Manubach

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′  N , 7 ° 46 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mainz-Bingen
Association municipality :	Rhine-Nahe
Height :	160 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.7 km 2
Residents:	290 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	38 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55413
Area code :	06743
License plate :	MZ , BIN
Community key :	07 3 39 036
Association administration address:	Koblenzer Strasse 18 55411 Bingen am Rhein
Website :	www.manubach.de
Local Mayor :	Hans-Günter Seckler
Location of the local community of Manubach in the Mainz-Bingen district

The pastor and writer WO von Horn once lived and worked in the former Protestant rectory

Half-timbered houses in the town center

Manubach is a municipality in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Rhein-Nahe Association , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Bingen am Rhein .

Manubach has been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2003 .

Geographical location

The wine village of Manubach is located in a side valley of the Middle Rhine between Koblenz and Bingen am Rhein .

history

In addition to Steeg , Bacharach and Oberdiebach, Manubach belonged to the "Viertälergebiet", which was owned by the Archdiocese of Cologne as early as the 10th century . The place was first mentioned in 1190 in a document from the Ravengiersburg monastery .

Until the end of the 18th century, Manubach belonged to the Oberamt Bacharach in the Electoral Palatinate . In 1776 the place had 96 houses.

In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the left bank of the Rhine , and in 1798 the area was integrated into the French state . Under French administration, Manubach belonged to the canton of Bacharach in the Simmern arrondissement until 1814 , which was assigned to the Rhine-Moselle department . After the Peace of Paris (1814), the region was subordinated to the Joint State Administration Commission based in Kreuznach , which was under the administration of Austria and Bavaria . As a result of the resolutions made at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the Rhine-Moselle Department, including Manubach, was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia . Under the Prussian administration Manubach came with the mayor Bacharach 1816 district Sankt Goar in Koblenz , which by the end of 1822 World War II to the Rhine province belonged. The municipality has belonged to Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

Population development

The development of the population of Manubach, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 424 1835 590 1871 618 1905 622 1939 519 1950 535

year Residents 1961 462 1970 425 1987 348 1997 383 2005 351 2019 290

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Manubach consists of eight 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

The local mayor is Hans-Günter Seckler. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was the only candidate and was elected with 82.72% of the vote. He became the successor to Karl-Richard Mades, who had not taken office after ten years.

Culture

Attractions

• There is a memorial plaque to WO von Horn on the former rectory
• The WO von Horn archive with first editions of his works and contemporary items is available to the public after registration through the community

Buildings

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Manubach

Regular events

The fair takes place regularly at the end of August .

Economy and Infrastructure

Viticulture

The vineyards are located on the south-facing slopes and are a testament to the town's great winemaking tradition in the Middle Rhine wine-growing region . The history of individual wineries can be traced back to the mid-18th century. In 1960 there were still 94 wineries in Manubach that produced grapes - today only a few wineries and the Loreley Bacharach winegrowers 'association are active as a winegrowers' cooperative . The establishment of a new winery in 2001 ties in with the old winemaking tradition. The Gailsbach, called Gunzenbach in the upper reaches, flows through the valley down to the Rhine. On the opposite side, on the northern slopes, there are orchards.

traffic

The federal motorway 61 is reached after approx. 10 km at the junction Rheinböllen. A citizens' bus called “Vierthäler” has been in existence since January 22, 2013 and is primarily intended to help older people with their everyday mobility.

Personalities

• WO von Horn (1798–1867), actually Friedrich Wilhelm Philipp Oertel, was a German writer. He lived in Manubach from 1812 to 1835 and was pastor there from 1820 to 1835.

literature

• Literature about Manubach in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Manubach  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community of Manubach
• History of Manubach on www.regionalgeschichte.net
• Photos from Manubach on mainz-bingen-foto.de
• Bells of the St. Oswald Church

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 220.
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections Retrieved on July 29, 2019
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rhein-Nahe, Verbandsgemeinde, seventh line of results. Retrieved September 28, 2019 .