Halsenbach

Halsbach is a municipality in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Emmelshausen.

• 4.1 Local businesses
• 4.2 traffic

Geography

The village Halsbach located northeast of Emmelshausen on the Hunsrück plateau. East of the local situation runs Hunsrückhöhenstrasse. Districts of Halsbach are Ehr, Ehrerheide and Mermicherhof.

History

The village was mentioned in 1241, first documented under the name Halstinbach.

Until 1508 the town belonged to the rule Schoeneck, who was a sub- rule in the Electorate of Trier since the 14th century. After that, the town belonged to the end of the 18th century Gallscheider court that was under the kurtrierischen Oberamt Boppard.

After Trier fire book, there were 1563 in Halsbach total of 18 subjects belonging to five different landlords: nine to the Electorate of Trier, three to rule Schoeneck, two to Electoral Palatinate, two to rule Waldeck and two to the rule Eltz.

After the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine (1794 ) by French revolutionary troops, the village belonged from 1798 to 1814 for the district of Koblenz (Canton Boppard ), which was assigned to the Rhine-Moselle department. Because of the Congress of Vienna (1815 ) agreements, the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. Under the Prussian administration, the community Halsbach 1816 came to the district Sankt Goar in the Region of Koblenz, Halsbach was the seat of mayor of the same name. Since 1946, the community is part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

On the northern district area was a Iron Age burial ground, the (Ludwigshafen -Koblenz ) was near the Fleckertshöhe in a wooded area discovered ( in deer driving ) and 1971 unearthed during the construction of the A61 motorway. It is a small, consisting of 13 single grave hills hill group. The grave mounds are aligned to a running over the Hunsrück and the Rhine valley route, which was expanded in Roman times. In some cremation burials of the grave mound was piled directly on the charred stake. Among the notable additions of these tombs include a pierced belt hook and a belt ring made ​​of iron. The ceramic obtained, including a clay bottle made ​​on the turntable, the grave mound field in the younger Hunsrück- Eifel culture (HEK IIA to IIB ) or in the second quarter of the 5th to the first half of the 3rd century BC.

The development of the population of Halsbach, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Halsbach consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a golden clad in blue Bishop, growing behind a red shield, is a silver bar.

The bishop is the holy Lambertus, the patron saint of the years 1712 - 1713 and was built by the Catholic parish church dedicated to him in Halsbach. The red shield with a silver bar goes back to what has been until the end of the 18th century in use aldermen Seal of Halsbach as the seat of the former Gallscheider court.

Economy and infrastructure

Local businesses

At the site there are numerous commercial enterprises. In the former factory buildings of the musical instrument manufacturer Wersi more establishments are located.

Traffic

Halsbach is very close to the Hunsrück Railway. The actual " station Halsbach " was built around the year 1900 far away from the local situation. To the train station, the city Emmelshausen developed. In the district of honor, there is another stop on the Hunsrück railway.

Approximately one kilometer northeast of Emmelshausen branches off the county road K108 in a northwesterly direction from after Halsbach and Ney. In the center of the county road K110 honor of coming meets the main road. To the south by the deep valley of the price stream is via dirt roads after Liese field and to the Baunhöller mill.