Braunweiler

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 7 ° 45'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Rudesheim
Height :	257 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.68 km 2
Residents:	602 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	129 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55595
Area code :	06706
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 015
Association administration address:	Nahestrasse 63 55593 Rüdesheim
Website :	www.braunweiler.de
Local Mayor :	Karlheinz Gellweiler
Location of the local community Braunweiler in the Bad Kreuznach district

Braunweiler from the southeast, in the background the Gauchswald

Braunweiler is a wine village and a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rüdesheim .

Geographical location

Braunweiler is located in the Naheland , immediately to the north is the Gauchswald and thus the Hunsrück . It is located in a spur position above its vineyards. Adjacent communities to which there is a connection through district roads are Sommerloch and Sankt Katharinen . Furthermore, the districts of Mandel , Sponheim , Argenschwang and Wallhausen border the place.

To Braunweiler includes the living space longhorn.

history

The first settlement of the place probably goes back to the 9th century. At that time, the village is said to have been cleared into the forest as a settlement island. The reason for this was less the operation of arable farming and the associated clearing of further areas, but above all the use of the existing forest and the typical Soonwald meadows. The Counts of Sponheim had sovereignty since the year 1100 at the latest and handed over properties and income in Braunweiler to their house monastery Sponheim several times. Since its creation, the place was initially only called Wilre (hamlet). After the establishment of the St. Katharinen Monastery in 1217, which was donated by Godefried, Provost von Kreuznach, Udo, Archpriest zu Mannendal (Mandel), Friedrich, Landdechant von Hilbersheim, and their fellow citizens (the members of the Landkapitel), Braunweiler became one of them The addition by Sante Katherinen is different from other hamlet places. In 1271 Braunweiler was first mentioned in the chronicle of the Sponheim monastery by Johannes Tritemus. At that time the abbot of the monastery, Petrus von Sponheim, bought goods for 200 marks to help build a farm. According to Tritemus, however, this was soon received and the lands were given to the villagers for interest.

There was an obscure history of ownership during the centuries that followed. The residents had to give up shares of the harvest to many different feudal lords, tenants and owners, among other things. Until the 15th century the village belonged to the free villages in the Kreuznach district court. In times of need, the residents were allowed to flee to the city, which was safer because of its fortifications. To do this, however, they also had to contribute to the defense and, for example, provide a lay judge. The district of Braunweiler therefore represented part of the early medieval Reichsgut Kreuznach.

Politically, Braunweiler belonged to the office from 1350 to 1798, and later to the Oberamt Kreuznach . With the exception of a few population censuses, there are no indications of the number of inhabitants in Braunweiler. In 1580 the place counted 153 inhabitants - spread over 34 houses.

From the 15th to the 18th century Braunweiler was also called Praumweiler or Prümweiler. The name researcher H. Kaufmann derives this from the name Bruno, which is, however, rather unlikely, since the name points to the early Middle Ages, but Braunweiler was only created in the high medieval clearing phase. It could also be that the name was derived from the Prüm monastery in Roxheim, which only existed until the 9th century.

The construction of the first chapel probably dates back to around 1475: However, it is only mentioned explicitly in 1565. At that time it was consecrated to Saint Quirinus. He was considered the patron saint of cattle, especially horses.

In 1604 the town hall burned down, the construction of which is unknown. It served several purposes at the same time after it was rebuilt around 1700. For example, in addition to the mayor's apartment and “office”, there was also a sewing room, a bakery (Backes) and a prison (Bollesje). The Backes was not a bakery with a baker, but a room in which there was an oven and everyone could bake his own bread from his own ingredients.

There are oral traditions that the place was first at the foot of the Gauchsberg at a source (well?). After the great fire in 1604, not only the town hall but the whole village burned down. Then it would have been rebuilt at the height in its current location. However, this is rather unlikely as there is no longer any evidence of this. However, this would have been similar to Almond and St. Katharienen, which are also located directly at a well. In Braunweiler, on the other hand, the original fountain is a bit outside and was best reached via the Brunnenweg, which still exists today.

A wisdom has been handed down from 1654. It is a so-called court and manor. The Lords of Koppenstein owned fields, meadows and vineyards in the area of ​​about 40 acres in the Braunweiler district, which were leased to residents. The Junker von Koppenstein was entitled to 8 Malter Korn, 5 Malter Oats and 12 albus.

