Riegenroth
Riegenroth is a nationally recognized resort in the hilly landscape of the Hunsrück in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. The municipality belongs to the municipality simmering / Hunsrück.
Geography
The rural municipality lies in the Hunsrück Riegenroth to the basic stream just before its confluence with the Simmersbach at Kisselbach. It is connected via local roads to the neighboring towns Bubach, Laudert, Kisselbach and Budenbach.
To Riegenroth includes the residential places Birkenhof, Breitenbach mill and mill lumps. On the Messtischblatt Kisselbach of 1907 are still registered the following mills to Riegenroth: Hetzel's mill, Augustine mill, Breitenbach's mill, Weirich mill and tendons mill .. The Hetzel mill is probably today's lumps mill (correct: Humpty mill, mill the miller Klump ).
History
The place is called in the Moselle Franconian dialect belonging squad Rother dialect Riescherd. The name suggests that Riegenroth was a medieval settlement of clearing Rudich. Mention the place is as Rudichenrode in a document in which the knight is awarded by Milwalt 1275 the tithe, and in a charter of the monastery of St. Martin (top ) of Wesel 1245th Soon, the city name is sanded to Riescherd. With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops, the place was French, 1815, he was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. After the First World War temporarily again occupied by the French, the place is since 1946 part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.
Ecclesiastically the place belonged to the current Wüstung Schönberg ( Sconenberg ) between Riegenroth and Kisselbach, for a nobleman of Schoenburg from the Schoenburg in Oberwesel had donated a chapel, and with this to Boppard. Was also 1275, where as this chapel to the parish church, the place still belonged to the deanery Boppard. When it left a church in Kisselbach, this after the Reformation ( 1557) was occasionally used by both denominations. Later, should the Protestant religion in the declaration of 1707 the church been awarded in Kisselbach that was " this side of the Simmer Bach " on Protestant Kurpfälzischem area.
There were but few houses. Therefore, the Catholic Kurtrierer Kissel Bacher made them the church in dispute. It was not until 1787 a separate Protestant church in Riegenroth was built. Since then, there is the church Riegenroth with Kisselbach, Steinbach and Laudert. She was until 1999 the parish Pleizenhausen, which in addition to the main town yet Bergshausen and Rayerschied include parish officially connected. The vicarage was in Pleizenhausen. After 1999 Riegenroth parish was officially connected with the parish Horn- Laubach - Bubach and belongs to the Protestant parish of simmering - Trarbach on. There are few Catholics in place.
Parish council
The local council in Riegenroth consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Transport and Infrastructure
The Federal Highway 61 can be reached by taking exit Laudert 5 km. The Rhine on the Rheingoldstraße simmering - Oberwesel from Kisselbach 15 km. In not much more remote locations Kastellaun, which at the at B 327 Hunsrückhöhenstraße, lies, and in simmering through which the B runs 50, outdoor and indoor swimming pools, as well as to find an adequate shopping and entertainment infrastructure.
The village is still dominated by agriculture, though mainly as a sideline. But also a leisure center, it offers itself. In commercial operations a Biolandhof are located in Riegenroth in which is located near Steinbach tendons mill. This and two used car dealer, the goldsmith, the engineering company and a company that sells Mediterranean plants have local significance. A lawyer has settled here.