Wassenach

Wassenach is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Brohltal, which has its administrative headquarters in Niederzissen. Wassenach is a nationally recognized resort.

  • 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 5.2 personalities who worked in Wassenach

Geography

Wassenach is located in the north of the East Eifel Laacher See on a south to north steadily sloping ridge. The village encompasses altitudes between 245 m above sea level. Sea level and 320 m above sea level. NN. To the west rises the Veit head where the municipality with 428 m above sea level. NN reaches its highest point on the ground. Geographically, it can be assigned to the Laacher hilltop country in the west it has a share at the nature reserve Laachersee. To Wassenach of living space Wassen Acher mill belongs ( Degen mill).

History

Wassenach was first documented in 1138, when the knight Embrico bequeathed his homestead ( Mansum ) to Wassenach ( Waszennaco ) the monastery Laach for his salvation. Pope Innocent II confirmed this donation. A " Theoduricus de Wassenacho " is detected from the year 1149. Around the year 1320 the gender of the " Lords of Kolb" was first mentioned when the first chapel was built by Wassenach. The farm was reichsritterschaftlich of piston to Wassenach. A line of piston was nicknamed "from Wassenach " and was for several centuries in the possession of the manor this.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Wassenach 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:

Community partnership

Since 1993 Wassenach maintains a partnership with the French community Sommepy- Tahure in the canton of Ville- sur- Tourbe in the Champagne- Ardenne region.

Attractions

  • The Acher Wassen the village center dominant castle Wassenach house was built in 1772 by the noble family of piston. This family became reaching impact beyond the borders of the village beyond; their privileged position it has retained over generations. Today, the castle house houses a collection of old musical instruments. In addition, concerts are organized there.
  • The Catholic parish church of St. Remigius in Wassenach dates from 1851 and has a Baroque high altar of 1772. Klais The organ was restored in 1975.
  • The Buddhist meditation center and monastery and temple " Wat Buddha Vipassana " the Thai Buddhists Germany eV, which opened in May 2009 in the town center in a former restaurant. There live monks from Bangkok and Chiang Mai and it is always open to visitors.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Wassenach

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Felix Genn ( born 1950 ), Bishop of the Diocese of Münster, honorary citizen.

Personalities who worked in Wassenach

  • Josef Zilliken (1872-1942), Catholic Piester, who was murdered in Dachau concentration camp
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