Gondershausen

Gondershausen is a municipality in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Emmelshausen. Gondershausen is a nationally recognized resort.

  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 associations

Geographical location

Gondershausen located in the northeastern part of the Hunsrück between Baybachtal Ehrbachtal the north and south, as well as the Rhine and Moselle in the east and west.

History

The first mention (as Guntereshusen ) was carried out in a document dated June 13, 897, St. Maximin confirmed in the premier Zwentibold the Trier Abbey, which had given her his father Emperor Arnulf. The possession was from the Rhineland Palatine, which was used as a monastery Vogt of the monastery, alienated. Later, Gondershausen and environment as palatinate Gräfliches fiefs belonged to the lords of Waldeck and Schoeneck.

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. In the years 1820-1830 and 1860-1870 were carried out waves of emigration to America and the Ruhr. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

The community was Gondershausen ( 465 inhabitants) is newly formed on April 1, 1969 after the dissolution of previously independent municipalities Niedergondershausen ( 673 inhabitants) and Obergondershausen.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Gondershausen consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The 16 seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters. In the previous election in 2004, a majority vote was held.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "In split front plate in black a rotbewehrter, gezungter and crowned golden lion, in the back in a black silver crosier topped with a red miter ".

Culture and sights

Structures

See list of cultural monuments in Gondershausen

Clubs

Since 1970 the Musikverein Gondershausen. The volunteer fire department was established in 1930.

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