Hamlet-Boppard

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Weiler-Boppard is a residential area in the Engehöll district of the city of Oberwesel on the Middle Rhine .

Apollonia Chapel

location

The district is located on the Weiler-Bopparder Bach or just Bopparder Bach, a right side valley of the Oberbach, which flows through the Engehöller Tal to Oberwesel. The district road 91 opens up the elongated road hamlet to the L 220 in Engehöll.

history

The residential area with its wings is first mentioned in 1275 as Boppinroit. Other spellings of the place name are 1331 zuo Boppinrat, 1424 Boppenrot; 1434 Boppenrait; Delivered to Boppartt in 1507 and in Boppart in 1611. Since 1808, during the French era , the name is officially the hamlet of Boppart. It is believed that the name - similar to the same-named town of Boppard - goes back to Celtic roots, the historical name part -roit / rat , however, points to a (re) founded in the late Frankish conquest back. The place that was the Middle Ages through Kurtrier and his mortgaged vassal tributary, most recently he was in feudal times since the 17th century. To the Lords of Eltz pledged. After the Thirty Years' War the population for 1680 is given as only 10 people. Thereafter the number fluctuated around 100 and the maximum of 1890 with 155 inhabitants, which fell again in the following century to below a hundred with a low of 55 for the 1960s.

economy

The place is dominated by agriculture with a focus on viticulture . The trend towards land abandonment in steep-slope viticulture, with its difficult working conditions and limited use of machines, is sought through modern cultivation methods, cellar technology and marketing, as well as merging areas . The wine is also served in their own taverns, of which the smaller ones are only open in the season and on weekends. For the emerging tourism in the World Heritage cultural landscape of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley , holiday apartments are offered. Through the Enghöller valley, the L 220 is designated as a Riesling road. Other jobs are being sought in the easily accessible centers of Koblenz and Mainz .

Attractions

In addition to the Apollonia Chapel from the first half of the 18th century, the nearby old bakery from 1830/40 is a listed building . (→ List of cultural monuments in Oberwesel # Engehöll )

  • Hamlet-Bopparder Bach

  • St. Apollonia Chapel

  • Old bakery

  • War memorial of the community

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mentioned in the Mittelrheinische Regesten ( memento from January 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) at forgottenbooks.com
  2. ↑ Numbers from local dictionary

Coordinates: 50 ° 5 '  N , 7 ° 42'  E