Orsberg

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Chapel of St. Joseph

Orsberg is part of the local community Erpel in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Neuwied .

geography

Panoramic view from Remagen to Orsberg. The top row of houses belongs to Orsberg. The middle and lower row of houses to drakes

Orsberg is located above Erpel on the so-called Linz terrace , an almost model-like part of the Rhenish main terrace of the Middle Rhine Bay , on an area that rises from southwest to northeast. The center of the village is on the eastern edge of the Leitzberg at around 185  m above sea level. NHN . An extensive plateau stretches to the north and east as far as Bruchhausen , while Orsberg is bordered by forest areas in the west and south (up to the Erpeler Ley ). The only connection to Erpel is Kreisstraße 22, which also leads to Bruchhausen.

history

Orsberg belonged as part of the parish and the rule of Erpel to the Cologne cathedral chapter since 1493 at the latest . From 1816 Orsberg belonged after the introduction of the Prussian administration as a community for mayor Unkel (1927 renamed "Office Unkel") in the district of Linz (from 1822 Kreis Neuwied). At the census in 1843 Orsberg comprised 28 residential and 66 farm buildings. As part of the Rhineland-Palatinate administrative and territorial reform , the previously independent municipality of Orsberg with an area of ​​approx. 139 hectares and then 192 inhabitants was incorporated into the municipality of Erpel on June 7, 1969  . The village, which was once dominated by agriculture and viticulture , has developed structurally in the last few decades in the direction of a pure residential area and has seen an increase in population.

Population development
year Residents
1816 127
1828 132
1843 153
1885 211
1987 260

Culture and sights

The central attraction of Orsberg is the Catholic Chapel of St. Josef, a hall building from 1708. The altar comes from the time of a previous building dated 1649. In addition, the district has listed half-timbered houses from the 17th and 18th centuries. Orsberg has a volunteer fire brigade and a citizens' association. The bachelor association, which has existed since 1714, is committed to maintaining tradition in the village and organizes the annual fair in cooperation with the local associations.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinrich Müller-Miny: The Middle Rhine region and its natural structure . In: Federal Institute for Regional Studies (Ed.): Reports on German Regional Studies . Volume 21, Issue 2 (September 1958), self-published by the Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen 1958, pp. 193–233 (here: p. 220).
  2. ↑ a b Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Coblenz , Coblenz: Hölscher, 1843, page 63
  3. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations for the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 70.
  4. ↑ Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 176 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.  
  5. ^ The government district of Coblenz according to its location, limitation, size, population and division ... , Coblenz: Pauli, 1817; Page 127
  6. ↑ Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-Statistical Description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province , Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin and Stettin 1830, p. 677
  7. ^ Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia , Volume XII Provinz Rheinland, Verlag des Königlich Statistischen Bureaus (ed.), 1888, page 44
  8. ^ Heinrich Neu, Hans Weigert: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreis Neuwied ( Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz Volume 16, Section II), Düsseldorf, Schwann, 1940, pages 334/335

Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 32 "  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 32"  E