Eppenrod

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 24 '  N , 7 ° 56'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Diez
Height :	290 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.98 km 2
Residents:	724 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	104 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	65558
Area code :	06485
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 038
Association administration address:	Louise-Seher-Strasse 1 65582 Diez
Website :	vgdiez.de
Local Mayor :	Oliver Lankes
Location of the local community Eppenrod in the Rhein-Lahn district

Eppenrod is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Diez .

Eppenrod from the east

geography

Eppenrod is on the way to the Gelbach Valley south of Nentershausen near the A3 motorway . The Hambach , a right tributary of the Lahn, rises south of the village .

climate

The annual precipitation is 832 mm. The precipitation is in the upper third of the values ​​recorded in Germany. Lower values ​​are registered at 69 percent of the German Weather Service's measuring stations . The driest month is February, with the most rainfall in June. In June there is 1.4 times more rainfall than in February. Precipitation hardly varies and is very evenly distributed over the year. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at only 5 percent of the measuring stations .

history

At around 800 BC . Chr finds were of Hallstatt - cremations dated, and so to an early establishment of close. In 950 the settlement area Eppenrod was first mentioned in a document. In 1336 Bishop Balduin von Trier assigned the parish church to Limburg Abbey. The place suffered in the turmoil of the Thirty Years War . In 1643, Count Peter Melander von Holzappel bought the place from Johann Ludwig von Nassau-Hadamar. Eppenrod finally became Protestant. From 1806 the place was part of the Duchy of Nassau , which was annexed by Prussia in 1866 . Since 1946 the place has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

The population developed in the 19th and 20th centuries as follows: 1843: 353 inhabitants, 1927: 458 inhabitants, 1964: 476 inhabitants.

Naming / naming theses

Monk Eppo

In nearby Limburg an der Lahn ( an der Lahn ) there is said to have been a Conradin monk, named Eberhard , whose Latin name Eppo was pronounced. This monk was very committed to expanding the existing forest settlement and supported the local wood and charcoal workers in their wishes for a larger settlement within the then existing, dense, heavily forested area. So it is said that the growing forest settlement was named Eppods and became Eppenrod by shifting sounds .

Just red

The old people in Eppenrod, on the other hand, have the following story: As already mentioned, it was a heavily forested and swampy area, which was cultivated by the first settlers with a timber industry and so the first clearing of the populated area also left swampy soil. The sorrel plant , which can still be found there today, is said to have thrived excellently on this ground and in some cases even left behind very large, reddish areas. The consideration of this “red plain” is said to have led to the settlement name Ebenroth , which then became “Eppenrod” through shifting sounds.

But the last thesis can only be traced back to narratives and is more a popular phantasy, while the monk "Eppo" can be found in books and annals.

religion

The Protestant church Eppenrod is the deanery Diez in the provost South Nassau of the Evangelical Church in Hessen and Nassau belong (EKHN).

On the Roman Catholic side Eppenrod is parish of St. Lawrence in Nentershausen (Westerwald) assigned and, with her to the Pastoral room Nentershausen (Westerwald) - Hundsangen , which in turn the district Westerwald in the diocese of Limburg is incorporated.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Eppenrod consists of 12 council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Local mayor of Eppenrod is Oliver Lankes. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 91.0% of the vote.

Culture and sights

Protestant church

In the center of the place is the historically significant church, which is surrounded and walled by the cemetery and rectory.

In spring 2007 the building historian Hans-Hermann Reck (Wiesbaden) and the annual ring laboratory Hofmann (Nürtingen) carried out dendrochronological studies. The drill cores examined from the beams of the church tower provided the summer of 1192 as the date for the felling of the trees used. The unusual summer felling of the trees in particular allows conclusions to be drawn about a certain urgency of the use, conversely, an earlier structural use is rather unlikely, so that the year of construction 1192 can now be assumed for the tower of the church. The Romanesque church tower was probably first built as a free-standing fortified tower .

In addition, the church, which is well worth seeing, is characterized by a late Romanesque choir yoke and a baroque- style organ from the 18th century that is worth seeing and hearing , the prospectus of which is adorned with the coats of arms of the Schaumburg princes.

The church was first mentioned in 1336 and was assigned to the Church of St. Laurentii in Limburg by Bishop Balduin von Trier .

The church was so badly damaged in the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War that the central nave was destroyed and rebuilt after 1650 in the Baroque style. In 1541 the parish was reformed , but was still led by Catholic priests for a century.

In January 1997 a historical Bible from 1693 was found during a clean-up. This was then extensively restored and conserved and can be viewed in the church on request today.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Eppenrod

Economy and Infrastructure

Eppenrod is a village with a rural character. In addition to a few farms, there are several craft businesses. Until the second half of the 20th century clay was mined in the municipality.

A new building area, at the exit of the town in the direction of Isselbach , expanded Eppenrod by several streets in 2000. Only a short time later, a newly designated industrial area followed on the outskirts of Görgeshausen .

traffic

Eppenrod is on the national roads 317 and 325 .

Eppenrod is connected to public transport by bus line 450 (Limburg-Diez-Nentershausen-Montabaur) of the Rhein-Mosel-Bus and line 575 (Diez-Hambach-Eppenrod-Nentershausen) of Martin Becker GmbH , these are served from Monday to Friday . The tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM) applies on the buses mentioned .

Web links

• Local community Eppenrod on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Diez

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Web presentation of the Verbandsgemeinde Diez> Communities> Eppenrod. Retrieved October 9, 2019 .  
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Diez, Verbandsgemeinde, eighth line of results. Retrieved November 9, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: sacred building is 815 years old )
6. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Rhein-Lahn-Zeitung, July 5, 2007, p. 14 )