Frankweiler (Beltheim)
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Frankweiler
Local church Beltheim
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 57 ″ N , 7 ° 29 ′ 20 ″ E
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| Height : | 420 m above sea level NHN | |
| Residents : | 252 (December 31, 2011) | |
| Incorporation : | March 17, 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 56290 | |
| Area code : | 06762 | |
Location of Frankweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate |
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Frankweiler is a district and a district of the local community Beltheim in the low mountain range of the Hunsrück in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
On March 17, 1974, the previously independent community of Frankweiler with 283 inhabitants at that time was incorporated into the newly formed community of Beltheim.
geography
Frankweiler lies between the core town of Beltheim and the Schnellbach district on the Rhein-Mosel-Straße.
history
Prehistory and early history in the Frankweiler Forest
Research history: In the forest near Frankweiler there are many prehistoric monuments to the south-west. These include Celtic and Roman tombs and remains of a Roman agriculture.
For the first time, the facilities were fully scientifically recorded by the teacher and local researcher Willi Wagner (1925–2009). During an inspection on November 13, 1985, he sketched the graves and also researched the whereabouts of finds that were made during road works in 1908. However, in some cases Wagner incorrectly only sketched the burial mounds and not also the Roman times grave gardens, which are clearly visible in the area. In 2002, the state archeology carried out an emergency excavation after a burial mound was damaged by robbery . As part of the planning for a gigantic ski hall , in June 2005 an opposing citizen's initiative was sent an inquiry to the archeology association ARRATA e. V. asked to carry out an archaeological inspection. Extensive prospecting then took place. The results of the archaeological survey were presented at various events and finally on the day of the open monument on September 11, 2005 as part of a hiking route.
Overview of archaeological monuments
The Karrenweg: The Karrenweg, which today largely exists as a forest and field path, formed a cross connection between the Moselle ( Karden ) and the Rhine ( St. Goar and Oberwesel ) and leads through the middle of the Frankweiler Forest. As the history-interested theater dramaturge Josef Heinzelmann concluded in his work Der Weg nach Trigorium (1995), the Karrenweg leads back on an important early medieval road. The origin of the cart path is certainly in the Roman, perhaps already in the Celtic era, as the numerous prehistoric and Roman graves along this old path show.
Celtic group of burial mounds: Directly next to the Karrenweg, northwest of the height 495.2, there is a predominantly prehistoric group of burial mounds , which was first mentioned in 1936. In 2002, the state archeology excavated a disturbed burial mound. A Roman burial from the 1st century AD was excavated . Z., which consisted of an urn vessel with corpse burn.
Roman age grave group: South-east of the height 495.2, directly next to the cart path, there is a grave group consisting of burial mounds and grave gardens. The large burial mound, popularly known as "Bierhübel", is said to have been excavated in 1908 in the course of the removal of the clay for repair work on the cart path.
Roman age country house ( Villa rustica ): Not far from the burial mound groups are the remains of a Roman age country settlement. The floor plans of individual buildings, a cellar and a surrounding wall can be seen. Among the finds are fragments of roof tiles and ceramic shards that leave no doubt about the Roman era. Areas of the main building were destroyed by illegal robbery excavations. Presumably it is a typical portico villa , as it was typical for the Hunsrück.
Modern soil monuments: Only a few meters away from the Roman group of burial mounds are pits that were made from the extraction of iron ore in the 19th century. originated. In the vicinity of the Roman settlement is the so-called "Schinnkaul", where animal carcasses from dead and sick animals used to be disposed of.
Citizens' initiative against a planned ski hall
When newspaper reports made it known to the wider public in June 2005 that a local project development company called Con2Re was pursuing the goal of building a “mega ski park” in the Frankweiler Forest with a financing volume of over 160 million euros, a citizens' initiative was quickly founded. The protest against this major project was formed under the name bei-us.net ( Hunsrück for us not ) and was heard by Fritz Frey, the then mayor of the community of Kastellaun . It was planned, for example, to build an 80 meter high concrete tower for ski runs within a correspondingly large hall ("freezer"). A disfigurement of the landscape and an impairment of the quality of life were assumed. The proponents saw this as an enrichment of the tourist offer of the structurally poor Vorderhunsrück and referred, as is however usual with controversial construction projects, also to accruing trade taxes and new jobs.
A request was made by BI to the archaeological association ARRATA to inspect the Frankweiler Forest and to identify soil monuments endangered by the project. This was followed by around a dozen inspections with the participation of local homeland researchers. On July 16, 2005, the excursion that Wolfgang Welker (ARRATA eV) led for the citizens' initiative “bei-us.net” , which was announced at short notice in the press, was followed by over 150 interested people, almost all of whom spoke out against the ski park. However, observers from the project company also accompanied the group. This joint inspection was the initial spark for further actions: People gathered and organized on the Internet, and there were regular meetings to plan and carry out other high-profile events. Above all, the now established Statt-Park working group organized a “ shooting star night ” (lecture followed by observation of the Perseids outdoors on a hill), the “four-element tour” through the Frankweiler Forest and a geological-historical hike in cooperation with the archeology association (among others under the direction of the geologist and local activist Karin-Ochel-Spies from Riesweiler ). In the meantime, the highlight of the numerous events was participation in the Open Monument Day on September 11, 2005, in which the Beltheim History Association also participated in addition to the initiatives involved.
In addition to the concerns of the residents, unanswered questions about the financial security of the project meant that the municipalities decided not to allow the controversial leisure facility to be built. However, the moving events showed what historical and touristic potential can be found in a rural region like the Hunsrück.
Clubs and churches
Frankweiler has a Catholic church and a parish hall. Clubs are: SC Frankweiler (soccer and gymnastics), the volunteer fire brigade and the Möhnenverein Frankweiler.
politics
Politically that is local district Frankweiler from the mayor and the council Beltheim represented, but also has its own town council and a mayor .
The local advisory board consists of five local advisory board members. In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , the advisory board members were elected by majority vote.
The mayor is Alfons Nick. No candidate ran in the local elections on May 26, 2019; he was elected at the constituent meeting of the local council on June 26, 2019.
Web links
- Literature about Frankweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 159 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
- ^ Willi Wagner: Hunsrück Museum Simmern. With inventory of the prehistoric and early historical collection. Simmern 1993, pp. 136-140.
- ↑ a b Wolfgang Welker: On the trail of the Celts and Romans in the Frankweiler Forest or: How a mega-ski park became an archaeological hiking guide . In: Adventure archeology . Issue No. 8, 2007, ISSN 1615-7125 , p. 70-73 .
- ↑ Josef Heinzelmann: The way to Trigorium . 1995 ( online [PDF; 4.0 MB ]).
- ^ H. Glockner: Frankweiler - Pictures in the course of time. 2003.
- ↑ Dorfwiki (search input: 'Frankweiler')
- ↑ Website of the citizens' initiative (now inactive)
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council election 2019 Frankweiler. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
- ^ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Kastellaun, Verbandsgemeinde, eleventh result line. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
- ^ Official Journal Kastellaun: Constituent meeting of the Frankweiler local advisory board. Edition 27/2019. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
