Emmelshausen

Emmelshausen is a town in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It is the administrative seat of the homonymous municipality, which it also belongs.

Emmelshausen is a nationally recognized health resort and recognized as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 associations

Districts

The district Liese field is located on the western outskirts of Emmelshausen along Route 206 (Rhein -Mosel- Straße) Gondershausen and is the oldest part of the city. Another area is Basselscheid.

History

The first written records date the foundation of the settlement Liesefeld to the 15th century. At the end of the 13th century was located in the area of Emmelshausen a homonymous settlement, which was abandoned in the course of time. After Trier fire book of 1563 Emmelshausen was already at that time uninhabited. In the forest east of Emmelshausen Court Square Gallscheider the court was. Administrative seat of the court was Castle Schoeneck. 1314 got it from the kingdom as a pledge to the Electorate of Trier and was not cashed. With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops, the area became French in 1815, she was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna.

1906 were the municipalities Liesefeld, Basselscheid and Halsbach from district areas, so the station of the new Hunsrück railway could be built. The houses of the Bahnhofsiedlung around the neck Bahnhof were initially in three different communities. It was not until 1935, when the new settlement had so prospered, the places Halsbach and Dörth were part of their community lands and their sovereignty from and now that they had found a new old name, Emmelshausen became independent, Liesenfeld Basselscheid were incorporated. Lived in 1920 only 20 people at the train station and to the inn forest peace of the innkeeper and Knochenflickers Peter Pies, as it were to the local foundation already 280 The expansion of the road Koblenz Kastellaun to Hunsrückhöhenstraße brought from 1938, the development continues.

The community is since 1946 part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded. It has evolved through the convenient location near the A61 into a service center for the front Hunsrück.

At the request of the local community Emmelshausen has decided the state government of Rhineland -Palatinate on 1 September 2009, Emmelshausen to give the name of the city. The official Verleihungsakt took place on June 27, 2010.

Policy

City ​​council

The council Emmelshausen consists of 20 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman city. In the previous election period from 2004 to 2009 the council consisted of 22 members.

Allocation of seats in the elected City Council:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "In a split, split- up sign in the upper left silver a continuous red cross, top right in black a rotbewehrten, red crowned golden lion, below in red three ( 2:1) Golden Mercury hats ".

Twinning

Partner community of the city Emmelshausen is Luzy in the French department of Nièvre.

Culture and sights

In the area of ​​culture, the community association Emmelshausen is a center in the Rhine -Moselle triangle. More than 20,000 people visit the center at the park year after year. With the culture region Emmelshausen who has more than 2,200 members, there is the largest cultural association in Rhineland -Palatinate is located. In the field of visual arts, the Wiebel Borner are very active.

Structures

See list of cultural monuments in Emmelshausen

Clubs

Around 100 teams draw for a variety of home parties and events responsible and thus make a contribution to socialize with each other and to traditional customs.

Traffic

Emmelshausen endpoint is the Hunsrück Railway, which starts in Boppard and earlier led to simmering. Passenger transport is operated by the Rhenus Veniro GmbH & Co. KG. The Hunsrück (B327 ) is now passed around the place. For the A61, a dedicated connection point.