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unusual facts about Gemünden, Westerwaldkreis



Alsbach

Alsbach, Westerwaldkreis, in the Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate

Bellingen

Bellingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in the district Westerwaldkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Berengar I of Neustria

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

Boden

Boden, Germany, a municipality in the district Westerwaldkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Ebernhahn

Since 1971 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality, and since 1974 it has been part of the Westerwaldkreis whose district seat is in Montabaur.

Gehlweiler

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

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.

Herschbach

Herschbach, Wallmerod, a municipality in the Verbandsgemeinde Wallmerod, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Herschbach, Selters, a municipality in the Verbandsgemeinde Selters, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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.

Katzenelnbogen

A smaller part of Nassau, including the old castle and village bearing the name of Katzenelnbogen, ended up as part of Rhineland-Palatinate (part of the Rhein-Lahn and Westerwaldkreis districts).

Kerschenbach

Furthermore, they came not from Rome, but rather from the Kannenbäckerland (“Jug Bakers’ Land”, a small region still known for its ceramics industry) in the Westerwaldkreis, also in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Langenbach

Langenbach bei Kirburg, in the district Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate

Pleudihen-sur-Rance

Pleudihen-sur-Rance maintains a town partnership with the German community of Herschbach in the Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate.

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.

The two Westerwald districts (Oberwesterwaldkreis and Unterwesterwaldkreis) were dissolved and merged into the Westerwaldkreis with its seat in Montabaur.

Steinen

Steinen, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate

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.

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.

Zehnhausen bei Rennerod

It is one of two communities named Zehnhausen in the Westerwaldkreis, the other being Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod.


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