Neumagen-Dhron

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 6 ° 54'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality :	Bernkastel-Kues
Height :	130 m above sea level NHN
Area :	16.28 km 2
Residents:	2237 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	137 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54347
Area code :	06507
License plate :	WIL, BKS
Community key :	07 2 31 092
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Gestade 18 54470 Bernkastel-Kues
Website :	www.neumagen-dhron.de
Local Mayor :	Dirk Doppelhamer
Location of the local community Neumagen-Dhron in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich

Neumagen-Dhron is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . It has been a member of the Bernkastel-Kues community since 2012 . Neumagen-Dhron is designated as a basic center according to state planning .

geography

The community consists of the three districts Neumagen , Dhron and paper mill . The community also includes the residential areas Leienhaus, Luymühle, Unterste Mühle, Auf der Leienkaul, Hof Kron, Hof Weißhaus, Karmelerhof, Nuhkopf, Schneidershof, Konstantinshöhe.

The Dhron takes on the Kleine Dhron in the district of Papiermühle and flows into the Moselle in the district of Dhron . Opposite the village of Neumagen opens Zweibach in the Moselle.

Names

The name is like that of Nijmegen ( lat. Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum ) of Celtic origin. It goes back to the Celtic word magos for "field", "level" and the Celtic adjective novios for new . The ending was romanized from -os to -us. Various Roman settlement sites have been archaeologically documented on the hills between Neumagen and the lower reaches of the Dhron. The Latin name was Noviomagus Treverorum .

history

In the year 275 AD the Roman settlement Noviomagus Treverorum was destroyed by the Teutons. In the early 4th century, the Romans built a 112 × 131 m fortification as a fort. The fort had 13 round towers. It was located in a strategically important place at a landing stage for the Moselle shipping and on the Mainz - Bingen - Trier trunk road . In the area around the church, the foundation walls are reproduced in the ground for documentation.

Neumagen-Dhron claims the title of the oldest wine village in Germany , along with a number of other places . It is the site of the Neumagen wine ship , a ship carved in stone; it is now in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier . A copy of the wine ship can be viewed in the center of the village.

The old town center of Dhron is at the point where it was possible to cross the Dhron through a ford. Below this ford, the formerly swampy river valley of the Moselle began, which was only made accessible to traffic by the installation of the Moselle Railway and the later overbuilding of the railway line with the B53. Dhron was characterized by numerous mills that were operated with water power from the Dhron until well into the 20th century.

In the early Middle Ages, Dhron was probably the location of the Episcopal Nicetiusburg. The places later belonged to the Archbishopric of Trier . From 1794 they were under French rule, in 1815 they were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna .

The village of paper mill was incorporated into Neumagen in 1959.

Until the municipal administration reform of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1969, the two Moselle communities Neumagen and Dhron belonged to the district of Bernkastel with its district town of Bernkastel-Kues . Today's Neumagen-Dhron community was formed on June 7, 1969 from the Neumagen and Dhron communities.

January 1, 2012 which was Verbandsgemeinde Neumagen-Dhron resolved within the framework of municipal and administrative reform and the local community Neumagen-Dhron in the municipality of Bernkastel-Kues incorporated.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Neumagen-Dhron consists of 16 council members who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

year	SPD	CDU	FBL	WGR	total
2019	4th	6th	6th	-	16 seat
2014	3	5	6th	2	16 seats
2009	3	5	5	3	16 seats
2004	3	5	5	3	16 seats
1999	3	4th	6th	3	16 seats

• FBL = Free Citizens List e. V. Neumagen-Dhron

coat of arms

After the merger of the two municipalities, Neumagen-Dhron has a new coat of arms. The upper part of the coat of arms bears a red cross on a silver background. Below you can see five silver strips on a blue background with the wine ship in the foreground.

The red cross on a silver background stands for the long membership in the Electorate of Trier , the three golden roses are reminiscent of the Tholey Abbey and its former vineyard in Dhron. The blue stripes stand for the former feudal lords of Neumagen and the wine ship for the Roman origin.

Coat of arms of Neumagen

Coat of arms of the former municipality of Neumagen

Blazon : “Split; in front in silver a continuous red cross, behind in silver six blue bars. "

Court seals for Neumagen are only known from the 16th century. The coat of arms was approved in 1951. It shows the cross of the Archbishopric of Trier, which owned the village and had sovereign rights over the so-called St.Peter's people. On the left is the family coat of arms of the noble lords of Neumagen, who died out around 1320 and formed a small lordship as bailiffs of Tholey Abbey; this belonged to the Counts of Sayn from 1553 to 1794, whose lion is therefore in the official coat of arms or coat of arms of the former community.

