Wiebelsheim

Wiebelsheim is a municipality in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Sankt Goar - Oberwesel.

Geography

Wiebelsheim located on the eastern edge of the Hunsrück plateau at about 440 m above sea level, bounded on the east by the Upper Middle Rhine, the Valley of the Loreley, there separates the Rhine Hunsrück from the Taunus. Wiebelsheim has 631 inhabitants on an area of 7.32 square km.

History

Wiebelsheim probably written between the years 800 and 1000 AD. By 1400 the Wiebel Heimer in 1392 created in Damscheid altar prebend and the Oberwesel Church of St. Martin were slammed. With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops part of France. Wiebelsheim became the seat of a Mairie and belonged to the Canton Bacharach, in the Département de Rhin -et -Moselle. 1815 Wiebelsheim was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. 1846 was the present church, dedicated to St. Peter. After the First World War, the town was temporarily occupied by the French again. 1940-1941 was when you place the POW camp Stalag XII C. Since 1946, the town is part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

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

Parish council

The local council in Wiebelsheim 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.

Business

In Wiebelsheim publishers Quelle & Meyer and auditorium have their headquarters