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Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Rennerod
Height :	535 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.56 km 2
Residents:	834 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	79 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56479
Area code :	02667
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 256
LOCODE :	DE LD7
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 55 ; 56477 Rennerod
Website :	www.rennerod.de
Mayoress :	Mechthild Hoffmann
Location of the local community of Liebenscheid in the Westerwaldkreis

Liebenscheid is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod .

geography

The community is located in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg an der Lahn on the state border with North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse .

The three districts of the community are Liebenscheid, Weißenberg and Löhnfeld. The municipality includes the residential places alder Berghof School White Mountain Löhnfeld. To the east of Weißenberg lies the triangle of the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia , Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate .

history

Liebenscheid probably goes back from a fortification that was built to control the nearby long-distance trade routes from the Rhine to Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig . It is unclear whether this was identical to the later Liebenscheid Castle from the start . The ending "-scheid" indicates a foundation between 1100 and 1300. Presumably the place fell in 1323 together with Mengerskirchen from the Counts of Molsberg to the House of Nassau . There he was initially part of the Haigergau .

Liebenscheid was first mentioned on June 18, 1341 in a division agreement between the sons of Count Heinrich I of Nassau-Dillenburg . Heinrich I von Nassau-Beilstein received, among other possessions, Liebenscheid, which thus became part of the independent county of Nassau-Beilstein . During the 200 years of existence in Nassau-Beilstein, Liebenscheid was at times the residence of younger brothers of the counts in office. Sometimes there is also talk of an independent county based in Liebenscheid.

In 1360, at the instigation of Heinrich I, Liebenscheid and the neighboring village of Weißenberg received city rights through Emperor Karl IV. The emperor promised the two places the same rights as those of the imperial city of Wetzlar . A fortification with a tower and walls was built. In addition, the place received a court. 1452 donated Beilsteiner Count the Mainz Cathedral Provost Heinrich chapel.

1561, with the death of Johann III. , Liebenscheid fell to Nassau-Dillenburg . In 1584 the place became the location of a flag of the newly established land rescue service, a militia unit. In 1587, construction work began to replace the dilapidated First City Wall with a new fortification system, on which the master builder Georg Robin from Mainz was involved in an advisory capacity. It was one of the first fortress projects based on the contemporary Dutch model in the Holy Roman Empire. Construction work continued until at least 1594, but the facility was not completed. Their remains were destroyed in the Thirty Years War .

The father of Peter Paul Rubens , Jan Rubens , was held in the prison of Liebenscheid Palace because he had an affair with Anna , the wife of Count Wilhelm I of Orange-Nassau . In 1582 the theologian Gerhard Eobanus Geldenhauer was imprisoned there , also for adultery .

After the death of Wilhelm Ludwig von Nassau-Dillenburg , Liebenscheid fell to the County of Nassau-Dietz in 1620 . During the Thirty Years' War, Liebenscheid suffered from its location on an important military route from the Netherlands to southern Germany. In 1632 there were 16 households, in 1644 there were eight. Ten households were recorded in Weißenburg in 1632, and four in 1650. For 1738 34 fireplaces are again mentioned in Liebenscheid.

In terms of church, Liebenscheid belonged to the Neukirch parish by 1663 at the latest . The school for the entire parish was in Liebenscheid, but according to tradition it was often not staffed with a teacher. It is first mentioned in 1592. The Reformation was introduced shortly before 1545 and enforced until 1579. In 1755 Weißenberg and Liebenscheid split off as a parish of Neukirch. In 1779 a rectory was completed.

On April 1, 1969, the previously independent communities of Löhnfeld and Weißenberg were incorporated.

The place Oberliebenscheid was probably a little more than a kilometer west of Liebenscheid. In 1440 the place was attacked by troops of the Counts of Sayn in a dispute with Nassau-Beilstein and burned down, whereupon it fell desolate .

Löhnfeld

The current part of the municipality Löhnfeld was first mentioned in 1300. It was also partly burned down in the confrontation of 1440, but unlike several similarly treated villages in the area, it did not fall desolate. At that time, Löhnfeld already had its own chapel. By 1786 at the latest there was a winter schoolmaster in town. and at the latest in 1707 a Heimberger . In 1511 six own people are called a resident, in 1589 five houses in the village. In 1641 Löhnfeld was uninhabited, probably as a result of the Thirty Years War. In 1643 three men, one woman and three children are mentioned again. In 1648 there were six houses, in 1738 ten fireplaces, in 1750 60 residents and in 1818 99 residents.

In 1362 the village of Kramphausen is mentioned for the first time, which was around 500 meters east of Löhnfeld. Kramphausen was no longer inhabited by 1731 at the latest.

Weissenberg

Weißenberg was first mentioned in a document in 1350. In 1746 the community built a chapel in which school was held by 1793 at the latest. A Heimberger was also vouched for for the first time in 1707 for Weißenberg. For 1560 twelve house members are mentioned in the place. In 1607 six men lived there, in 1643 a man, a widow and a child. In 1684 four families are mentioned in Weißenfels. 1723 16 households, 1782 97 inhabitants and 1818 167 inhabitants.

Cultural monuments

politics

Municipal council

The council in Liebenscheid consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the volunteer local mayor as chairman.

mayor

In the direct election on May 26, 2019, Mechthild Hoffmann was confirmed in her office as local mayor for another five years with a share of 72.82% of the vote.

coat of arms

The blazon reads: “Split by gold and blue; on the right a blue Antonius cross with two attached blue bells, on the left a red armored and tongued golden lion. "

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The B 54 runs west of the municipality and leads from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen.
The next motorway junction is Haiger / Burbach on the A 45 Dortmund - Aschaffenburg , about eleven kilometers away.
The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .
The closest connection to air traffic is offered by Siegerland Airport , which is located on the western border of the municipality.

literature

Hellmuth Gensicke : On the local history of Nassau: parish and court of Neukirch. In: Nassauische Annalen 1981 , pp. 150-168.
Wolf, Karl: On the history of the high Westerwald (six hundred years of Liebenscheid), in: Nassauische Annalen, 61st Volume, 1950, pages 181-196.