Bad Hönningen

Bad Hönningen is a city and a spa in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland -Palatinate, on the right bank of the middle Rhine. It is the administrative seat of the homonymous municipality, which it also belongs. Bad Hönningen is recognized as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

• 2.1 Roman period
• 2.2 Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
• 2.3 Castle Arenfels
• 2.4 Development of health and spa town
• 2.5 Artus Mineral Wells
• 2.6 Demographics

• 3.1 City Council
• 3.2 Coat of Arms
• 3.3 Town twinning

• 6.1 Regular events

• 8.1 Road traffic
• 8.2 Rail transport
• 8.3 Marine
• 8.4 Cycling and walking trails

• 9.1 Born in Bad Hönningen
• 9.2 connected with Bad Hönningen

Geography

Location

The spa and wine-growing village located east of the Rhine between Koblenz and Bonn in the south to the north in the Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park. The promenade along the Rhine is 1.5 kilometers long, the city forest offers 60 miles of hiking trails. The Hönninger Schlossberg is nine acres of the largest contiguous vineyard in the Middle Rhine.

Boroughs

Too Bad Hönningen still consists of the quarters Ariendorf, Girgenrath and Reid break.

History

Roman

In the construction of buildings, relics have been found from the Roman and the Frankish period in the 19th and 20th centuries. The present city of Bad Hönningen lay to the north, close to the limit. Because of the finds from the Roman period can be assumed that was settled here before about 1,800 years. See also separate article fortlet Rheinbrohl.

Middle Ages and Early Modern Times

In a deed of gift from Emperor Henry II and his wife Gwendolyn in the Bamberg Cathedral Chapter Hönningen " Hohingen in Ingerisgowe " ( Engersgau ) was first introduced in 1019 as a possession mentioned. Until the early 15th century this property was " St. Georgenhof ", according to other sources " sand ( Santa) Jürgen Hoff " called. This farm stood on the site, was built on the later, the " House ". In 1422 (according to other sources 1424) sold the Bamberg cathedral chapter this property to Archbishop Otto von Trier for 1500 guilders.

A second Hofgut to " Hoinga " 1041 gave the Gerbrich widow, a sister of Gaugrafen Otto von Hammerstein, the Archbishop of Trier, Poppo. This gave it to the then newly founded St. Simeonstift in Trier.

In 1204 the first " parish Hönningen " was called, which was a joint creation of the Bishopric of Bamberg and Trier Simeon pin. Even before 1135, there had been between Bamberg and Trier to disputes over the distribution of tithing. Pope Adrian IV in 1155 confirmed the Simeonstift tithing to " Hoinga ". The parish Hönningen stretched along the Rhine from the stream in Ariendorf in the north to the former course of the Limes on the border with Rheinbrohl. At first heights of the Westerwald belonged to the parish courtyard Reid break and beyond the watershed to Wied towards the courtyard Girgenrath. Except for a minor boundary correction in the 20th century the parish corresponds to the present city of Bad Hönningen.

Trier Elector and Archbishop of Raban Helmstatt was around the year 1438 the " House " building. Hönningen belonged at the time to rule Arenfels. In the Thirty Years' War Hönningen burns down in 1632 up to twelve houses. 1670 is the fief Arenfels with all its possessions and rights over the house von der Leyen.

In 1209 the still partly existing priory was built.

Castle Arenfels

The present castle Arenfels goes on in the years 1258 and 1259 ( West Wing and keep) by Gerlach von Isenburg Castle, built in back. 1848 acquired Imperial Count Ludolf Friedrich von Westerholt the Arenfels castle. He had it converted by the neo-Gothic Cologne Cathedral architect Ernst Friedrich Zwirner.

Arenfels Castle is owned by the Baron Anthony Geyr of Schweppenburg.

Development for health and spa town

In 1894, the first carbonic acid source was encountered. Other sources followed, and in 1895 the first bath house was built. 1950 was the town of the state government of Rhineland -Palatinate the title of " Bad". On July 12, 1969 Bad Hönningen received city rights.

Arthur Mineral Wells

The Arthurian Mineral Brunnen GmbH was a company that was founded in the 1896/97 corporate jets and Hubertus Arienheller carbonic work was created. The sources were drilled in 1894 by the citizens Breisig Peter Lang. The Hubertus source has a depth of 294 Arienheller source a depth of 380 meters.

The early 1970s, took over the company and the fountain in Bornheim- Roisdorf. There already since Roman times bottled water to have been promoted. Since 2002, Arthur was in bankruptcy proceedings. The company was closed on 31 May 2008.

Demographics

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

Policy

City ​​council

The city council in Bad Hönningen consists of 22 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman city.

The distribution of seats in the City Council:

Coat of arms

The blazon is: " Argent, two red bars, covered by a curved and berankten green vine with two green leaves and two red grapes ".

The two beams, the master emblem of the noble gentlemen of the lower county Isenburg, point out that Hönningen isenburgische bailiwick since the 11th century and was afterwards to 1664 Main place of sovereignty Isenburg - Arenfels. The Burgunderrebe refers to the traditional Hönninger red wine. The coat of arms in this form - sign, however, pointed shape - already appears in Hönninger aldermen Seal of 1346.

Twinning

The partnership between Bad Hönningen Saint Pierre lès Nemours and in France was founded in 1980.

