Wiebelsheim

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Wiebelsheim (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 5 '  N , 7 ° 38'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Hunsrück-Middle Rhine
Height :	440 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.32 km 2
Residents:	516 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	70 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56291
Area code :	06766
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 161
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 6 55430 Oberwesel
Website :	www.wiebelsheim.de
Local Mayor :	Michael Brennemann
Location of the local community Wiebelsheim in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

View from the southwest of Wiebelsheim

Wiebelsheim is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Hunsrück-Mittelrhein community .

geography

Wiebelsheim is located on the eastern edge of the Hunsrück plateau at about 440 m above sea level, bounded in the east by the Upper Middle Rhine , the Loreley valley , where the Rhine separates the Hunsrück from the Taunus .

history

Wiebelsheim was probably built between the years 800 and 1000 AD. Around 1400, the people of Wiebelsheim were added to the altar pillars created in Damscheid in 1392 and the St. Martin church in Oberwesel. When the Left Bank of the Rhine was occupied by French revolutionary troops in 1794, it became part of France . Wiebelsheim became the seat of a Mairie and belonged to the canton Bacharach in the Department de Rhin-et-Moselle . In 1815 Wiebelsheim was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . In 1846 today's church, consecrated to St. Peter, was built. After the First World War, the place was temporarily occupied by the French . From 1940 to 1941 the POW camp Stalag XII C was located near the site . Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Population development

The development of the population of Wiebelsheim, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 293 1835 430 1871 414 1905 435 1939 631 1950 403

year Residents 1961 390 1970 375 1987 342 1997 445 2005 490 2019 516

politics

Municipal council

The council in Wiebelsheim 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 Michael Brennemann. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with 79.59% of the votes. On November 4, 2015, he was elected by the local council because his predecessor Stephan Doorn had died.

Companies

The publishers Aula , Limpert and Quelle & Meyer are based in Wiebelsheim .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Wiebelsheim
• List of natural monuments in Wiebelsheim

literature

• Richard Kapp: Between Struth and Hochwald: from the local history of Wiebelsheim. - Oberwesel: Hermann, 1982. - 165 pp.: Ill., Graph. Darst., Kt. - ISBN 3-926888-90-3 .
• St. Peter in Wiebelsheim: from the story of a village church. Festschrift on the occasion of the altar consecration . By Richard Kapp. - Wiebelsheim: Parish Wiebelsheim, 1991. - 76 p.: Ill.
• Wiebelsheim and the surrounding area: Contributions from the eastern Hunsrück . By Armin Henn. - Koblenz: Henn, 1997. - 93 p.: Ill.
• Paul B. Steffen : My trip to the China mission. The travel report of the Wiebelsheim missionary Father Josef Acht SVD In: Rhein-Hunsrück-Calendar. - 1985. pp. 85-88. 1 fig
• Paul B. Steffen: The life of Franz Gring from Wiebelsheim as Hermano Apollonio in Argentina . Rhein-Hunsrück Calendar Heimatjahrbuch 69 (2013) 129–131.
• P. Steffen: Josef Escher (1900–1950), a pastor and shepherd from Wiebelsheim . in: Rhein Hunsrück Calendar 2014, 70th year, Simmern 2013, 143–146.

Web links

Commons : Wiebelsheim  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the municipality of Wiebelsheim
• On the history of Wiebelsheim
• Literature about Wiebelsheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Municipal Council Election 2019 Wiebelsheim. Retrieved October 2, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, Verbandsgemeinde, 38th result line. Retrieved October 2, 2019 . 
5. ^ Rhein-Hunsrück-Zeitung: Wiebelsheim Council has chosen. November 5, 2015, accessed October 2, 2019 .