Rhaunen

Rhaunen is a municipality in the district of Birkenfeld, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It is the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name, a nationally recognized tourist and reported as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 partner communities
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 parks
  • 4.3 Natural Monuments
  • 4.4 Sport
  • 4.5 Regular events
  • 4.6 Specialty
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Public bodies
  • 5.3 Formation
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 6.2 personalities who have worked on site

Geography

Geographical location

Rhaunen is located on Idarwald in the Hunsrück in large, water-rich valley. This valley separates the Idarwaldmassiv from Soonwaldsteig solid. In the local situation of Rhaunen der Lingen creek empties into the Rhaunelbach, this opens as the Näßbach, the Macherbach and Büdenbach in the Idarbach.

Vilage

To Rhaunen also includes the settlement Neuzenbrunnen and residential places Hochwälderhof and Königstein.

Geology

The bedrock, which Hunsrückschiefer, comes from the geological formation of the Devonian. The basin in the Rhaunen is formed by the many streams that flow together here and trained several alluvial fans with very loamy subsoil. Therefore, the Hunsrückschiefer stands on the slopes directly, while in the floodplains of the loamy soil is found. Are the slopes occupied mostly with mixed forest, one finds in the valleys and grasslands on the higher terraces and hilltops agriculture. The slate was used in ancient times as a building material intensive, as roofing and wall building. Even the numerous public buildings in Rhaunen that were built around the turn of the century, have exposed brick walls of slate rubble. Of the numerous slate mines in the valleys around Rhaunen no longer in operation, occasionally you can still see the slag heaps. The largest operation was the pit " away Evening " located at Wartenberg direction Hausen. She produced perhaps by the end of the 1950s. The ridge, about the Idarwaldmassives are formed by the extremely weather resistant Taunusquartzite whose floor training allows nurmehr forestry. The Taunusquartzite houses deposits on lawn iron ores, which were exploited and smelted to about the middle of the 19th century, as happened in the "Next Hütte " in Rhaunen.

Climate

The annual rainfall is 744 mm. The deposits are located in the middle third of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 50% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is April, the most rainfall comes in November. In November, falling 1.4 times more precipitation than in April. Precipitation varies only slightly and are distributed extremely evenly throughout the year. At only 1% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

History

Rhaunen was the seat of the High Court of the same name. Until the 14th century the Wildgrafen were full owners of the court and the associated towns Bollenbach, Bruschied, Bundenbach, Gösenroth, Hausen, Heuchelheim, Krummenau, Laufer Weiler, Lindenschied, Oberkirn, Stipshausen, Schwerbach, Sulzbach, Weitersbach and Woppenroth. In the area of the court and the castle was Schmidt. Due to the loss of wild Count Schmidtburg to Baldwin of Trier, came also a part of the high court to the Electorate of Trier.

With the end of the Old Kingdom was the medieval administrative unit, the high court finally dissolved. During the French occupation of the left bank territories after the peace of Luneville Rhaunen the Département de la Sarre, district Birkenfeld, Canton Rhaunen was slammed. Based on the decisions taken at the Congress of Vienna agreements, the area came in 1815 with the Kingdom of Prussia. Rhaunen became the seat of mayor in the district Bernkastel. Parts of the old High Court were now but to the Oldenburg part of the country Birkenfeld (eg Bundenbach ). Even after World War I, in the interwar period, and during the Nazi rule Rhaunen was the administrative seat for the surrounding villages. In the course of administrative reform in the 1960s, the " Official Rhaunen " into the " collective municipality Rhaunen " was converted in the district of Birkenfeld which still exists today.

The former Idarwald barracks located west of the town at the Königstein.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Rhaunen consists of 16 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:

Partner communities

Culture and sights

Structures

Worth seeing are the old town hall in the town center, the building of the former Royal Prussian district court, the Protestant church with the oldest surviving Stumm organ from 1723, and the numerous buildings in the old center of various styles, whose history can be read on information boards. In the municipal administration can admire Roman finds from the area. On Rhaunelbach a bronze statue commemorates the Rhauner original: the " Bachspautzer ".

