WÃ¼rrich

Würrich is a municipality in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Kirchberg (Hunsrück ).

Geography

Würrich is centrally located in the Hunsrück, right on the Hunsrückhöhenstraße B 327 and in the immediate vicinity of the airport Frankfurt -Hahn.

History

The place was first mentioned in 1295 and was owned by the Counts of Sponheim. Already in 1317 was named in Würrich a chapel. 1437 was the place to the Margrave of Baden and the Counts Palatine of the Rhine, the managed as common men and Würrich Belg. In 1708 came the division of the dominion, Belg and Würrich the Margrave of Baden were allocated. With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops, the place was French, 1815, he was then assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. In the hallway, " On the Night" a Roman villa was discovered in 1870. After the First World War at times again occupied by the French, the place is since 1946 part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

The former school house Würrich was dismantled in 1996 on the original site and in folklore and open-air museum Roscheider yard rebuilt. In May 2000, topping out ceremony was celebrated. After the house was used for the demonstration of half-timbered construction and for appropriate school class projects. After further modifications, the house was opened in 2008 for the general public.

The development of the population of the municipality Würrich, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Religion

For Protestant Parish Würrich include not only the main town yet Altlay, Belg, Rödelhausen, Peter -Löffelscheid, cock and Briedeler settlement Briedeler rear. The merger with the parish cock and her branch village Briedeler rear was 1978.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Würrich 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 coat of arms description reads: "In a Blue is swept silver tip, in a blue church with golden door and golden sound hole; forward a golden uprooted oak, behind three golden ears ".

House of Sponheim Occupation of the Rhineland Municipal council Dickenschied Dill, Germany Dillendorf Gehlweiler Heinzenbach Kludenbach Laufersweiler Lautzenhausen Lindenschied Maitzborn Metzenhausen Nieder Kostenz Niedersohren Ober Kostenz Raversbeuren Reckershausen Schlierschied Schwarzen Sohren Sohrschied Todenroth Unzenberg Wahlenau Womrath Altweidelbach Argenthal Badenhard Belgweiler Beltheim Benzweiler Bergenhausen Beulich Biebern Birkheim Boppard Braunshorn Bubach Budenbach Damscheid Dichtelbach Dommershausen Fronhofen Gondershausen Hausbay Hollnich Holzbach Hungenroth Keidelheim Kisselbach Korweiler Kratzenburg Laudert Liebshausen Lingerhahn Maisborn Mastershausen Mengerschied Mermuth Morshausen Mutterschied Nannhausen Neuerkirch Niederburg Niederkumbd Niedert Norath Ohlweiler Oppertshausen Perscheid Pfalzfeld Pleizenhausen Ravengiersburg Rayerschied Riegenroth Riesweiler Sargenroth Schnorbach Spesenroth Uhler Utzenhain Wiebelsheim

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