Buch, Rhein-Hunsrück

Book is a municipality in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Kastellaun. Book is a nationally recognized tourist.

Geography

The community book lies on a ridge in the Hunsrück between the deeply cut valleys of the Rother living brook and small stream at about 400 m above sea level. The districts book with 813 inhabitants (as of December 3, 2010 ) and Mörz are located about 45 km south-southwest of Koblenz and 4 km west of Kastellaun.

Neighboring towns

History

First mentioned in the year 1052. 1332 confirmed Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian Elector Baldwin all the possessions of the archbishopric of Trier, among them Balduinseck and book. Book belonged to Beltheimer court. By the end of the 15th century can be a knight Gender prove "by the book". With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops, the place was French, 1815, he was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded. Today's church was established on March 17, 1974 by the merger of church book with the then independent municipality Mörz.

Parish council

The local council in book consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Culture and sights

  • The castle ruins Balduinseck

See also: List of cultural monuments in book

Personalities

  • Joachim Mertes, German politician and president of the Rhineland- Palatinate Landtag
  • Cláudio Cardinal Hummes, Roman Catholic theologian and Archbishop of São Paulo
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