Coat of arms of the former municipality of Dhron

The Dhron coat of arms was also approved in 1951. In the split shield, it shows a red cross on a silver background at the front and a slanted silver bar on a red background with three green-leafed, gold-inseminated roses at the back.

Infrastructure

Public facilities

• St. Helena Primary School
• Realschule Plus Neumagen-Dhron
• Tourist information
• Base fire brigade

traffic

Road traffic

Neumagen-Dhron is located directly on the B 53 , but is not crossed by it and is therefore reasonably quiet inside. Directly at the place a bridge leads the B 53 over the Moselle. The A1 can be reached in 15 minutes, and the next larger cities such as Trier or Koblenz can be reached this way.

shipping

Neumagen-Dhron has its own marina and passenger ships can be made via a pier, for example to Bernkastel-Kues.

Cycles

Coming from Trittenheim or Trier, the new cycle path leads directly along the Moselle. You can also cycle along both banks of the Moselle on cycle paths towards Piesport and Bernkastel-Kues .

hike

The Moselsteig has been running through the town since 2014 .

Airfield

On the Dhron plateau , about 2 km southeast of the town, is the Neumagen-Dhron airfield operated by the air sports club .

Attractions

View of Neumagen-Dhron

Parish Church of St. Mary of the Assumption

Parish Church of St. Mary of the Assumption

Interior of the Church of St. Mary of the Assumption

The Catholic parish church of St. Maria Himmelfahrt from 1792/93 stands on the remains of the first church from 1190. It can be found in the center of Neumagen. It was rebuilt and renovated in 1964. Its predecessor was the Trier Archbishop John I (from 1190 to 1212) consecrated . In a document signed by Archbishop Albero von Montreuil (1131-1152) it is confirmed that Neumagen was a parish before 1120. According to well-known historians, the castle chapel of the Upper Castle (Helenenburg) is said to have been the parish church of the parish before the church was built. The center of the castle opposite the church was today's town hall. The discovery of a Roman-Christian grave monument, the uncovering of bones and a row of graves in the vicinity are signs of a churchyard around the church, which also proves that the early church was in the immediate vicinity of today's parish church. Old parish seals also contain the name Maria Himmelfahrt and the words NOVIOMAGUM CONSTANTINUM . The builders of the church were the lords of Neumagen , the owners of the Upper Castle and the fort grounds. The church must have had three aisles and had a pillar-supported central vault. In 1700 a clock was installed in the church tower. In 1749 the church tower was severely damaged by a lightning strike. After the new building in 1791, the church was consecrated in 1793. In 1845 the church received a new organ. Old grave monuments in memory of Vogt Heinrich von Hunolstein (* around 1435; † 1486) and Count Heinrich von Isenburg († 1553) are in the Peterskapelle today. The church has valuable statues and reliquary shrines that can still be seen in the church today. The treasures of the church also include valuable textiles ( paraments ) and altar utensils as well as two splendid chasuble vestments from around 1500 to 1700 and a stole from the early 10th century (today on permanent loan to the Episcopal Museum in Trier). Finally, the silver rococo monstrance should be mentioned. (Coordinates: Location → )

Leugenstein

The Leugenstein , erected under Emperor Caracalla in 212 AD, indicates the distance to Trier as 15 Gallic Leugen = 33.3 km. It stands directly at the parish church of St. Maria Himmelfahrt and was one of the Leugensteine on the Roman road from Bingen to Trier. There was also a Roman fort here.

More Attractions

• Peterskapelle in the town center, built around 1300
• Guided tours are offered regularly on the archaeological trail .
• In the center of the Neumagen district there is a cast of the Roman wine ship right next to the old St. Peter's Chapel and the Ausonius Garden. The replica of the Neumagen wine ship can be chartered.
• You can learn something about earlier history in the local history museum .
• The stately, neo-Gothic parish church of the Holy Trinity (1909-10) in the district of Dhron, as well as the nearby Domfreihof, are also worth a visit.
• Next up the Moselle is the new bike path that goes directly to the vineyard Rosengärtchen with the rose arch and the Martyrs Chapel leads to the 16th century.
• Three doctors chapel from 1755 above the village in the vineyards

See also : List of cultural monuments in Neumagen-Dhron

Culture and clubs

There are several sports clubs in Neumagen-Dhron. The SV Neumagen-Dhron e. V. was founded in 2014 through the merger of SV Noviomagus Neumagen 1920 e. V. and SV Dhron e. V. founded. He plays as a football club as part of a syndicate with SV Trittenheim. There is also a tennis club, a shooting club and a darts club.

