Leubsdorf

Leubsdorf is a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate on the Rhine in the district of Neuwied. The community belongs to the municipality of Linz am Rhein. Leubsdorf is a nationally recognized tourist.

• 4.1 Attractions
• 4.2 Regular events

• 5.1 traffic
• 5.2 trails
• 5.3 Formation

• 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Leubsdorf is on the right side of the Rhine south of Linz am Rhein and the local community Dattenberg. The municipal area extends to the districts Hesseln, Krumscheid and Rothe Cross up to the first heights of the Westerwald and reached there at about 365 m above sea level. NN its highest point on the ground. In the south the city borders on the city of Bad Hönningen. The entire municipality is located in the Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park.

History

With the name " Lupstorf " the village was first mentioned in a document in 639. With " Lupstorf " is meant " village of the Lupo " or " the Luitprecht ". This name refers to the rule of the Franks in the Middle Rhine around the year 500.

In the deed from 639 Pepin gives the Elder ( † 640) of his daughter Gertrude ( 626-659 ), the first abbess of the monastery of Nivelles, places with vineyards, forests and fisheries. Here is also listed " Lupstorf ". Through this donation Leubsdorf comes into the sphere of influence of this monastery.

For a donation of the Countess Matilda of Sayn shows that they in 1250, their possessions, including Leubsdorf belonged to the Archbishop of Cologne, Konrad von Hochstaden, an uncle of Mechthild assigns. Gorgeous country belonged Leubsdorf since then as part of the parish Linz to the Electorate of Cologne and was subject since the 15th century the administration of the Office of Linz. The Bishop of Trier remained the spiritual superiors. After the Rhineland in 1815 ceded to the Kingdom of Prussia, the community was in 1816 the newly formed district of Linz (1822 incorporated into the district of Neuwied ) is assigned and managed by the mayor of Linz.

In a directory of church property of the Diocese of Trier also a chapel is mentioned in " Lupzstorf " in 1250, the predecessor of today's church, built in 1906 parish church of St. Walburga.

In the Thirty Years' War was completely devastated Leubsdorf, built at the same place but again.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Leubsdorf consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms description is: " Argent, a continuous black bar cross in the upper corners of the letters G and L".

The kurkölsche Cross refers to the former territorial affiliation of community Leubsdorf. This itself is indicated by their initial letters. The coat of arms is quite valid since August 24, 1935, design by William Zender.

Culture and sights

Attractions

• The towering on a rock Gothic parish church of St. Walburga, also known as the " White Church from the Rhine ," was built in 1905 in place of an earlier church are preserved by the still of the west tower and part of the choir. In the church there are statues and sculptures from the first half of the 14th century.
• The late medieval castle house in the middle of the old village, a three-storey late Gothic stone building is crowned with truss towers at the four corners. It originated in the mid-16th century, the origin can be traced back to the 13th century.
• In the center numerous, lovingly maintained half-timbered buildings are from the 18th century.

Regular events

• Traditional Walburga fair: first weekend in May. An aligned the Catholic bachelors club Leubsdorf hard. For the first time the fair was celebrated in its current form probably on May 1, 1733 the date of the founding of the bachelor club. Since then, has changed little in the events somewhat.
• Marksmen: the weekend after Corpus Christi
• Wine festival: last weekend in September (until 2007)
• Carnival Parade: on Carnival Sunday

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

In 1927 Leubsdorf was connected to the right bank railway network by a railway station was built here. Leubsdorf is a stop for the regional train 27 ( Mönchengladbach- Cologne -Koblenz ).

The B 42 extends below Leubsdorf and connects with the cities of Bonn (Linz am Rhein, Bad Honnef, king winter) and in the direction of Koblenz ( Bad Hönningen, Neuwied ).

Trails

The Rheinsteig, the right bank of long-distance footpath from Bonn to Wiesbaden, performs Leubsdorf. Here ends the next stage of Unkel (16,7 km, altitude difference of 500 meters ) and begins the stage to Rheinbrohl (14,6 km, height 463 meters).

Education

The first school in Leubsdorf is mentioned in 1729. Today Leubsdorf offers in addition to the primary school and a kindergarten and a public library. Secondary schools are easily accessible in the nearby resources centers.

Others

As in many villages and towns in the area, the people of Leubsdorf received a nickname, which was often used for defamation. So wear those until today the name " Knuddele " ( nickname in the neighboring towns, " Strünzer " Linz am Rhein, " Rööpe " Dattenberg, " Bunne " Bad Hönningen )

In the immediate vicinity of Leubsdorf runs in an east -west direction, the so-called Vinxtbachlinie, also Leubsdorfer line or bath Hönninger called line that marks both the former political border between Upper Germany and Lower Germany in the Roman period, as well as below the boundary between the spheres of influence of the archbishoprics of Trier and Cologne, as well as for centuries is the language border between the two major middle Franconian dialect groups, namely the south in the Moselle Franconian and north of it Ripuarian group.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Heinz Schwarz ( born 1928 ), former Minister of the Interior of the State of Rhineland -Palatinate