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6 unusual facts about Gemünden


Berengar I of Neustria

A charter of 879 mentions Berengar and his brothers taking part in the foundation of the college of Gemünden.

Gemünden, Rhein-Hunsrück

It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Gemünden, Westerwaldkreis

The Evangelical monastery church came into being most likely about the year 1100 and offers visitors, among other things, remnants of Romanesque painting from the 12th century.

Seck

Count Gebhard of the Niederlahngau (832–879) was the first known lord of that holding around Seck in the Middle Westerwald, from which he split the western part to endow his monastery at Gemünden.

Thüngersheim

Thüngersheim is located at the Bundesstraße (federal road) 27 and on the railroad line Würzburg-Gemünden.

Udo of Neustria

A charter of 879 mentions Udo and his brothers taking part in the foundation of the college of Gemünden.


Gehlweiler

Until 1575, Gehlweiler was assigned to the parish of Getzbach (nowadays Seesbach) and thereafter belonged to the area of the Amt of Gemünden.

Gössenheim

Gössenheim now lies on Bundesstraße 27 between Karlstadt and Hammelburg, and it belongs to the local area of the lesser centre of Gemünden in the Würzburg Region.

Irmtraut

In 879, Irmtraut had its first documentary mention when Gebhard, Count of the Lahngau donated holdings here to the St. Severus Monastery in Gemünden.

Wohratal

In the north, Wohratal borders on the towns of Rosenthal and Gemünden, both in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, in the east on the community of Gilserberg in Schwalm-Eder district, and on Rauschenberg, also in Marburg-Biedenkopf district, in the south and west.


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