Regular events

• Traditional Easter egg shooting by the shooting club (April)
• King and Prince shooting (April)
• Father's Day celebration of the volunteer fire brigade (May)
• Backfischfest of the fishing club (May)
• Summer party of the volunteer fire brigade (August)
• Wine Road Festival in the Neumagen district (September)
• Schlager festival with Stargate band (October)
• Nikolaus-Dance of SG Neumagen-Dhron (December)
• Christmas concert by the Dhron winegrowers' band (December)

Vineyards

Neumagen-Dhron is characterized by viticulture and with 247 hectares of vineyards after Piesport , Zell , Leiwen and Konz, the largest wine-growing community on the Moselle . Traditionally, Riesling is mainly grown. Viticulture also forms the basis for tourism , which is also an important branch of the economy.

Well-known Dhron vineyards are:

• Dhroner Hofberger,
• Dhroner Roterd,
• Piesporter Grafenberg (overlap with the neighboring municipality of Piesport) and
• Piesporter gold droplets (dto. Overlap).

Well-known Neumagen vineyards are:

• Dhroner Hofberger (overlap with Dhron),
• Engelgrube in Neumagen,
• Neumagener Laudamusberg and
• Neumagen rose garden.

Finds in Neumagen-Dhron

During excavations and new buildings in Neumagen-Dhron, many monuments that were used for fortification were found in the foundations of the old fort. The most important are listed here.

• Neumagen wine ship
• Roman helmsman
• Grapevine relief
• Wine transport
• Roman wine ship with a happy helmsman
• Large meal gable
• Amphora pyramid
• Cupbearer
• Banquet and drinking scene
• Banquet scene
• Lease payment
• Mars figure (bronze)
• Grave monument of Albinus Asper and his wife Secundia Restituta
• Parent couple pillar
• School relief
• Negotiator pillar
• Parent couple pillar with a hairdressing scene

Personalities

• Ausonius (* around 310 in today's Bordeaux, † 393 or 394), Gallo-Roman civil servant and poet, stayed on his journey from Bingen to Trier in Neumagen, which he praised in his travel description Mosella
• Nikolaus Hocker (* 1822 in Neumagen-Dhron, † 1900 in Cologne), German diplomat, editor, author and poet
• Felix Hettner (* 1851 in Jena, † 1902 in Trier), German archaeologist who also worked as an excavator in Neumagen
• Josef Schregel (* 1865 in Jülich, † 1946 in Neumagen-Dhron), German local poet
• Hans-Hermann Kocks (* 1945 in Hergensweiler), German lawyer and association official, winner of the 2006 Wine Promotion Prize
• Petra Feilen (* 1978 in Trier), German actress, grew up in Dhron
• Juliane König, Moselle region wine queen 1953/54 from Dhron

Pictures from Neumagen and the surrounding area

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  Paper mill

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  The harbor in Neumagen-Dhron

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  Stella Noviomagi shortly before entering port on her maiden voyage

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  Peterskapelle

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  The martyrs chapel in the Neumagener Rosengärtchen vineyard

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  Neumagen district in the Neumagener-Engelgrube location

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  The original of the Neumagen wine ship

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  Replica of the Leugenstein

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  House on the site of the former Roman northern gate

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  Formerly the Neumagen-Dhron local history museum, now a hotel and restaurant

literature

• Franz Botzet: Ortschronik Neumagen-Dhron . Ed .: Local community Neumagen-Dhron. Bastian Druck, Neumagen-Dhron 1991.
• Friedrich Toepfer: Supplements XIV. The rule Neumagen . In: ders. (Ed.): Document book for the history of the royal and baronial house of the Voegte von Hunolstein , vol. I. Jacob Zeiser, Nuremberg 1866, pp. 341–351 ( Google Books )

Web links

Commons : Neumagen-Dhron  - Collection of Images

• Website of the Neumagen-Dhron community
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Neumagen-Dhron in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Brief portrait of Neumagen bei Hierzuland , SWR television
• Brief portrait of Dhron bei Hierzuland, SWR television
• Link catalog on Neumagen-Dhron at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Information center. State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 1, 2017 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 55 (PDF; 1.9 MB).
4. ^ Whitley Stokes : Urkeltischer Sprachschatz , translated and edited by Adalbert Bezzenberger . Göttingen 1894, archive.org (reprint 1979: ISBN 978-3-525-26404-1 ), page 195: novio-s , p. 198 f .: magos-
5. ↑ Dhron and Dhrönchen: History and stories about two Hunsrück watercourses, by Erich Gerten
6. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 173 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
7. ↑ Three municipalities become two . volksfreund.de, September 14, 2011
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
9. Jump up ↑ Church Bulletin and Church Information