In 1665 the first school clerk was named, who came from the Stolberg office in Saxony. Although some of the students were Catholic at the time, Andreas Simon was probably Protestant. Later a Catholic school was built, first mentioned in 1693. The teacher was also an organist and sometimes even a church calculator and court clerk at the same time. The salary increased over time and began with the fact that the teacher was allowed to make intensive use of the then controversial church meadow, which was converted into a cash payment of 5 guilders in 1697. Soon the rulers increased the wages from 5 to 20 guilders and an additional 10 Malter grain. In February 1689 the first Catholic church service was held again for a long time: the previously rather Protestant village had now become Catholic again except for a few families. In 1745, a Catholic parish of its own was again founded in Braunweiler, mainly through the efforts of the Electoral Palatinate government in Mannheim.

Agriculture was the main source of income for the residents of Braunweiler until the middle of the 20th century. This explains the fact that only a few other activities were carried out in Braunweiler during the 19th century. Examples include the work of dealers, cobblers, carpenters and locksmiths.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 317 1835 409 1871 433 1905 432 1939 414 1950 455

year Residents 1961 482 1970 493 1987 561 1997 586 2005 625 2019 602

religion

The first chapel, which is believed to have been built around 1475, was dedicated to St. Dedicated to Quirinus.

Braunweiler is traditionally shaped by Catholicism. Until a few years ago, the church of St. Josef was the parish church of the parish of Braunweiler - St. Katharinen . After joining the parish of St. Laurentius - Wallhausen , it is now part of the parish of Spabrücken . Braunweiler belongs to the Protestant community of Mandel .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Braunweiler consists of twelve council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	total
2019	-	7th	5	12 seats
2014	2	6th	4th	12 seats
2009	3	4th	5	12 seats
2004	2	7th	3	12 seats

• FWG = Free Voter Group Braunweiler e. V.

mayor

The local mayor is Karlheinz Gellweiler. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 66.84% of the vote and is the successor to Horst Wies, who did not run again after 10 years in office.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “The coat of arms shows St. Quirinus in silver armor on a red background, in the left a silver flag, in the right a silver shield. St. Quirinus stands on green ground. " Certificate of approval for the coat of arms dated October 5, 1950.

Culture and sights

Buildings

An important building is the Catholic parish church St. Josef in the center of Braunweiler.

Other structures:

• Former town hall (burned down at the beginning of the 20th century)
• Pumping station in Brunnenweg

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Braunweiler
• List of natural monuments in Braunweiler

Regular events

Many traditional festivals and events are firmly rooted in village life in Braunweiler: For example, the music club's forest festival, the fire brigade festival, the fair - organized by the Braunweiler sports club - regular meals by the Bolivienkreis, concerts by the church choir and music club. Braunweiler is still known for its Corpus Christi procession: Many visitors from all over the region come to this church event to experience this event. There is also a regular village festival with numerous exhibitors.

A small festival has been taking place in Braunweiler since 2015. With bands from the region, “Rock am Feld” offers the latest rock and metal with influences from punk, funk and electronics, among others.

Economy and Infrastructure

Public facilities

• Kindergarten Braunweiler
• Heegwaldhaus, housed the village school until the 1960s, then rebuilt as a village community center and used to host events to this day.
• Public playground
• Public soccer field with goals, table tennis, climbing frame and cable car
• Various signposted hiking trails through the neighboring Gauchswald
• Nature trail that leads through the local area

traffic

The B 41 federal road runs in the south of Braunweiler. The closest motorways are the A 61 in the northeast and the A60 in the east. The connection with the next neighboring towns, Sankt Katharinen and Sommerloch , is given by district roads (K 50 and K 51).

Sons and daughters of the church

• Leo Schwarz (1931-2018), auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Trier (1982 to 2006)

Web links

Commons : Braunweiler  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Braunweiler
• Local community Braunweiler on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Rüdesheim
• Brief portrait of Braunweiler bei Hierzuland , SWR television
• Literature about Braunweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 16 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Braunweiler. Retrieved September 16, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rüdesheim, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved September 15, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Rock on the field. In: Rock am Feld. Retrieved September 7, 2016 .