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11 unusual facts about Kirchberg


Belg

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

Friedrich Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg

As part of the Belgian Corps under Field Marshal Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld he played a decisive role in the action at Avesnes-le-Sec and later at the Battle of Fleurus (1794).

In combination with the Army of Condé and Hessian troops, a portion of his force, 15,000, covered the left (southern) flank of the Prussian advance on Valmy.

Hunsrück

Notable towns located within the Hunsrück include Simmern, Kirchberg, and Idar-Oberstein, Kastellaun, and Morbach.

Kirchberg, Bern

A textile mill opened in 1871, followed by a consumer coop in 1872 and in 1890 an aluminum rolling mill and a weaving factory in Wydenhof.

Maitzborn Airfield

Maitzborn Airfield is a former military airfield, located 1.7 km east-southeast of Kirchberg in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Ohlweiler

Ohlweiler lies roughly 3 km southwest of Simmern and 7 km northeast of Kirchberg.

Ravengiersburg

The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück in the Simmerbach valley, roughly 5 km east of Kirchberg and 6 km southwest of Simmern.

Reich, Germany

The rural residential community lies roughly 6 km north-northeast of Kirchberg and 7 km west-northwest of Simmern.

Schönborn, Rhein-Hunsrück

To the east lies Simmern, some 4 km away, and to the west, Kirchberg, also some 4 km away.

Simon II, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach

The dividing line was Soonwald Forest; Simon II ruled the part north of the forest, including Kirchberg and Kastellaun.


Aefligen

The Low justice court (petty crimes and punishments) for Aefligen was in Bätterkinden, it belonged to the county of Landshut and was part of the parish of Kirchberg.

Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line

Heinrich LXII was born at Schleiz, Reuss, eldest surviving son of Heinrich XLII, Prince Reuss of Schleiz (1752–1818), (son of Count Heinrich XII Reuss of Schleiz, and Countess Christine of Erbach-Schönberg) and his wife, Princess Caroline of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg (1761–1849), (daughter of Christian Friedrich Karl, Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg and Princess Louise Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Langenburg).

Heinrich LXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line

Heinrich LXVII was born at Schleiz, Reuss, younger surviving son of Heinrich XLII, Prince Reuss of Schleiz (1752–1818), (son of Count Heinrich XII Reuss of Schleiz, and Countess Christine of Erbach-Schönberg) and his wife, Princess Caroline of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg (1761–1849), (daughter of Christian Friedrich Karl, Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg and Princess Louise Charlotte of Hohenlohe-Langenburg).

Kirchberg bei Mattighofen

Kirchberg bei Mattighofen is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Olivier, Count of Wallis

In the 1792 campaign of the War of the First Coalition, Wallis commanded a mixed division in the corps of Friedrich Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg on the upper Rhine and the Moselle, stationed on the Rhine river between Basel and Strassburg.

Roman Sebastian Zängerle

Roman Sebastian Zängerle (January 20, 1771, Ober-Kirchberg near Ulm – April 17, 1848 at Seckau in Austria) was Prince-Bishop of Seckau.

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg

It passed to the Burgraves of Kirchberg in 1715, to the Counts of Nassau-Weilburg in 1799, and to the Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg in 1803.

Simon II, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach

Simon chose Kastellaun Castle as his residence, even though Kirchberg was the only town in his part of the county.

Spertental

The Aschauer Ache rises at the foot of the Großer Rettenstein and then flows to Kirchberg, continuing to Reith bei Kitzbühel before discharging into the Kitzbühler Ache near St. Johann in Tirol.