Seck

Seck is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rennerod.

• 4.1 Kilianskirche
• 4.2 monastery ruins Selig instead
• 4.3 Regular events

• 5.1 traffic

Geographical location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg an der Lahn.

History

Niederlahngaugraf Gerhard ( 832-879 ) was the first known lord of those basic rule to Seck Westerwald in the middle of which he the western part of the equipment of his chain Bacher Foundation ( 879 transferred to the St. Severus pen in Gemünden Westerwald ) separated out. Count Gerhard's grandson Rudolf I. Bishop of Würzburg ( 892-908 ) consecrated to St. Kilian a church Seck. Documented Seck is mentioned in a document dated May 27, 1059 by King Henry IV for the first time. In the aftermath Seck received a court. Arnold I of Valancourt, Archbishop of Trier, expressed in 1181, that the monastery Blessed Instead of Seck is given to the Archbishopric of Trier. 1215 was the daughter monastery of the Abbey Laach. Middle of the 15th century monastic life was extinguished. A separate Secker priest was also present at the latest in 1215. The large parish handed over Rennerod and vice Bach to Oberrod. The 1437 first mentioned year market in Seck is one of the oldest in the Westerwald region as a whole and was so significant that a highway toll for market visitors was raised in the neighboring Langendernbach.

The Lords of Westerburg and Runkel dominated the parish Seck. Often there was dispute between them and their respective sidelines. Prince Heinrich Moritz von Nassau- Hadamar left in 1672 to create the Secker pond, a little later the castle to Seck, still popularly called Old Castle. With the Principality of Nassau- Hadamar Seck came in 1806 with the Grand Duchy Berg, later the Duchy of Nassau. Administratively, Seck came to the office Rennerod. 1866 lost Duke Adolf of Nassau his land to Prussia. The administrative offices were dissolved, and Stein's self-government and formed counties. Seck came to Oberwesterwald circle based in Marienberg, 1885 to the newly formed county Westerburg, which was summarized in 1932 in a Oberwesterwald circle based in Westerburg. 1974 returned Seck after the municipal reform administratively, but continue as an independent local church Seck, to the municipality Rennerod back. The two Westerwald circles were dissolved and merged into a Westerwald district based in Montabaur.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Seck 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.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "In gold between green palm branch and green dagger a black oblique bar, which is covered with a golden crosier ."

Culture and sights

Kilian Church

Already in the 9th century the old church was the Bishop of Würzburg, Saint Kilian consecrated. After the church burned down in 1878, 1880 a new church was built Kilian, which stands on the old foundations. The baptismal font is still in the 13th century, the pulpit from the 17th century. Interestingly, part of the steeple not the church, but of the political community.

Monastery ruins Selig instead

The exact founding year of the monastery Blessed shop is unknown. First mentioned it was 1181st As founder Siegfried probably of Runkel and his family must be considered. The nunnery was in 1215 a daughter house of the abbey Khajuraho and was the Mother of God and St.. Consecrated Nicholas. The oldest seal of the Convention of 1234 shows the image of the Virgin between two lilies with the inscription CO ( N) SU (N) TVS IN SELIESTAT and is kept in the Central State Archive of Wiesbaden. The secular patron Siegfried von Runkel freed in 1219 the monastery, as he wanted to join a crusade to the Holy Land, of all rights and services that was available to him as bailiff. Nevertheless, it was not the best with the financial situation. Due to the limited resources of the monastery began in 1239 Archbishop Dietrich von Trier, the number of nuns established on 30. Exceeding was possible only with special permission.

The interest rate registers of the monastery owe a number of villages in the area (eg Rennerod, Hüblingen, Willmenrod 1213/15 ) its first documentary mention. In the 13th and 14th centuries increased manifold gifts and endowments of the possession of the monastery. However, the wide scatter location of the goods equipment concealed a germ of decay in it. End of the 15th century it was with the old foundation more and more downhill. There are many indications that the now in Wirzenborn venerated miraculous image, a Madonna with the Child and scepter, Selig instead was brought to the parish Montabaur at this time. The bells of the monastery came in 1591 to Westerburg or Gemünden. The baptismal font was used for many years in the municipal well in Seck, until he disappeared. The cloister was not until 1785, the buildings were demolished. Already in 1818 is reported only by ancient walls and ruins of monastery. Doors and windows were in 1874 no longer visible.

Through the initiative of a support association founded in 1990, in recent years, extensive security measures at the ruin which has a circumference of 36 by 72 meters and up to 9 meter high outer walls carried out. Since 2008, an established inside the ruins always accessible info hut informed in detail about the history of the monastery.

Regular events

• In July, the church festival, which Secker fair with market takes place.
• Popular is also held annually Secker Oktoberfest.
• Every summer in July or August, takes place on the campsite Weiherhof the lake a " seaworthy " instead, which organized the Friends ' church at the campsite " and the operator of the space for campers and residents ..

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

• In the immediate vicinity of the town of the B54, which runs from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen runs.
• The nearest motorway junction is Limburg -Nord about 20 kilometers away on the A3 between Cologne and Frankfurt.
• The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main and the ICE train station Limburg.