Feilbingert
Feilbingert is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Bad Münster am Stein- Ebernburg.
Geographical location
The village lies on the edge of North Palatine hill country surrounded by vineyards and forests. The name refers to two formerly separate places " filing " and " Bingert ".
History
In 1071 Bingert was first mentioned in the Codex Laureshamensis, the document book of the former Abbey of Lorsch as " Binegarten " writing. Feil found in 1237 for the first time written record. Today Feilbingert presented as a modern yet traditional character for the village. Even Luther visited the town at the foot of Lemberges, the highest Near mountain ( 421 m above sea level. NN ) when he was on the boars castle. In addition, the German Emperor Wilhelm I had stopped by a storm on the transit spend the night in a restaurant. After the Congress of Vienna Feilbingert belonged to Bavaria, where it remained until the end of World War II. In the Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform of the place was reclassified from County Rockhausen in the district of Bad Kreuznach. Ecclesiastical Feilbingert still belongs to the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate and the Bishopric of Speyer.
The development of the population of Feilbingert, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Parish council
The local council in Feilbingert consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:
Economy and infrastructure
Viniculture
Feilbingert part of the " Nahe wine-growing area " in the Nahe region. In the town three wineries operate, the area under vines is 20 hectares. Approximately 71 percent of the cultivated wine are white wine varietals ( 2007). In 1979, 46 companies were still active, the former vineyard was 53 acres with more than twice as large.
Tourism
Since 2006 there is a panorama around Feilbingert.
Parishes
- Protestant church
- Catholic Church of St. Michael