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The Einrich (formerly Heirich) is a landscape in the northeast of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate , more precisely in the Rhein-Lahn district , and forms the lower northwest part of the Taunus ( Western Hintertaunus ).
Geography and location
The Einrich is bordered in the west by the Rhine , in the north by the Lahn and in the east by the Aar valley . In the south, the Einrich extends approximately to the Sankt Goarshausen –Sandersmühle line; The latter is located at the mouth of a nameless stream in the Aar and belongs to the municipality of Reckenroth , diagonally across from Michelbach (district and district of Aarbergen on the right bank of the Aar). Einrichs south of the terrain rises gradually to Rheingaugebirge , southeast for High Taunus , the so-called Taunus main ridge . The Roman Limes ran right through the area .
The plateaus reach average heights between (northwest) 250 and 450 m above sea level. NHN (southeast). At the border with Hesse is the horror head a height of 543.4 meters above sea level. NHN reached on the Kemeler ridge (near Holzhausen an der Haide ). Other notable elevations are the roofs ( 456.6 m ) near Dachsenhausen , the Weißler Höhe ( 456.2 m ) near Oberfischbach , the circular wall ( 448.9 m ) near Obertiefenbach , the Wehrholz ( 443.4 m ) near Rettert and the Ergenstein ( 419.7 m ) near Schönborn .
The towns and communities in Einrich belong to the municipalities of Aar-Einrich , Nastätten and Loreley . The locals usually restrict the facility to the area of the former community of Katzenelnbogen . The approximately 32-kilometer-long Dörsbach crosses the Einrich over the Katzenelnbogen plateau .
Einrichgau
Originally the Einrich was a Gaugrafschaft , which was first mentioned in a document with pagus Heinrichi ( Reign of Heinrich ) in 790. Later names are Enrichi (880), Heinrike (882), Einriche (1023, 1051, 1107 and 1182), Einrichha (1039), Einrichi (1042) and Eynricha (1163).
The following are documented by Gaugrafen: Hugo (978), Berthold (1042), Arnold (1050) and Ludwig (1067).
The Gau belonged to trie step Sprengel and was part of the country chapter Boppard .
Web links
literature
- Eugen Ernst: The Taunus - An L (i) worthwhile low mountain range. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt 2009, ISBN 978-3-7973-1146-7
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eugen Ernst: The Taunus - A L (i) worthwhile low mountain range . P. 11.
- ↑ past of the future , einrich.de, Tourist Einrich eV, accessed on 26 March 2020
- ^ Heinrich Beyer : Document book for the history of the Middle Rhine territories , Volume 2. Hölscher, Koblenz, 1865, p. 377, document 484 ( dilibri.de )