Ransbach-Baumbach
Ransbach -Baumbach is a city in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. Ransbach -Baumbach is the administrative center of the municipality Ransbach -Baumbach, who also belongs. The city is recognized as a basic center in accordance with state planning.
- 5.1 ceramics industry
- 5.2 Schools and Kindergartens
- 5.3 Media
- 5.4 traffic
Geography
The urban area of Ransbach -Baumbach lies partly in the wester forests of the nature reserve Nassau. The town lies about 15 kilometers northeast of Koblenz.
History
1330 the parish Ransbach is first mentioned.
However, early in the year 959 in the Montabaurer tithe description of the outgoing place Desper ( Dedinsburg ) at Ransbach is spoken.
1373 appeared the toponym Babenbach on for Baumbach.
On 7 June 1969, the new church Ransbach -Baumbach was formed from the previously independent municipalities Ransbach (Westerwald ) and Baumbach.
Since 1971 Ransbach -Baumbach administrative seat of the municipality of the same name.
On 10 May 1975, the community received its town charter.
The development of the population of Ransbach -Baumbach based on the current urban area; the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
City council
The council Ransbach -Baumbach consists of 22 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman city.
Allocation of seats in the City Council:
Partnerships
Sister Cities of Ransbach -Baumbach are Pleurtuit (Brittany ) (since 1985) and Rukoma (Rwanda ) (since 2005).
Culture and sights
The center of Ransbach -Baumbach is of two churches marked. The Protestant town church with the listed church tower from the 12th century and the Catholic parish church of St. Mark from the year 1950 in Baumbach district is the Catholic parish church of St. Anthony. Interesting here is the Way of the Cross with sculptures of the artist Gudrun Müsse florin, in the years 1969 - 1971 are created from cast aluminum.
The recreation area Erlenhofsee is situated 800m from the city center and was built in the 1970s. The lake is 14m deep. The lake is a circular route that also passes through a rose garden. The small Erlenhofkapelle belongs to the former courtyard and dates from the 18th century.
On the southern edge of the urban area to get into the headwaters of the Brexbachs which forms here the foremost and hindmost Bach. These waters dine since 1666 which applied to register on behalf of the elector country Huber pond. The ponds should cover the fish needs of Catholics on Friday. The four ponds are very different. Specifically, the second ( from the north) is through the lily - fouling a popular destination.
Economy and infrastructure
Ceramics industry
Ransbach -Baumbach calls itself " the center of the ceramic " because of the numerous establishments manufacturing household and decorative ceramics, industrial and architectural ceramics. Inter alia the well-known Roman pots are made here also since the 1960s.
Ever since the 17th century is Ransbach -Baumbach headquarters of companies who process the Westerwald clay. In the 18th and 19th centuries, nearly two-thirds of the population as a country -goers were on their way to sell the ceramic products in South Germany, Holland and other countries. Even today, in Ransbach -Baumbach host a pottery market place which attracts annually on the first weekend of October up to 30,000 visitors. Over 130 dealers from home and abroad their products from stalls.
Schools and kindergartens
- Astrid Lindgren School (primary school / day school )
- Erich Kästner-Schule (Realschule plus)
- Catholic Kindergarten St. Markus
- Catholic Kindergarten St. Anthony
- Urban Kindergarten St. Martin
Media
For a long time the regional television WWTV based in Ransbach -Baumbach. 2010, the office of the Company of Ransbach -Baumbach was moved to the right bank located and thus geographically nor the Westerwald owned land register, as will be sent in 2009 from a common media company with television Middle Rhine.
Traffic
The city has a railway station on the Ransbach partly on tourist railway operated Engers -Au.
Personalities
The tenor John Kalpers grew up in Ransbach -Baumbach. In addition, in Ransbach -Baumbach grew up on the Vicar General of the Archbishop of Cologne prelate Dominik Schwaderlapp, who was ordained on 25 March 2012 at the Great Cathedral in Cologne Cardinal Joachim Meisner of a bishop. Schwaderlapp now operates as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Cologne. Honorary Citizen of Ransbach -Baumbach is Yves Bimbard, who co-founded the twinning of Ransbach -Baumbach with the French community Pleurtuit in Brittany. Also the singer Valy Hedjasi lives in Ransbach -Baumbach.
Others
Since 1676 there are in Ransbach- Baumbach Fohr Brewery. The Ransbach Tree Bacher Shooting Society is the oldest club in the city and was founded in 1849.