Singhofen

Singh oven is a municipality in the Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Nassau.

• 2.1 Etymology

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Geographical Location

Singh furnace is in the northwest of the Taunus (western Hintertaunus ), about 5 kilometers south of the Lahn. On a Höchfläche between the Mühlbachtal in the west and Dörsbachtal in the east, the town is located at an altitude of 317 m above sea level.

Climate

The annual rainfall is 735 mm. The deposits are located in the middle third of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 48% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is February, the most rainfall comes in June. Fall in June 1.7 times more precipitation than in February. Precipitation varies little and are evenly distributed throughout the year. At only 17% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

History

Findings on the burial mound "Wild Truth", created between 800 to 500 BCE, point to a long history of settlement. Die Alte Burg -called settlement site was BC created in the 5th century as a fortified place, as indicated by finds of fireplaces and shards was shown during excavations in 1905. Singh furnace was first mentioned in 1139 in a deed of gift of the Archbishop of Trier Albero of Montreuil, which he had issue end in June 1139 on a Trier diocesan synod to the founding of the monastery of Arnstein. contains the foundation of recognition of the monastery and make a list of possessions, donations of Count Ludwig III. von Arnstein and his wife Guda. among three courts mentioned in Singh oven. Around the year 1158 acquired Henry II of Katzenelenbogen with the County of Nassau 29 villages on the facilities, including Singoven. basic glory of Sinckofen was pledged in 1346 to the monastery of Arnstein.

Around 1420 there were 16 households in the village, which grew up to the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War to more than 50. Three quarters of the population came in the course of the war to by looting and fires, the former village which lay at the church or the Old Born Born ( source), was destroyed. 1681 were again recorded 37 households. 1774 came Singh oven to Old Nassau, then in 1866 with the Duchy of Nassau, founded in 1806 to Prussia.

The foundation stone of the Protestant church was laid on May 5, 1839. The inauguration, which were able to see more than 2000 inhabitants, then took place on 13 December 1840. Popularly it is called " Einrichdom ".

Etymology

At the current state of research you are sure that Singh furnace composed of two parts of words:

A) hofen: by Hube, possibly as always plural: tres (three) lifted ( from the donation of 1139 ) b ) Seng, singing: here there after the German dictionary of Grimm three options:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Singh furnace consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the municipal council ::

Coat of arms

Blazon: ". Gold In a twelve-fold blue pinwheel with double storm flag over growing from the sign foot, stylized black piles of fifteen dreitürmigen Palisades Wall" The town coat of arms was approved in 1991.

Coat Explanation: The windmill symbolizes the Wendleps called 27-fold pinwheel blades (about 21 m high and 7 m in diameter), which was built in 1907 as a water pump (for supplying the elevated tank ) and 1987 raised to the industrial monument. It is since a listed building and is the landmark of Singh oven. The stylized Wall in the sign represents the ring barrier system of the first settlement Old Castle.

Personalities

• Christian Minor (1813-1892), postmaster and host in oven Singh, Member of Parliament Nassauischer

Others

In Singh furnace is put into operation in 1975, central landfill of Rhein- Lahn -Kreis.