Steinsberg

Steinberg is a municipality in the Rhein- Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. Steinberg belongs to the municipality Diez.

Geography

Steinberg is located on the foothills of the Taunus, bordering the Rupbachtal and the nature reserve fork stone. At Steinberg belongs to the district Rupbach.

History

Steinberg was first mentioned on 13 November 1328. King Ludwig of Bavaria enfeoffed John and Reinhard von Westerburg with the free home court have Scheid with the villages have Scheid, Cramberg, Steinberg, Biebrich, Wasenbach. Steinberg belonged to the rule Schaumburg and in 1806 was part of the duchy of Nassau, which was annexed in 1866 by Prussia. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

Until the second half of the 19th century, the main source of income of the Steinberger inhabitants was agriculture. Again and again there were violent storms ( such as at May 25, 1831 or on June 2, 1903), which meant that the grain crops were destroyed in the fields. This led again and again to increase poverty. To fight poverty, were so-called arms funds, to which the affected farmers could turn on petitions.

In the second half of the 19th century, it gradually came more and more to move away from agriculture, as more and more jobs in the quarries and slate quarries in the so-called Rupbachtal had arisen. For a complete shift away from agriculture, however, it never came: The first agriculture remained the main source of income of the Steinberger. Even today there are some farms in Steinberg and cultivation of grain in the fields. However, most citizens today work outside the village in the room Diez / Limburg an der Lahn and commute to the Rhine -Main area.

Religion

Steinberg is the Roman Catholic parish of St. Bartholomew assigned in Baldwin stone and belongs to this space for Pastoral Diez, which in turn the district Limburg is incorporated in the diocese of Limburg.

On the Protestant side of the place of the parish Cramberg - Have Scheid in the Office of the Dean of the provost Diez South Nassau in the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau ( EKHN ) is a member.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Steinberg 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.

Mayor

List of mayors of Steinberg ( partially incomplete )

Culture and sights

On the 1st weekend in August, in the municipality of the traditional " Küppelfest " instead.

Economy and infrastructure

Steinberg is a rural residential community. In Steinberg, a locksmith, a small grocery store and two dog training schools exist.