Langenscheid

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

  • 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

The size of the municipal area is 8.92 km ², of which 3.43 km ² of agricultural land and 5.41 km ² low-and high forest. Langenscheid lies 242 m above sea level. NN and has about 550 inhabitants. His district is bordered to the east of Daubach, south of the Lahn River, west of the Schwarbach and north of the district Hirschberg. To the municipality of the district of Lahn Valley in the south part of the community. In addition, a small portion of Hirschberg is on the Long Scheider district.

History

Langenscheid was first mentioned in 1298 as Langscheyt documented. The village on the "long Scheyde " has from the elongated ridge which separates the Daubach and Schwarbach his name as a watershed as tributaries of the Lahn. Langenscheid included in the County Holzappel, from 1806 the place was part of the Office Diez in the duchy of Nassau, which was annexed in 1866 by Prussia. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

Religion

Langenscheid the Roman Catholic parish of St. Boniface is assigned in Holzappel and heard her to the pastoral space Diez, which itself is in turn incorporated the deanery in the Diocese of Limburg Limburg.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Langenscheid 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:

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Born Ludwig (1813-1875), the Reichstag and Landtag
  • Deißmann Adolf (1866-1937), Protestant theologian, papyrologist and ecumenicist
Diez (Verbandsgemeinde) Hirschberg, Rhineland-Palatinate Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg Municipal council Altendiez Aull, Germany Balduinstein Birlenbach Charlottenberg, Germany Cramberg Eppenrod Hambach, Germany Heistenbach Holzheim, Rhineland-Palatinate Horhausen, Rhein-Lahn Isselbach 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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