See also: List of cultural monuments in Rhaunen

Parks

The Rhaunen in a semicircle enclosing Wartenberg invites with beautiful trails and views one of the village for hiking.

Natural Monuments

Although called The established at the exit direction Stipshausen / Idarwald prehistoric menhir, a quartzite block, "King Stone " is not a natural monument in the strict sense, but is indicated by a slate as such. Real natural monuments are some very old oak trees in the area, as well as the " Jakob fir " on the Wartenberg, which is actually a mighty Douglas fir.

See also: list of natural monuments in Rhaunen

Sports

" TUS " Rhaunen with various departments. Nationally known is the IVV walk in the spring.

Regular events

Rhauner autumn market on the 1st Saturday in October, Christmas market in December, " barn party" in August. The event " Päädscher Laafe " ( High German: "Paths run " ) is a kind of " open house " of the local community, where you can gain insights into otherwise not openly accessible places. Simultaneously, businesses and other institutions to present " a different way ".

Specialty

Spit and rocking roast, stuffed dumplings, potato pancakes, " Schaales "

Economy and infrastructure

Rhaunen offers many services for the surrounding villages. Doctors, government agencies, churches, schools, workshops, gas stations and shops for daily and not daily needs are on site, but no manufacturing industry. The nearest large towns are Idar -Oberstein, simmering / Hunsrück, Morbach and Kirn.

Traffic

By ORN bus services are provided on lines 345, 351 and 352. In addition to the largest bus station ( Rhaunen market ), there are also stops at the church, the community association management and at the swimming pool. Line 345 runs from Idar-Oberstein station on Tiefenstein, Asbach and Stipshausen after Rhaunen market. Lines 351 and 352 set up connections to Frankfurt-Hahn International Airport. The line 351 is from Idar -Oberstein station, line 352, Kirner station. Monday to Friday there are six, three on Saturday and two on Sunday for the airport.

Public institutions

Rhaunen is the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name, as well as the forestry office " Idarwald ", whose jurisdiction has increased significantly by the forest administration reform. In contrast, at the site more than 100 years existing notary in 2007 was transferred as part of a structural reform with its official seat to Morbach. In Rhaunen but find office hours instead. Rhaunen service is still the seat of a Catholic priest. Lutheran parish Rhaunen resolved with his office Rhaunen - Due to a local government reform in the church district Trier existed since the Reformation Protestant is. The congregation Rhaunen merged with the parish Hausen and called in the future parish Rhaunen -Hausen. These include the local communities Rhaunen, Bollenbach, Hausen, Oberkirn and Weitersbach. However, the ( The ) competent clergy has its seat in the parish Hottenbach - Stipshausen.

Education

In Rhaunen there are two kindergartens, a primary school, the comprehensive school Herrnstein - Rhaunen and a community college.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser (1853-1931), famous psychologist. According to him, the Ganser syndrome was named
  • Albert Kahn (1869-1942), one of the leading architects of the modern industry, ( emigrated early to the USA )
  • Walter Dix (1879-1965), crop scientists
  • Otto Conrad (1890-1968), teacher, photographer and local historian ( "From the Hunsrück to close " )
  • Gerd Heinz -Mohr (1913-1989), Protestant theologian and writer did his PhD on the social teaching of Nicholas of Cusa ( " Unitas Christiana " )
  • Erwin Real Eight (1925-2013), lived in Munich, sculptor, graphic artist, painter and author, State school of sculpture, Landeskunstschule Mainz, Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, master student with diploma, academy prices and competition prizes, exhibitions at home and abroad.

Personalities who have worked on site

  • Julius Bellinger (1831 - ), German politician of the German Center Party and member of the Reichstag, was 1867-1869 Justice of the Peace in Rhaunen
  • Albin Edelhoff (1887-1974), painter and nature lover
  • Peter Joseph Rottmann (1799-1881), significant Hunsrück dialect poet, Wilhelmina Maull married for Rhaunen
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