Monzingen

Monzingen is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bad Sobernheim. Monzingen is a 1200 year old wine-growing community in the middle Nahe and a nationally recognized resort.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms
• 3.4 community partnerships

• 4.1 Alt'sches House
• 4.2 Müller House
• 4.3 Haus Weber
• 4.4 Church of St. Martin

Geography

Monzingen is located in a side valley of the middle Nahe, which is drained by the Gaulsbach. In the north, east and west of the city is surrounded by 250-300 m high mountains, to the south the valley opens towards the close.

The center is the 200 m high Kirchberg with the coming of the 13th century church of St. Martin. The houses are located along a gently sloping to the east from the west slope. The recent construction projects are mostly on the eastern mountain toward the walnut and tower above the old town center with its historic buildings. To the south, in the Nahe valley, beyond the national road 41 and the railway line Bingen- Saarbrücken is the commercial area, sports facilities and one of the largest campgrounds in the Nahe Valley.

The surrounding hillsides are covered with mixed forest or are mostly used on the southern slopes for growing grapes. Some have long abandoned vineyards on the mountain slopes are covered by a bush. Especially on the steep southern slopes of the famous vineyards Monzinger spring and Halenberg is still intensively viticulture.

To Monzingen includes the living space Nahemühle.

History

The first mention Monzingens goes back to a donation by vineyards to the Lorsch Abbey in 778.

Place name

The early forms of the place name as Monzecha, Munzaher and Monzaha derived from the name of a Frankish settler ( Munt / mouth), in conjunction with the syllable -aha/-ach, water or flowing water means from. Over time, the name changed to its present form. Among other things, the following notations are known:

Population Development

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Monzingen consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Due to a detected by the municipal supervision technicality that led to the invalidity of the election, the election of 7 June October 25, 2009 had to be repeated.

Allocation of seats in the local council:

Mayor

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " In black and red split plate above a border rotbezungter doppelschwänziger golden lion, down a silver sechsspeichiges wheel". It refers to the former belonging to the Palatinate and Electoral Mainz.

Community partnerships

Monzingen maintains since 1963 a partnership with the French community Entrains -sur- Nohain. Until 1994, it was maintained by the municipality. Since 1994, occupies a circle of friends this task.

Culture and sights

In the historical center there are several magnificent half-timbered houses from the 16th century. A landmark of the city is the Alt'sche house, which was built in 1589.

Alt'sches House

Address: main road 59

According to the inscription built in 1589. The client was the mayor and mayor Matthias Knorr. The house is a typical example of the Rhine truss of the late 16th century.

Haus Müller

Address: main road 64

Built in 1600

Rebuilt in the 18th century

Exposure of the truss in 1977.

Haus Weber

Main road 74

Built in 1574

Probably originally Erbbestandshof of the Augustinian Canons Ravengiersburg.

Parish Church of St Martin

Built around 1000 by the Archbishop Willigis as a small chapel. Gothic modifications in the 13th - 15th Century. Referred to as one of the most important monuments of the Middle Valley.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Monzingen