Grimburg

Grimburg is a municipality in the Trier -Saar castle in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Hermes wedge.

• 4.1 Castle Grimburg

Geography

Grimburg located in the Natural Park Saar -Hunsrück. The municipality also includes the residential places Grimburgerhof, mill and Tannenhof.

History

The story of Grimburg is strongly linked to the history of the castle Grimburg. This is likely, unless secured, have been built before 1190. For almost 500 years was the Grimburg administrative headquarters and court location named after her kurtrierischen Office Grimburg, whose more than 40 villages were in today nordsaarländischen and Rhineland-Palatinate Hochwald room.

In 1332 the city was granted by emperor Louis IV the municipal law.

By 1932, the place Sauscheid, which is evident from the name "Sour log ", " Suirscheit " and " Sauerschet " said had developed.

Between Grimburg and Gusenburg was until the Thirty Years' War, the village Grenderich, which was wiped out by the plague. There is still the Grenderich Chapel today.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Grimburg 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.

Allocation of seats in the local council:

Culture and sights

Castle Grimburg

The Grimburg Castle is a medieval castle located about two kilometers from Grimburg. The spur castle is located on a long mountain ridge between Wadrill and mill stream. The castle, which was built before 1190, extending a length of about 300 meters and a width of approximately 90 meters. This was the Grimburg, if not the most important, then at least the weiträumigste the former kurtrierischen country castles.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Grimburg

Energy supply

The local church Grimburg should be the first bioenergy village in Rhineland- Palatinate. With the help of the investor Pfalzwerke was planned to give the 180 households in Grimburg the opportunity to cover their heat supply via a district heating network, which is supplied by the cogeneration plant of a biogas plant. For use exclusively renewable raw materials should come. On February 16, 2010, the investor pulled due to not ausräumbarer discrepancies back from the project.