Gödenroth

Gödenroth is a municipality in the highlands of the Hunsrück in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Kastellaun.

Geography

Approximately 150 meters away in the direction of Gödenroth Hollnich is the Kleinbergerhof, which consists of two houses and is inhabited by two families. He is legally Gödenroth.

Neighboring towns

History

The place belonged to the late 18th century to the Rear County of Sponheim. The Boos of Waldeck and Count of Katzenelenbogen had income from the site. With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine (1794 ) by French revolutionary troops, the place was French, 1815, he was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

The former town hall of Gödenroth was the first building in the folklore and open-air museum Roscheider courtyard built in 1974 again. It is exemplary of the town halls in the Protestant churches of the Hunsrück. Catholic churches were under the Archbishopric of Trier and of this no municipal self-government was tolerated. The ground floor was used occasionally as a poorhouse the community. The carriage house next door was initially a small animal barn, later to house the fire extinguishers.

Parish council

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

Church

In Gödenroth there are a Lutheran church. At the local church, which together with several other places, the Evangelical Church of St. Gödenroth - Heyweiler in the church circle simmering -Trarbach, including 339 Gödenrother. Significant pastor of the congregation were, inter alia, Friedrich Langensiepen, Manfred Josuttis and Klaus -Peter Jörns.

Facilities and commercial

• Primary school
• Kindergarten
• Bank
• Sports field
• Grocery store
• Carpenter
• Small appliances and motor trade
• Metal machined operating
• Dachdeckerbetrieb

Events

In addition to the Village Fair - always the second weekend in August - and the fire festival ( 2nd weekend in September ) still carnival event and sports festival will take place. A regularly every 14 days taking place seniors afternoon, a "village evening " to get to know and scheduled every Monday round out the events in the village. Sports Club, volunteer fire department, choir and Country Women's Association, the theater group, the village shows up very much alive.

Traffic

The nearest motorway junctions are Emmelshausen, Pfalzfeld and Laudert in the 61st motorway The nearest railway station is 11 kilometers away in Emmelshausen. There are bus lines there, as well as to Koblenz, Kastellaun and simmering.

As the town is intersected by the B 327 Hunsrückhöhenstraße, calling the inhabitants for more than 40 years, a bypass road. Meanwhile, the decision was made in favor of the southern side, because the natural environment is to be preserved in the north. The plan approval process is completed in 2009, but still lacks the funding for the construction. It is estimated that happen Gödenroth per day more than 12,000 vehicles.