Balduinstein

Baldwin stone is a municipality in the Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Diez. Baldwin stone is a nationally recognized tourist.

Geography

Baldwin stone is at the lower Lahn Nassau nature park.

Neighboring communities of Baldwin stone are Birlenbach, Cramberg, Dörnberg, Fachingen, Geilnau, wood home, Lauren Castle and Wasenbach.

The municipality consists of the villages Baldwin stone, Schaumburg and Hausen Baldwin stone.

Furthermore, among Balduinstein the living spaces Am Stollen and Talhof.

History

The name goes back to the Archbishop Baldwin of Trier, which began with the construction of the castle Baldwin stone below the Schaumburg in 1319. The town charter was granted in 1321 by Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian. The granting of town rights went hand in hand with the establishment of the city by Baldwin, a city wall was built in 1429. Baldwin brought the settlement to the office and handed it to the knight Dietrich of 1335 season.

After several phases of expansion of the castle in the 14th and 15th centuries under the Staff Learning began the decline in the mid-17th century. After the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648 the Elector of Trier issued the demolition permit in 1665, then in 1680 were only the walls. Famine and pestilence were the inhabitants Baldwin stone of 40 dwindle to 8 families. From 1806 the town was part of the duchy of Nassau, which was annexed in 1866 by Prussia. Since 1946, Baldwin stone is part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

Around 1660 began in Balduinstein the mining of brown iron ore deposits, later obtaining Lahnmarmor. The iron ore mining was terminated in 1875, the marble mining in 1927.

Since 1974 Situated on the grounds of the castle mansion from the 19th century and its outbuildings are used as " Jugendburg Baldwin stone ".

The Schaumburg dates back to about the year 915. Archduke Stefan of Austria brought the Schaumburg 1848 in his residence, the castle became the meeting place for nobility and later a popular tourist destination. Wittekind of Waldeck and Pyrmont was forced to sell the castle in 1985. In 1990, the municipality of Schaumburg with seven residents was the smallest municipality in the Rhineland- Palatinate. Then on July 1, 1991, the union of the community Schaumburg with at this time only two residents with the community Balduinstein.

The Hausen was first documented in 1446.

Religion

The Roman Catholic parish of St. Bartholomew in Baldwin stone belongs to the pastoral space Diez, in turn, the district Limburg is even incorporated in the diocese of Limburg.

On the Protestant side of the place of the parish Cramberg - Have Scheid in the Dean's Office of the Provost Diez South Nassau in the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau ( EKHN ) is a member.

Jewish inhabitants there were in Baldwin stone since the Middle Ages, Jews were settled in 1319 by the Archbishop Baldwin of Trier.

1721 a Jewish cemetery is mentioned for the first time. The Jewish cemetery is located on the boundary of the suburb Hausen.

From about 1830 include the Jewish population with the Jewish Community in Diez. 1843, the maximum number of Jewish believers in Baldwin stone is achieved with 20 people.

Parish council

The local council in Baldwin stone consists of twelve 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 twelve seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters.

Culture and sights

The further above located castle Schaumburg probably goes back to the year 915. The first document dates back to 1197th The ownership of the castle passed from the family of Leiningen Einicho to the Counts of Leiningen - Westerburg and about 1656 to the widow of Count Peter Melander of Holzappel. Through marriage, she went in 1812 to the House of Habsburg- Lorraine. Archduke Stefan of Austria made it in 1848 to his residence and built the castle in 1850 in the style of English Gothic Revival from.

The first prestressed concrete bridge, which was built by the balanced cantilever, replaced 1950, destroyed in World War II bridge over the Lahn.

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