Culture and sights

• Arenfels Castle: 1849-1855 built by the Cologne Cathedral architect Ernst Friedrich Zwirner. The castle was built from a 1259 built by Gerlach von Isenburg Castle Arenfels.
• Castle Ariendorf in Ariendorf District: 1840 was Ludwig von hole the neo-Gothic building from the Cologne Cathedral architect Zwirner build (instead of a demolished medieval courtyard house, which was acquired in 1706 by the Elector of Trier Johann Hugo von Orsbeck from Nivellen monastery).
• The " House ", a late-Gothic residential tower made ​​from local quarry stone: Built in 1438 by the Archbishop of Trier, Raban of Helmstatt, 1617 "Cologne ceiling" under Count Ernst von Isenburg rebuilding and installing a spiral staircase and acquired in 1996 by the home club, since May 2000 Heritage Museum. According to some legends, it is said to have been a secret tunnel from above the castle to the House.
• Tempelhof: 1225 1317 taken over the possession of the Knights Templar Order of St. John, after secularization in 1817 various owners ( Freiherr von Salis, Marquess of Villers, Barons Geyr of Schweppenburg ).
• Castle on the Rhine House: Built in the early 17th century in the Renaissance style by the Electoral Cologne Vice Chancellor Christoph von Wintzler, 1844, contained the first Hönninger coaching.
• Old City Winery (formerly farm buildings, founded in 1888 Winzerverein ).
• Crystal Rhine Park Therme, with a hot tub and hot water saline pools, including spa and therapy center.
• On the Rhine, close to the city limits, lies the beginning of the Upper Germanic - Rhaetian Limes, which runs from the neighboring village of Rheinbrohl from Regensburg and was built in the 1st to 3rd century AD to protect the Roman Empire against Germanic attacks. On 15 July 2005 the ground monument was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• See also: fortlet Rheinbrohl and list of cultural monuments in Bad Hönningen
• " Geological information path of the Rhine run " 17 large stones of mountains along the Rhine run into the Rhine areas of the city.

Sports

Sporty Bad Hönningen is nationally known mainly through the Handball HSG Römerwall whose first seniors team in 2001 won the West German Championship and thus broke through in the professional sector.

Tourism

Regular events

• " Young herring in May " Traditional matjes hard in the Neustrasse of Bad Hönningen
• " Medieval Pfingstspectaculum " into the Rhine plants with a medieval market and jousting.
• "Wine Blossom Festival " in early June on the marketplace, the first annual wine festival on the Middle Rhine.
• " Hop Festival " in mid-June in the downtown area and in the pedestrian zone.
• " St. Peter and Paul- fair " end of June with parades bachelor's Association through the city.
• "Antique flea market " in early July in the Rhine systems.
• " Summer Night Party " at the end of July in the Rhine systems, the traditional " festival of Lights " with a large fireworks display over the Rhine.
• Heritage Day in the House; ... On the 2nd Sunday in September.
• " Feather White Festival" in early November, fresh spring White and onion with live entertainment at the Old School Square.
• " Nostalgic Christmas Market " in early December in the city.

Economy

• Carbonic acid factory founded in Germany in 1912
• Bad Hönninger fruit juices GmbH, since 1912, family-owned
• Solvay GmbH, formerly Kali-Chemie

Traffic

Road

Bad Hönningen is located directly on the B 42 and has this connection to the motorway A48 (exit Bendorf (No. 11) ) and A59 ( motorway junction Bonn -Ost ( No. 42) ). The national road 257 connects directly to the bathroom Hönningen Wiedtal and the Westerwald. With a car ferry on the border with Rheinbrohl B 9 can be reached in the left bank of Bad Breisig. A passenger ferry connects with Bad Hönningen Bad Breisig.

In Bad Hönningen the German Limes Road which begins after 700 kilometers in Regensburg on the Danube ends. By Bad Hönningen also leads the Rheinische Legend Trail, which begins in Dusseldorf and ends in Mainz.

Rail transport

The Bad Hönningen station on the right bank railway line between Cologne and Koblenz is approached on the half-hour and connects the city every hour directly to the Cologne / Bonn airport. Bad Hönningen belongs to the transport association Rhein-Mosel.

Shipping

In the summer months bathroom Hönningen is also served by the ships of the " White Fleet " and the ships of the Köln- Düsseldorf.

Cycling and walking routes

• Trails The Rhine Trail from Bonn Bad Honningen, Koblenz ( Ehrenbreitstein ) to Wiesbaden
• The Rheinhöhenweg of city of Bonn to Wiesbaden (partial distance equal to the Rhine Steig )
• The Westerwaldsteig that begins in Herborn (Lahn -Dill-Kreis ) and ends in Bad Hönningen

• The Rhine cycle path that runs from the headwaters of the Rhine in Switzerland to Rotterdam, happened in the east of the Rhine variant Bad Hönningen
• The German Limes bike path along the German Limes Road of Bad Hönningen to Regensburg

Personalities

Born in Bad Hönningen

• August Schoop (1858-1932), historian
• Karl -Heinz Thielen ( * 1940 in the district Ariendorf ), football player

Connected with Bad Hönningen

• Willi Fischer (1920-1991), politician; 1958-1963 Office mayor in Bad Hönningen
• Hermann I Countries ( born 1933), politician, civil servant and forestry official of the association, from 1983 to 1999 mayor of the municipality
• Heinz Schwarz ( born July 24, 1928 in Leubsdorf ) Former Interior Minister of Rhineland- Palatinate
• Bernd Knopp radio host (eg, RPR 1, 107.8 antenna AC, Top FM and domradio Cologne) and author