Weltersburg

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 58'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Westerburg
Height :	400 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.66 km 2
Residents:	310 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	117 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56459
Area code :	06435
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 307
Association administration address:	Neumarkt 1 56457 Westerburg
Website :	www.weltersburg.de
Mayoress :	Gisela Benten
Location of the local community Weltersburg in the Westerwaldkreis

Weltersburg (Wellersbergh) in an excerpt from Nassovia Comitatus, copperplate engraving, engraved by Salomon Rogiers, published by Blaeu, probably 1641

Reifenberger Schlösschen in Weltersburg

Weltersburg is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . Since 1972 it has belonged to the then newly formed community of Westerburg .

Geographical location

Weltersburg is four kilometers south-east of Westerburg on the slope of the Küppel ( 436  m ), which is now also known as the Burgberg. The former protective castle has now fallen into disrepair, apart from a few ruins.

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Weltersburg with the Küppel and surroundings, June 2011

history

In the 11th century, a castle was founded on a 435 m high basalt knoll to secure the westward running Cologne-Frankfurter-Strasse .

In 1220 a Wigand von Weltersburg (Weltirsberch) was mentioned as a witness in a document from Heinrich von Isenburg . Half of the castle in Weltersburg belonged to the Counts of Sayn , the other half was owned by the Lords of Isenburg. Burgmannen were among others those of Ottenstein, that of Reifenberg , that of Brambach, that of Grauesel and that of Neuroth.

In a deed dated December 16, 1314, Ludwig granted Bayer Weltersburg town rights . Weltersburg had a city court, but there is no evidence of a city market .

In 1331 Gerlach von Isenburg gave his allodial part of the castle and its accessories to Archbishop Balduin of Trier as a fief and made it an open house against everyone except the Counts of Sayn. In 1354 a Saynian bailiff had his seat in Weltersburg. In 1356 Weltersburg came to the Westerburg as a dowry . In a feud with the Counts of Katzenelnbogen in 1413, the citizens of Weltersburg were damaged and Weltersburg was taken. In 1423 Weltersburg was conquered again and in 1425 a truce was established. By redeeming various pledges, the Westerburg rulership was able to take possession of all of Weltersburg in 1489.

Weltersburg Castle was apparently already in poor condition in 1581 and was completely in ruins by 1670. Around 1552 Philipp von Reifenberg had the so-called Reiffenberger Schlösschen built.

religion

73% of the residents of Weltersburg are Catholic, 10% Protestant. The Catholics belong to the parish Liebfrauen in Westerburg in the Diocese of Limburg , which maintains a branch church in Weltersburg. The Willmenrod parish of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau is responsible for the Evangelicals .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

In the direct election on May 26, 2019, Gisela Benten was confirmed in her office as local mayor of Weltersburg for a further five years with a share of the vote of 69.64%.

Culture and sights

A lookout point has been set up at the old castle on the Küppel, from which you have a good view of the Elbbachtal all the way to the Taunus .

Buildings

To the west of the town center is the Reifenberger Schlösschen , a stately residential building in which Field Marshal Blücher was a guest. The picturesque assembly of the 17th century with a late Gothic core was from 1384 to 1671 Burgmannensitz of a line of those von Reifenberg.

In the center of the village is the symbol of Weltersburg, a wind turbine that was put into operation in 1912 for pumping water in order to make the place independent from the neighboring communities. On the edge of Weltersburg is the St. Leonhard Chapel, which is the destination of a rider procession on Thanksgiving .

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  Historic half-timbered house built around 1700

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  Historic half-timbered house built around 1700

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  Reifenberger Schlösschen in Weltersburg

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  Old school, built in 1900, today the seat of the mayor's office

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  Weltersburg landmark: the wind turbine built in 1912

see also list of cultural monuments in Weltersburg

Natural monuments

The Kranstein natural monument lies between Weltersburg and Willmenrod on the edge of a basalt quarry .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

• The B 8 runs south of the municipality and leads from Limburg an der Lahn to Hennef (Sieg) .
• The next motorway junction is Montabaur on the A3 .
• The closest connection to rail traffic is Westerburg train station , two kilometers away, here the RB90 (Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn) runs on the Limburg (Lahn) - Diez Ost - Westerburg - Hachenburg - Altenkirchen - Au (Sieg) - Wissen route (Victory) - Victories according to the Rhineland-Palatinate clock .
• The closest connection to long-distance rail traffic is Montabaur station on the high-speed route Cologne – Rhine / Main and Limburg Süd station .

literature

• Hellmuth Gensicke : Molsberg and Weltersburg . In: Nassau Annals . Yearbook of the Association for Nassau Antiquities and Historical Research, Volume 69, 1958, pp. 202–221.
• Jürgen Glasses: Contributions to the local history of Weltersburg , 4 volumes. Weltersburg 1994-2008.
• Marcel Oeben, Daniel Schneider: The city charter to Altenkirchen, Hachenburg and Weltersburg. With edition of the document from 1314 . In: Nassau Annals . Yearbook of the Association for Nassau Antiquities and Historical Research, Volume 125, 2014, pp. 53–65.
• Daniel Schneider: The granting of city rights to Altenkirchen, Hachenburg and Weltersburg in 1314 as part of imperial politics . In: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen (Westerwald) , Volume 57, 2014, pp. 103–110.
• Daniel Schneider: The urban policy of the Counts of Sayn in the late Middle Ages . In: Yearbook for West German State History , Volume 41, 2015, pp. 33–49.

Web links

Commons : Weltersburg  - Collection of images

• Internet presence of the community of Weltersburg
• Ortgemeinde Weltersburg on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Westerburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ See information on the Burgmannen in Hellmuth Gensicke: Molsberg and Weltersburg , pp. 214–218.
3. ↑ Illustration and source-critical edition of the town charter by Marcel Oeben, Daniel Schneider: The award of town charter to Altenkirchen, Hachenburg and Weltersburg . With edition of the document from 1314, pp. 53–65. For the historical background to the award of city rights, see Daniel Schneider: Die Stadtrechtsverleihung 1314 in the context of imperial politics , pp. 103-110. See also Daniel Schneider: The urban policy of the Counts of Sayn in the late Middle Ages , pp. 33–49.
4. ↑ Hellmuth Gensicke: Molsberg and Weltersburg , pp. 211–213.
5. ^ Hellmuth Gensicke: Molsberg and Weltersburg , pp. 213–214.
6. ↑ 2011 census
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Westerburg, Verbandsgemeinde, 22nd line of results. Retrieved July 15, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Information from: Magnus Backes u. a .: Bels art hikes in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Belser, Stuttgart, 1971.