Gückingen

Gückingen is a municipality in the Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Diez.

Geography

Geographical location

Gückingen is located about 3 km west of Limburg an der Lahn, about 4 km north of Diez and about 14 km east of Montabaur directly on the border with Hesse. The territory of the municipality Gückingen belongs to the foothills of the Westerwald.

Community structure

To Gückingen part of the district of Königstein.

History

The first written reference is available from the year 1367. In the area of ​​present-day village there was an agricultural estate that at the monastery established on the other side of the Lahn in today's Diez Dierstein belonged. On this farm was operated in the 13th and 14th centuries, mainly agriculture, animal husbandry and viticulture. During the Thirty Years' War led to repeated looting and destruction by Swedish and French troops, of which the settlement for generations did not recover, so that there were in 1720 only ten inhabited houses in Gückingen. Viticulture has been set in the 18th century. The monastery Dierstein was the Thirty Years War also severely damaged the remains were demolished in the years thereafter. 1676 Oranienstein Palace was built at the same place. From 1806 the town was part of the duchy of Nassau, which was annexed in 1866 by Prussia. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

Religion

Gückingen is the Roman Catholic parish assigned to Sacred Heart in Diez and heard her to the pastoral space Diez, which in turn the district Limburg is incorporated in the diocese of Limburg.

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

Parish council

The local council in Gückingen consists of 16 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 16 seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters. In 2004, a majority vote was held.

Traffic

Gückingen is connected through the county roads K 28 and K 27 to the above local road network. The connection point Diez A 3 is about 5 km away. The nearest railway stations are the ICE railway station Montabaur and Limburg Süd station.

Diez (Verbandsgemeinde) Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg Intercity-Express Montabaur station Aull, Germany Balduinstein Birlenbach Charlottenberg, Germany Cramberg Eppenrod Geilnau Hambach, Germany Heistenbach Hirschberg, Rhineland-Palatinate Holzappel Holzheim, Rhineland-Palatinate Horhausen, Rhein-Lahn Isselbach Langenscheid Laurenburg Scheidt, Rhineland-Palatinate Steinsberg Wasenbach Allendorf, Rhein-Lahn Arzbach Attenhausen Auel Bad Ems Becheln Berg, Rhein-Lahn Berghausen, Rhineland-Palatinate Berndroth Bettendorf, Germany Biebrich, Rhineland Palatinate Bogel Bornich Braubach Bremberg Buch, Rhein-Lahn Burgschwalbach Dachsenhausen Dahlheim Dausenau Dessighofen Dienethal Diethardt Dornholzhausen Ebertshausen Eisighofen Ergeshausen Fachbach Filsen Geisig Gemmerich Gutenacker Hainau, Germany Herold, Germany Himmighofen Hunzel Kaltenholzhausen Kasdorf Katzenelnbogen Kehlbach Kemmenau Kestert Klingelbach Lahnstein Lautert Lierschied Lipporn Lohrheim Lollschied Lykershausen Marienfels Miehlen Miellen Misselberg Mittelfischbach Mudershausen Netzbach Niederbachheim Niederneisen Niedertiefenbach Niederwallmenach Nievern Nochern Oberbachheim Oberfischbach Oberneisen Obernhof Obertiefenbach Oberwallmenach Oberwies Oelsberg Osterspai Patersberg Pohl, Germany Prath, Germany Reckenroth Reichenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate Reitzenhain Rettershain Rettert Roth, Rhein-Lahn Ruppertshofen, Rhineland-Palatinate Sauerthal Schiesheim Schweighausen Seelbach, Rhein-Lahn Singhofen Sulzbach, Rhein-Lahn Weidenbach, Rhein-Lahn Weisel Welterod Weyer, Germany Winden, Rhein-Lahn Winterwerb Zimmerschied
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