Hillscheid

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Höhr-Grenzhausen
Height :	300 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.08 km 2
Residents:	2426 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	172 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56204
Area code :	02624
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 031
LOCODE :	DE HLD
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 48 ; Höhr-Grenzhausen
Website :	www.hillscheid.de
Local Mayor :	Andreas Rath ( SPD )
Location of the local community Hillscheid in the Westerwaldkreis

Hillscheid is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Höhr-Grenzhausen community . Hillscheid is a state-approved resort .

geography

Geographical location

Hillscheid is about ten kilometers northeast of Koblenz on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park , about six kilometers from Schoenstatt .

climate

The annual precipitation is 833 mm. The precipitation is in the upper third of the values recorded in Germany. Lower values are registered at 69% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is February, with most rainfall in June. In June there is 1.8 times more rainfall than in February. The rainfall varies moderately. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at 39% of the measuring stations .

history

Numerous finds in the area of "Dorfwiesen" and "Am Scheid" indicate that this area was already there during the two millennia BC. Was settled and a Celtic settlement already existed here in the Hallstatt and Latène times .

With the construction of the Limes , the Romans not only built ramparts, moats and watchtowers, some of which are still clearly visible, but also a small fort , the outer foundation walls of which are only visible today as a reconstruction.

It is believed that Hillscheid was created between 959 and 994. The first written mention of Hiensceit (Hillscheid) appears in a document from Archbishop Ludolf of Trier (994-1008) around the year 1000. At the request of Abbess Mathilde zu Essen (974-1011), daughter of Duke Liudolf of Swabia and the granddaughter of King Otto I. and the Swabian Duke Hermann I , the Count of Engersgau and landlord of a large area around Montabaur (then "Humbach"), the Archbishop of Trier Ludolf left the tithes of Hana (Höhn), Hiensceit to the St. Florins Stift in Koblenz (Hillscheid), Mannechenrot (deserted Mangeroth) and to Agerin (Niederorien) and exchanged Aschebach (Eschelbach) for it. However, Hillscheid did not remain in possession of the monastery for long.

Vallendar was the mother church for the surrounding area and thus also for the Hillscheid area. Hillscheid belonged together with Vallendar to the Engersgau. In 773, Engersgau was first mentioned in a document. The Engersgau is identical to the Deanery Engers, to which Vallendar with Hillscheid and the other places of the parish belonged. The lordship of Vallendar came into the possession of Count Heinrich III in 1232 . from Sayn . When the Sayner inherited Wittgenstein, they called themselves Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein . From 1363 onwards, they pledged parts of their rule to Kurtrier , who acquired full sovereignty in 1767. In the vicinity of Hillscheid were the two desolate places Cudilbach (Kühlbach) and Felderhusen (Pfarrhausen). They found their place in Hillscheid's coat of arms, represented by two jugs. The jugs in the coat of arms also refer to the local clay processing and in particular the jug-making trade, which shaped the working life of the place from the 17th century to the period after the Second World War. Hillscheid was largely destroyed in the Thirty Years War , but recovered relatively quickly and from 1683 had its own chapel, but remained part of the parish of Vallendar until 1812. With the conquest of the areas on the left bank of the Rhine by France and the smashing of the Electorate of Trier, the areas on the right of the Rhine, formerly Electorate of Trier and thus also Vallendar and Hillscheid, came to the Principality of Nassau-Weilburg in 1803 due to the Reichsdeputation Hauptschluss and in 1806 due to the Rhine Confederation Act to the Duchy of Nassau . After the fall of Napoleon, Vallendar came to the Kingdom of Prussia with the creation of the province of Grand Duchy of Lower Rhine in 1815 , while Hillscheid and Höhr remained with Nassau and were assigned to the Montabaur office .

After the conquest and occupation of the Duchy of Nassau by Prussia, Hillscheid became part of the Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau and, in 1867, through the reorganization of the administrative authorities, part of the newly created Unterwesterwaldkreis . During the Second World War Hillscheid was spared major war damage, although there was a rocket launch pad near Hillscheid (Hillscheider Stock), from which numerous V2 rockets were fired. Artillery and flak were also stationed in Hillscheid. At the end of the war, these fierce firefights were fought with the American artillery lying near Koblenz, with several deaths in Hillscheid.

In 1946 the Unterwesterwaldkreis and with it the community Hillscheid were assigned to the new state of Rhineland-Palatinate and initially belonged to the administrative district of Montabaur . Due to its dissolution in 1968, the administrative reform of 1971 and the district reform of 1974, Hillscheid is now part of the Höhr-Grenzhausen community and is part of the Westerwaldkreis formed from the Lower and Upper Westerwald districts .

For the Roman past see also the main articles Small fort Hillscheid and Small fort Ferbach .

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Hillscheid 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. By 2014 the council had 20 council members.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	total
2019	8th	6th	2	16 seats
2014	7th	8th	1	16 seats
2009	9	11	-	20 seats
2004	7th	11	2	20 seats

FWG = Free Voting Group Kannenbäckerland e. V.

mayor

Andreas Rath (SPD) became the local mayor of Hillscheid on June 18, 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for another five years with 77.08 percent of the votes cast.

Rath's predecessor Artur Breiden was mayor from 1989 to 2014.

coat of arms

The description reads: "Shield split by a looped green tip, inside three golden jugs, the middle one overhanging the two outer ones, a golden blue-tongued lion in front in red, a red cross in silver behind."

Culture and sights

Reconstructed Roman watchtower ORL 1/68 on the Limes

Cultural monuments

See: List of cultural monuments in Hillscheid

Museums

In the community there is a small but interesting museum of local history.

A Limes tower was reconstructed on the outskirts , in which the permanent exhibition From Rome to the Rhine can be viewed during the opening times (from April to October inclusive on Saturdays as well as Sundays and public holidays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.) .

In the immediate vicinity of the Limes Tower there is a “Roman kitchen garden” (hortus rusticus), in which plants, shrubs and trees that were brought to Central Europe by the Romans, as well as a “Roman apiary” (melarium) are shown.

In the forest, accessible by a short walk on the local Limes path, are the reconstructed foundation walls of the Roman Hillscheid Fort , which was located in the same place. Through archaeological excavations information was obtained and draw conclusions on the original state.

music

With the MGV Eintracht, the MGV Edelweiß and the Musikverein Hillscheid there are a total of three musical clubs in Hillscheid. A children's choir has been formed since April 2008, which has been run as a further choir department within the MGV Edelweiß since December 2008, alongside the male choir and a mixed choir.

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

Wepa Apothekenbedarf GmbH & Co. KG

traffic

To the B 49 which connects Koblenz with Montabaur , it is about five kilometers south.
The A 48 with the Höhr-Grenzhausen junction (AS 12) is six kilometers away.
The station Hillscheid was on a branch of Engers-Au railway . On October 1, 1972, passenger traffic from Grenzau to Hillscheid was discontinued.