1507–1556),

and

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, 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

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s and bells, died in Montabaur and is buried here

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External links

* * {{Authority control Westerwaldkreis