Raversbeuren

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Kirchberg (Hunsrück)
Height :	420 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.14 km 2
Residents:	117 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	23 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56850
Area code :	06543
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 120
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 5 ; 55481 Kirchberg (Hunsrück)
Website :	www.raversbeuren.de
Local Mayor :	Horst Möhringer
Location of the local community Raversbeuren in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

Raversbeuren is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Kirchberg (Hunsrück) community .

geography

Raversbeuren is located on a high plateau in the northern Hunsrück between the Hunsrückhöhenstrasse and the Moselle . The place is directly adjacent to Hahn Airport . The Hof Hunsrückhöhe residential area belongs to Raversbeuren .

The residential community with an agricultural character covers an area of 5.14 km², of which 1.93 km² is forested.

history

There are several graves from the Hallstatt period in the parish of the local community . It is first mentioned in a document from 1324 ( Ravengisburen ), probably as an outlying settlement of the Ravengiersburg monastery . The tower of the Protestant church is from the 13th century, as is the small bell there with the inscription “Maria am I called” in large Gothic letters. The nave was renovated around 1707 and contains a beautiful gallery with parapet panels and paintings from the 18th century and an organ made by the Stumm family of organ builders from Sulzbach . With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops , the place became French, in 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . After the First World War temporarily occupied by the French, the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

North-west of Raversbeuren, Briedel district , near Margaretenhof, a Roman villa was discovered in 1867 and examined and partially exposed by the Rhenish Provincial Museum in 1875 . The estate complex, without the outbuildings, covered an area of 41 × 26 m. More than 30 rooms could be exposed. The water was already brought in through lead pipes. The manor was still in existence in the late Roman period.

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

The local mayor of Raversbeuren is Horst Möhringer. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, no candidate ran, he was re-elected by the local council.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In blue, 2: 1 set, a golden bell, two golden ears, a silver fountain house with a swivel fountain."

Foundation of the coat of arms: The older of the two bells of the Protestant parish church is considered to be the oldest bell in Germany, bearing the name of the founder. The ears of wheat symbolize the former agricultural character of the community. The draw well, which was probably built in the late 18th century and is still preserved in the village, used to be an important point for the residents to draw water.

church

About eighty percent of the residents are Protestant and belong to the Protestant parish Irmenach - Lötzbeuren- Raversbeuren in the Simmern-Trarbach parish . Parish seat is Lötzbeuren.

Buildings

Protestant church
Historical fountain

Natural monuments

Wackensteine (quartz passages) on the road to Briedeler Heck

Regular events

The Lott Festival has been taking place in the area of the local community for twenty years. The festival, which has existed since 1977, is also called Woodstock on the Hunsrück because of the wide range of music genres . The name Lott corresponded to the name of a parcel on the Hunsrückhöhe in the Moselle community of Enkirch , where it took place until 1985. After complaints from hunting tenants , the company moved to the nearby Raversbeuren.

Personalities

The Hunsrück writer Albert Bauer lived here, the writer Elly Kramb is buried here.

Web links

Commons : Raversbeuren - Collection of images

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 38 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Raversbeuren. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Kirchberg, Verbandsgemeinde, 26th line of results. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
^ Verbandsgemeinde Kirchberg: local community Raversbeuren. Local council. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
↑ Description of the coat of arms Raversbeuren

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-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 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 38 (PDF; 2.2 MB).