Aremberg

Aremberg is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Adenau.

Geography

Aremberg is located west-northwest of Adenau on the southwest flank of 623 m above sea level within the Ahrgebirges ( Ahreifel ) about 9.5 km (air line). NN high Arembergs 510-560 m above sea level. NN. To Aremberg include residential places forest house greed Scheid, Estate Chapel Hill and Lenzenhof.

History

The first mention of a " Henricus Arberg " was in the year 1166.

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

Parish council

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

Infrastructure

The infrastructure of the town declined in recent years. Given the high recreational value of the region and the planned space closure of the Federal Highway 1, however, a stabilization of the situation is expected in the medium term.

In the village there is the restaurant "Zur castle tavern ", a community center and a school camp, which is maintained by the Ernst- Moritz- Arndt -Gymnasium Bonn, the Friedrich-Ebert -Gymnasium Bonn in joint sponsorship.

Attractions

Local attractions include the ruins of the hilltop castle Aremberg later Aremberg Castle, the ancestral home of the Dukes of Aremberg, the magnificently embodied Catholic parish church of St. Nicholas. Local attractions also include the 130 -acre nature reserve Aremberg, which was established in 1977 to protect the Tertiary volcanic cone and the castle ruins.

Guardian Angels Chapel

The Guardian Angel Chapel was built in 1669 by the parish priest, founded by Lorenz Sprünker in the same year Guardian Angel Brotherhood. The 1670 and resulting from the Castle Church in Croy (Belgium ) derived altar was donated by the first Duke of Arenberg, Philipp- Franz. The inscription of the partition is " honor hikers Betstelle to the holy guardian angel." The chapel was later extended by a stem. The sandstone blocks of the input arc derived from the former ducal castle, whose ruins is on the Aremberg. Today, the chapel is still in use and can be visited in the summer Sundays.