Keidelheim

Keidelheim is a municipality in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality simmering / Hunsrück.

Geography

Keidelheim is centrally located in the Hunsrück between simmering and Kastellaun, right on Schinderhannes cycle path on an average height of 320 m above sea level. The Külzbach separates the villages Keidelheim and Kümbdchen.

History

The place name with - home suggests the formation at the time of the Frankish conquest. Keidel is derived from wedge and means that this is a gross man was the eponymous person. If colloquially to rudeness heard rudeness, then this could have been a first lumberjack.

To 1310 (1350) was the first written record in the register of interest counts of Sponheim.

In 1410 the entire area provost, with the monastery Ravengiersburg and the District Courts Nunkirch and beavers, to the newly created Duchy of Pfalz- Zweibrücken - simmering, simmering later Palatinate - transmitted. Keidelheim belonged to Biebern the villages on the side of the Moselle.

The Palatine rule ended after taking the left bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops (1794 ). From 1798 to 1814 Keidelheim belonged to the canton of simmering the Département de Rhin -et -Moselle with Koblenz as its capital.

1815 Prussia took over the area. In simmering was the competent mayor in the district of simmering.

On March 16, 1945 for Keidelheim the Second World War by the invasion of the U.S. 3rd Army under George S. Patton to end. On 10 July 1945, the French replaced the Americans and it was the French occupation zone.

With the administrative reform of June 7, 1969 Keidelheim came to the new Rhein -Hunsrück -Kreis. After that, the site expanded with considerable development areas.

Population Development

Parish council

The local council in Keidelheim 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.

Leisure

Cyclists, walkers and skaters can use the Schinderhannes cycle path without detours on public roads. The bike path over the railway route of the former Hunsrückbahn by the Schmiedeltunnel under the Schmiedelanstalten through by simmering ( the former train station). about it is often sung in the song in the region Hunsrück dialect: Zwische Siemere un Keirellem do is en Tunell when mer rinfährt, 'll 's dark when mer runs out, werds bright Holladihi, Holladiho, Holladihoppsassa Holladiho!