Salt (Westerwald)

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Coat of arms of the local community of Salz
Salt (Westerwald)
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Salz highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 58'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Wallmerod
Height : 325 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.96 km 2
Residents: 835 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 168 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56414
Area code : 06435
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 290
Association administration address:
Richtstrasse 1 56414 Wallmerod
Website : www.wallmerod.de
Local Mayor : Holger Wörsdörfer
Location of the local community of Salz in the Westerwaldkreis
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Street front of the parish church St. Adelphus in Salz, Westerwald
Parish Church of St. Adelphus, in the foreground the facade of the chancel

Salz is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Wallmerod Association .

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Rennerod .

history

“Always illuminated by the sun - inclined to the south - a wonderful piece of earth that can be seen by the wanderer. The old church greets the Nassauische Land far away - it has existed in the village for hundreds of years ”. This is how local poet Günther Weimer describes the special charm of salt.

The first settlements go back to the time before Christ. In 1150, salt was on record as a parish and, since the late Middle Ages, also as a place of jurisdiction with its tithe court. In 1564 salt came to the Electorate of Trier .

The Romanesque pillar basilica has been the town's landmark for almost a millennium. "St. Adelphus ”was initially a collegiate church, was later expanded to include a late Gothic choir and is now part of the Limburg diocese.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Salz consists of twelve 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

Holger Wörsdörfer became the local mayor of Salz on June 19, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 89.94% of the vote.

Wörsdörfer's predecessor as local mayor was Rainer Malm.

coat of arms

Blazon : "A continuous red bar cross in silver, angled by four blue squares set across corners."

Heraldic justification: The coat of arms was designed based on the seal of the court of salt, which was used from the end of the 17th century until the end of the 18th century. The red cross reminds of the fact that Salt belonged to the Electorate of Trier from 1564 to 1803 , the four squares represent “talking” blue salt crystals that refer to the place name.

Culture and sights

Buildings

The Catholic parish church of St. Adelphus is a Romanesque basilica with a late Gothic choir. Johann Heinrich Keverich is buried in the church, as indicated by a grave plaque. Keverich came from Ehrenbreitstein and was Oberhofkoch of the Elector and Archbishop of Trier, Johann IX. Philipp von Walderdorff from Molsberg. This alone may not justify the grave tablet. But Keverich was also the grandfather of the musical genius Ludwig van Beethoven .

The small moated castle Hof Neuroth is located near the village in the direction of Bilkheim .

See also

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Federal highway 8 , which connects Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef (Sieg) , runs in the immediate vicinity to the west of the town . The next motorway junction is Diez on the federal motorway 3 ( Cologne - Frankfurt am Main ), about 13 kilometers away. The closest connections to local rail transport are the Steinefrenz station (line RB29) on the Unterwesterwaldbahn and the Berzhahn stop (line RB90) on the Oberwesterwaldbahn , the nearest long-distance stations are the Montabaur station and the Limburg Süd station on the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine / Main .

Personalities

  • Hans Teusen (1917–2011), Major in the Wehrmacht (Knight's Cross) and Major General in the Bundeswehr

literature

  • Wolf-Heino Struck: The monasteries St. Severus in Gemünden, St. Maria in Diez with their predecessors, St. Petrus in Kettenbach, St. Adelphus in Salz (Germania Sacra. NF 25). de Gruyter, Berlin 1988

Web links

Commons : Salt  - Collection of Images

  • Half-timbered house in Salz Ww.

  • Half-timbered house next to the church in Salz

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  3. ↑ a b From the constituent meeting of the municipal council on June 19, 2019. In: We about us - Wallmerod Association, Edition 27/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, Höhr-Grenzhausen, accessed on July 7, 2020 .
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Wallmerod, Verbandsgemeinde, 17th line of results. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .