Kleinmaischeid

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 36'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Neuwied
Association municipality :	Dierdorf
Height :	297 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.99 km 2
Residents:	1352 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	193 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56271
Area code :	02689
License plate :	NO
Community key :	07 1 38 034
Association administration address:	Poststrasse 5 56269 Dierdorf
Website :	www.kleinmaischeid.de
Local Mayor :	Philipp Rasbach ( SPD )
Location of the local community Kleinmaischeid in the district of Neuwied

Kleinmaischeid is a municipality in the Neuwied district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Dierdorf Association .

geography

Kleinmaischeid is located southwest of Dierdorf on a hill between the valleys of the Ommelsbach in the east and the Iserbach in the west. The federal road 413 runs right through the town . The municipality belongs to the Rhine-Westerwald nature park and is naturally located in the south of the so-called Niederwesterwald . The Kettemers-Mühle residential area belongs to Kleinmaischeid .

Due to the EU expansion in 2004 , Kleinmaischeid was the geographic center of the European Union until December 31, 2006 , replacing the Belgian municipality of Viroinval . On October 10, 2004, a memorial was inaugurated on this occasion, which shows a circle . When Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU on January 1, 2007, the geographical center shifted to Meerholz , a district of Gelnhausen in Hesse .

The calculation was carried out by geographers from the French National Geographic Institute (IGN) in Paris . They indicated the position of the EU center as 50 ° 31 '31 "north latitude and 7 ° 35' 50" east longitude .

Kleinmaischeid, aerial photo (2018)

history

The first documentary mention as Metschet took place on January 20, 1148 through a confirmation document from the Laach Monastery (today Maria Laach Abbey ) from Pope Eugene III. In this letter to the Laacher abbot Gilbert († 1152) the Pope mentioned the Salic tithe (decimae salicae) to Maischeid , which was attributed to a gift from Rembaldus de Isenburch (Reinbold von Isenburg). This donation was obviously used to equip the Laach Monastery, which was founded in 1093. The "Laacher Hof" (sometimes also called "Hof Maischeid") was, as later documents show, in the district of Kleinmaischeid.

The place name with the ending "-schet" ("-scheid") indicates that the settlement was created in a high medieval clearing phase, "-scheid" means Scheide = border, which means places that served as border towns. The syllable "Met-" can be derived from a personal name such as Mato or Metfried . Count Metfried von Wied could have been the founder. According to another interpretation, Reinbold von Isenburg (* 1092, † 1121) could also have been the founder, the place name Metschet would then mean “limit to Metfried's property”.

The “Laacher Hof” had two mills and extensive forests. Due to financial difficulties, the Laach Monastery sold the farm to the Archbishop of Trier and Elector Arnold von Isenburg in 1255 . After his death (1259) he came back into possession of the Laach monastery. From 1353 the “Laacher Hof” is also called “Hof Minkelfey”, this name appears in the Laach documents for the first time in 1428. This late adoption of the name is probably due to the fact that the monastery also had an eponymous monastery near Polch Owned farm (in today's Minkelfeld district of the municipality of Kerben in the Mayen-Koblenz district ).

A court court with a mayor and lay judges belonged to the “Hof Minkelfey” . The monastery of Laach had the right to own the farm, the Counts of Wied exercised the property right. The Laach monastery sold the farm to Count Heinrich von Isenburg-Grenzau for 580 guilders in 1539 , and in 1575 the monastery sold the rights to the forest property to Count Johann zu Wied .

Count Salentin VII von Isenburg-Grenzau, son of Heinrich, sold numerous rights to Archbishop Lothar of Trier in 1600 . This included the "Smiling farm in Klein Meyscheid" and the forest property called "Buchholz".

In addition to the Laach monastery, the Fulda monastery had properties in Kleinmaischeid. In a document from 1388, Count Salentin von Isenburg (an ancestor of the aforementioned Salentin) certified that he owned the "Dorff Meisthuyt" (village Maischeid) as a fiefdom . The fiefdom was hereditary. However, the Fulda monastery had possessions in the Westerwald well before that, as can be seen from property records from the 9th century.

After the death of the last Count of Isenburg, Count Ernst von Isenburg-Grenzau († September 30, 1664), the fiefdom fell back to the Fulda Monastery. Thereupon they awarded their share of the loan for castle and spots Isenburg as well as the "Kirspell Meyscheitt" (parish Maischeid) with the village "Kleinmeischeitt" to the barons of Walderdorff . The Counts zu Wied then made claims from the paternal legacy for Isenburg. A between Johann Philipp , Freiherr von Walderdorf, and Count Friedrich III. The settlement negotiated to Wied was confirmed in 1666 by the Abbot of Fulda. This comparison led to a common rule of the houses Walderdorff and Wied-Neuwied (from 1700 Wied-Runkel).

politics

Municipal council

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

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	total
2019	9	3	4th	16 seats
2014	9	3	4th	16 seats
2009	9	3	4th	16 seats
2004	9	4th	3	16 seats

• FWG = First Free Voter Group Kleinmaischeid e. V.

mayor

Philipp Rasbach (SPD) became the local mayor of Kleinmaischeid on July 8, 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with a share of the vote of 82.11%. Rasbach's predecessor was his father Horst Rasbach (SPD).

coat of arms

Blazon : "Silver split by a curled red tip, inside a silver abbot crook, in front a green three-leaf beech branch with an unopened fruit cup, behind a black faceted high cross."

Reasons for the coat of arms: The colors red and silver indicate that Kleinmaischeid belonged to the Isenburg-Grenzau rule from the 12th to the 17th century. The Rembold main line of the Isenburg family had two red bars in a silver shield. The high cross refers to the old manorial connection to the Fulda monastery. It has a continuous black cross on a silver background as a coat of arms. The abbot's crook refers to the property of the Laach monastery. The beech branch indicates the abundance of forests, more than a third of which is still made up of beech trees.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Kleinmaischeider Church

Monument at the former center of the EU

• A sculpture at the center of the European Union

With a 3.50 meter high sculpture in the form of a circle, the municipality of Kleinmaischeid shows that it was the geographic center of the European Union between the EU enlargements on May 1, 2004 and January 1, 2007 . Prime Minister Kurt Beck (SPD) inaugurated the memorial on Sunday, October 10, 2004.

The sculpture consists of a circle on a map of Europe. One of the two tips of the 3.50 meter high stainless steel circle sticks into the stone map of Europe on the ground, namely at the point where Kleinmaischeid (Neuwied district) is located. A circle of twelve floor lights is supposed to symbolize the twelve stars of the EU flag. The sculpture was designed by the Bad Kreuznach artist Gernot Meyer-Grönhof .

See also : List of cultural monuments in Kleinmaischeid

Events

One of the highlights of the year is the traditional fair with the parade, where the young residents of the town, decorated with the traditional colors of the town, red and white, march through town on their bicycles.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The federal road 413 runs through the village . The Dierdorf junction of the federal motorway 3 is nearby . The nearest ICE - Station is in Montabaur .

church

In the village there is the Catholic branch church of St. Wendelinus belonging to the parish of Großmaischeid.

Personalities

• Peter Hermann (* 1952), football player

Web links

Commons : Kleinmaischeid  - Collection of images

• Internet presence of the local community Kleinmaischeid
• Information from the Association of Dierdorf about Kleinmaischeid

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 49 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ Le center geographique de l'Europe des 25 calculé par l'Institut Géographique National. (PDF) Archived from the original on July 13, 2007 ; Retrieved January 3, 2007 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ Meeting telegram July 8, 2014. Verbandsgemeinde Dierdorf, July 8, 2014, accessed on March 22, 2020 . 
6. ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Dierdorf, Verbandsgemeinde, ninth line of results. Retrieved March 22, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Philipp Rasbach wants to succeed his father as mayor. Rhein-Zeitung (online archive), February 27, 2014, accessed on March 22, 2020 .