Urbar (Rhein-Hunsrück district)

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Hunsrück-Middle Rhine
Height :	242 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.55 km 2
Residents:	718 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	202 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55430
Area code :	06741
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 155
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 6 ; 55430 Oberwesel
Website :	www.urbar-loreley.de
Local Mayor :	Heinz Link
Location of the local community Urbar in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

Urbar is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The Rheinhöhenort belongs to the Hunsrück-Mittelrhein association. Land was a district of the city of Oberwesel from 1974 to 1999 . In 1999 Urbar became an independent municipality again.

geography

Urbar is located between St. Goar and Oberwesel near the Rhine opposite the Loreley , with a direct view of the legendary Loreley rock.

history

Urbar was first mentioned in a document in 1246. In later documents it was called Vrbe (1311), villa Vrbere (1336), Vorbir (1338) and Urber (1385). The place name goes back to the mhd. "Urvar" (place on the bank, where you start and stop).

Until the end of the 18th century, Urbar belonged to the Oberwesel office of the Electorate of Trier . After 1792 French revolutionary troops occupied the region and annexed it after the Peace of Campo Formio (1797) . From 1798 to 1814 Urbar belonged to the French Rhine-Moselle department and was assigned to the canton of Sankt Goar and the arrondissement of Simmern . Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region came under the Kingdom of Prussia . From 1816 the town was the Urbar Sankt Goar county in Koblenz assigned, that of 1822 to the Rhine province belonged.

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 . The independent municipality joined in a highly controversial step with an incorporation contract of 13/14. December 1973 with effect from March 17, 1974 to the city of Oberwesel. On September 13, 1999, Urbar became an independent municipality again.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Urbar 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 Heinz Link. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 82.58% of the vote and is the successor to Thomas Stein, who did not run again.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Blue, through half a golden high cross to the right, covered with a half red high cross and a silver pole split twice on the left, a golden grape in the lower blue field on the left, a golden ear of wheat on the right in the blue flank."

Attractions

Ceiling inscription of the Loreleyblick Maria Ruh observation tower

With the Loreleyblick Maria Ruh lookout point , Urbar has one of the most beautiful panoramic views over the Middle Rhine Valley . To the west of the village, the observation tower on the Spitzenstein offers a comprehensive panoramic view of the entire area.

View from the Loreleyblick Maria Ruh to the Loreley, the castles Katz and Maus and St. Goarshausen

Web links

Commons : Urbar (Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis) - Collection of images

Website of the municipality of Urbar
Historical information on Urbar at regionalgeschichte.net
Literature on Urbar in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

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

↑ data sheet at regionalgeschichte.net

↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 175 (PDF; 2.8 MB).

↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 180 (PDF; 2.8 MB; see footnote 71).

↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Urbar. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, Verbandsgemeinde, 36th line of results. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

[2] ta sheet at regionalgeschichte.net

[3] Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 175 (PDF; 2.8 MB).

[4] Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 180 (PDF; 2.8 MB; see footnote 71).