Mastershausen

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′  N , 7 ° 21 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Kastellaun
Height :	395 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.83 km 2
Residents:	975 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	82 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56869
Area code :	06545
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 204
Association administration address:	Kirchstrasse 1 56284 Kastellaun
Website :	mastershausen.de
Local Mayor :	Anton Christ
Location of the local community Mastershausen in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

Mastershausen is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Kastellaun .

geography

location

Mastershausen is located near Frankfurt-Hahn Airport , around 5 km west of Kastellaun . The road from Buch (Hunsrück) leads through the village past the ruins of Burg Balduinseck to Blankenrath .

Neighboring places

Sosberg	Mörsdorf	book
Grenderich		Kastellaun
Blankenrath and Haserich	Leideneck	Wohnroth and Krastel

history

Coin and vessel finds document a Celtic settlement of the castle head, which also shows traces of Roman settlement, and the remains of a Roman temple and two tombs were excavated. Mastershausen was first mentioned in 1056 as Malestreshusen , the church in 1220. Since 1316 Mastershausen belonged to the Baldeneck office of the Electorate of Trier together with 15 neighboring towns . In 1325 Balduinseck Castle was built as the official residence. The castle ruins are still one of the sights today. Some half-timbered buildings have also been preserved. With the occupation of the Left Bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops , the place became French and from 1798 to 1814 belonged to the canton of Zell in the Rhine-Moselle department . In 1815 the region and thus Mastershausen were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Since 1946 the place has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . Until 1970 the place belonged to the Office Blankenrath but was assigned to the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis under the 8th Administrative Simplification Act of July 18, 1970 with effect from November 7, 1970 and has since been part of the Kastellaun community . The local administration is also located in Kastellaun .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Local mayor is Anton Christ. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 83.01% of the vote, making him the successor to Jürgen Schneiders.

coat of arms

The three-part coat of arms shows the red Trier cross on the right, the black cross of the Cologne Cathedral monastery on the left and a golden crown in a black field, reminiscent of Queen Richeza , who appears in the first mention of the place.

Gallows tower

Gallows tower

In 2009, a 12-meter-high observation tower was built on the 465  m high gallows southwest of Mastershausen . It corresponds to the replica of a Roman watchtower, as the Roman road from Kirn to Treis ran nearby . It offers a view in predominantly northerly directions of Mastershausen and the surrounding area and, on clear days, to the Eifel . The name of the tower is based on a gallows that was located near the site. In 1921, when a sports field was laid out, remnants such as skeletons, foundations and two oak stumps that supported the crossbeam of the gallows were found at this point.

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View from the Galgenturm to Mastershausen and the surrounding area

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Mastershausen
• List of natural monuments in Mastershausen

Web links

Commons : Mastershausen  - collection of images

• Internet presence of the community Mastershausen
• Literature about Mastershausen in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ s. Print of the document text in Codex diplomaticus Rheno-Mosellanus, document collection on the history of the Rhine and Moselle regions, the Nahe and Ahr regions, and the Hundsrücken, Meinfeld and Eifel, part 1, documents from the VIII. To the end of the XII . Century , Wilhelm Arnold Günther, p. 130 ff. (No.56), there “Mabestreshusen”.
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Kastellaun, Verbandsgemeinde, 36th result line. Retrieved October 7, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Lookout towers | Kastellaun> Masdascher Galgenturm on the website of the Rheinland-Pfalz Tourismus GmbH
6. ↑ Information board on the tower