Steinbach, Rhein-Hunsrück

Steinbach is a municipality in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rheinboellen.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Steinbach is located in the Hunsrück on the northwest slope of the Mount Wilson Observatory valley. The district covers 2.60 km ², of which 0.91 km ² of forest. The municipality also includes the residential places peasant mill Dixenmühle and tendons mill.

History

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 at times again occupied by the French, the place is since 1946 part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

Demographics

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Steinbach 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.

Coat of arms

The granting of the coat of arms was granted by the district government Koblenz on 20 August 1981.

The blazon is: split shield and front split, front top in red, a black raven, geschacht bottom of blue and gold, back in a black silver water wheel diagonally left blue wave bar.

The front half of the shield with the black raven and the Sponheim chess have the Knights of Koppenstein that until the 18th century were the feudal institution of the place of 15. The waterwheel is reminiscent of the three mills in the local district. The wave bar suggests talking to the base word of the name.

Personalities

The actor Andreas Külzer grew up in Steinbach.