Wüschheim

Wüschheim is a municipality in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It lies in the Hunsrück and belongs to the municipality simmering / Hunsrück on.

Geography

The place Wüschheim is centrally located approximately three miles from the Hunsrückhöhenstraße, which runs on the road between Kappel and Bell on Blümlingshof of the Hunsrückhöhenstraße eastward through the so-called Biebertal about Biebern after simmering in the Hunsrück.

Adjacent communities include Bell (Hunsrück ), Hasselbach, Alterkuelz, Michel Bach, Reich, Reckershausen and Kappel.

History

A Roman cremation grave, which was discovered in 2004 by the Association archeology club Arrata and reported to the state archeology, evidence of an early settlement in the Roman era.

By the end of the 18th century Wüschheim belonged to the upper office simmering in Palatine Principality simmering.

With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops, the place was French, 1798-1814 it belonged to the canton of simmering, who was assigned to the Rhine-Moselle department. At the Congress of Vienna (1815 ), the region was granted the Kingdom of Prussia. Under the Prussian administration Wüschheim under stood from 1816 to the mayoralty Ohlweiler simmering in a circle and was from 1822 until the end of World War II to the Rhine province. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded and since 1969 belongs to the Rhein- Hunsrück-Kreis.

On the ground floor of the old half-timbered building, the original town hall, next to the bull barn which is still a functioning back home was furnished. The former bull stable has been converted to half in a youth room and the equipment room of the volunteer fire department Wüschheim. The Wüschheimer community house was completely renovated in the 1980s and significantly expanded with a banquet hall, together with kitchen and cold storage rooms.

The Goßberg lying on the boundary of Wüschheim was expanded in the 1980s and should after moving out of the district is also located in the area of ​​Metro Tango, named after the place Wüschheim Air Station (WAS), the missile base Pydna serve as Leitstellung.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Wüschheim 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. In the previous election period from 2004 to 2009 the council consisted of eight council members.

Coat of arms

The community performs a coat of arms since 1980.

Economy

On a hill east of the village, near the neighboring village Michel Bach, two wind turbines.

Leisure

In the basement of the town hall, a youth room is furnished. The former bakery in the town hall, the Backes, was converted into a club pub of the local pheasant club.

About 100 meters west from the outskirts is a barbecue hut. The area around the barbecue hut offers play area, a paved basketball court, a football field and about 50 parking areas.

In the summer of 2006 the former beet Laundry ( Rummlewäsch ) was born on Bieberbach (100 m north from the barbecue hut ) converted into a Kneipp pool.

The Biebertaler circular route linking the towns of Biebertales ( Wüschheim, Rich, beavers, Fronhofen, Nannhausen ) for a total length of 26.5 km.

On the Pydna, the former missile base close to Wüschheim and Hasselbach, has been held since 1996, the Nature One held a multi-day festival of electronic music with about 50,000 visitors annually.

Around Wüschheim

A traveling art installation is created in the Wüschheimer district towards Hunsrückhöhenstraße, a former ammunition depot of the U.S. armed forces since the late 1990s. This is, inter alia, used to driving safety courses of the circle Verkehrswacht Rhein -Hunsrück and as a test track of various automobile manufacturers and automotive suppliers.

On the edge of Goßberges on the boundary of Hundsheim an airfield for microlight aircraft has been created.