Martinstein

Martin Stein is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bad Sobernheim. Martin Stein is a nationally recognized tourist and with 39 acres of area- smallest municipality in Germany.

Geography

Martin Stein is located on the left bank of the Nahe. To the north rises the Hunsrück, south of the North Palatine Uplands. To the west are Simmertal and high - Stetten Dhaun, in the east village at Monzingen and Merxheim.

History

The village was founded in the Middle Ages at a junction close to the district of simmering under Dhaun. Built in 1340, the archbishop of Mainz during a feud with the Wildgrafen on Dhaun over the place a castle, which was granted city rights two years later. 1518 Martin Stein received its own little district. In 1966, the district boundary was changed so that the parts of town that were previously on areas of simmering under Dhaun, hamlet at Monzingen and Merxheim, came to Martin Stein.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Martin Stein 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.

Coat of arms

The blazon is: " From silver shield head, in a blue sword, divided by battlements section with four pinnacles, below in red, a blue orb, gold edged with golden paws cross."

The sword is that of St. Martin, the patron and namesake of the location attribute. The orb is the former imperial knights economic status. The battlements symbolize the castle, the number four represents the previously divided in four districts place.

Economy and infrastructure

The Federal Highway 41 runs through the town. Martin Stein has a stop (a former railway station ) on the Nahe Valley Railway Bingen- Saarbrücken.

Martin Stein has a hotel with restaurant and bowling alley. There is also an ice cream parlor in the city, a bakery, a hardware store, a Fliesenlegerbetrieb and a graphics operation.