Winnen

Winnenberg is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality since 1972 the then newly Westerburg.

  • 4.1 Music
  • 4.2 Sport
  • 4.3 Public bodies
  • 5.1 traffic

Geography

Winnenden is located four kilometers east of Westerburg in the Westerwald. The northern area of ​​the district municipality encompasses the southern part of the 80 acres of meadow lake.

Immediately prior to the southern village location, where since the fall of 2007 runs along the Westerwaldsteig, the terrain falls to the Elbbachtal from back.

History

The first written mention of the village dates from the year 879, when Count Gebhard in Lahngau gave the Severusstift in Gemünden lands.

Winnenberg belonged to the early 19th century to the reign Westerburg and came in 1806 in the wake of the formation of the Confederation of the Rhine under Napoleon the Grand Duchy of Berg. 1813 came Winnenberg temporarily to the House of Orange -Nassau and as a result the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the Duchy of Nassau. Under the management of the Nassau community Winnenberg belonged to the caste domination Leiningen- Westerburg in the Official Rennerod. In 1858 lived in Winnenberg 76 families and 319 inhabitants. 1866 was the Duchy of Nassau, and thus Winnenberg the Kingdom of Prussia.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Winnenberg consists of eight 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 blazon is: " Buckler divided by Göpel section, front in blue a rotbewehrter and gezungter lion, the back of a green lime gold branch with nine leaves, below in red a silver pan ".

The Linden branch is symbolic of the " chair Linde court " Winnenberg, which was responsible for 9 tithes to the 17th century. This is also reflected the nine lime leaves. Further, the jurisdiction shall be documented by the pan. The gezungte lion, therefore shows the former belonging to the territory to the House of Nassau, the golden field and blue color, the house colors Nassau. The red box color is reminiscent of the Westerburger Count, whose reign the church was Winnenberg long time, as well as the blue field color.

Culture and sights

Music

  • The Men's Choir Concordia Winnenberg occurs in many rural and even church events. In 2008 the choir celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Sports

  • The holiday and leisure area " Wiesensee " provides opportunities for sports activities ( swimming, sailing, surfing, fishing, 18 - hole golf course with resort ).
  • The TTC Winnenberg 70 eV consists of seven active table tennis teams, three women and two children Gymnastics groups, a men's gymnastics group, as well as a recreational soccer team. He currently has some 300 members.

Public institutions

  • Village community center, BBQ hut, Backes

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

  • East of the township the B 54 runs leading from Limburg an der Lahn to victories.
  • The nearest motorway junction is Montabaur on the A 3
  • The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.
Westerburg (Verbandsgemeinde) Gebhard, Count of the Lahngau Municipal council Montabaur station Ailertchen Bellingen, Rhineland-Palatinate Berzhahn Brandscheid, Westerwaldkreis Enspel Girkenroth Guckheim Halbs Hergenroth Kaden Pottum Rotenhain Stahlhofen am Wiesensee Weltersburg Willmenrod
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