Kestert

Kestert is a municipality in the Loreley valley in the Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality and Lorelei is in the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley. Kestert is a nationally recognized tourist.

  • 2.1 Church of St. George
  • 2.2 In the vicinity
  • 3.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Kestert 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:

Attractions

Church of St. George

The Catholic Church of St. George was built in 1779 in Baroque style. 1958 saw the construction of an aisle, which was demolished in 2011. Inside are several Baroque statues of saints.

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The hostile brothers with love stone castle and castle Sterrenberg in Kamp- Bornhofen and the Lorelei rock near St. Goar, Mark Burg and Burg Lahneck.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Kestert

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Manfred Schneider (1953-2008), composer and musician

Papers

  • Image 1 of Kestert from J. F. Dielmann, A. Fay, J. Becker ( artist): F. C. Bird panorama of the Rhine, images of the right and left banks of the Rhine, Lithographic Institute FC Bird, Frankfurt 1833
  • Image 2 of Kestert, ditto
  • Image 3 of Kestert, ditto
Municipal council Sterrenberg Castle (Rhineland) Lahneck Castle Allendorf, Rhein-Lahn Altendiez Arzbach Attenhausen Auel Aull, Germany Bad Ems Balduinstein Becheln Berg, Rhein-Lahn Berghausen, Rhineland-Palatinate Berndroth Bettendorf, Germany Biebrich, Rhineland Palatinate Birlenbach Bogel Bornich Braubach Bremberg Buch, Rhein-Lahn Burgschwalbach Charlottenberg, Germany Cramberg Dachsenhausen Dahlheim Dausenau Dessighofen Dienethal Diethardt Dornholzhausen Ebertshausen Eisighofen Eppenrod Ergeshausen Fachbach Filsen Geilnau Geisig Gemmerich Gutenacker Hainau, Germany Hambach, Germany Heistenbach Herold, Germany Himmighofen Hirschberg, Rhineland-Palatinate Holzappel Holzheim, Rhineland-Palatinate Horhausen, Rhein-Lahn Hunzel Isselbach Kaltenholzhausen Kasdorf Katzenelnbogen Kehlbach Kemmenau Klingelbach Lahnstein Langenscheid Laurenburg 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 Scheidt, Rhineland-Palatinate Schiesheim Schweighausen Seelbach, Rhein-Lahn Singhofen Steinsberg Sulzbach, Rhein-Lahn Wasenbach Weidenbach, Rhein-Lahn Weisel Welterod Weyer, Germany Winden, Rhein-Lahn Winterwerb Zimmerschied
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