Ravengiersburg

Ravengiersburg
Ravengiersburg

Coordinates: 49°56′13″N 7°28′41″E / 49.93694°N 7.47806°E / 49.93694; 7.47806Coordinates: 49°56′13″N 7°28′41″E / 49.93694°N 7.47806°E / 49.93694; 7.47806
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc. Simmern
Government
  Mayor Karl-Peter Breuer
Area
  Total 6.16 km2 (2.38 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 313
  Density 51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 55471
Dialling codes 06761
Vehicle registration SIM
Hunsrückdom in Ravengiersburg

Ravengiersburg is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Simmern, whose seat is in the like-named town. Ravengiersburg is home to the Hunsrückdom – the “Hunsrück Cathedral” – the former resident canonical foundation’s church.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück in the Simmerbach valley, roughly 5 km east of Kirchberg and 6 km southwest of Simmern. The village’s core gathers tightly around the monastery church. West of Ravengiersburg, the Kauerbach empties into the Simmerbach. The municipal area measures 6.16 km², of which 2.29 km² is wooded.

Constituent communities

Within Ravengiersburg’s limits is an outlying hamlet named Neuhof.

History

In 974, Ravengiersburg had its first documentary mention. The name comes from Count Rabangar, who in his time built a castle on the steep crags overlooking the Simmerbach. The founding of the Ravengiersburg Augustinian Canonical Foundation goes back to the year 1074. The monastery was founded on the site of the Salian castle of the Counts in the Trechirgau. In the document dealing with land donations to the monastery, the name Hunsruche – Hunsrück – is mentioned for the first time.

In 1410, the monastery and the village passed to the newly created Duchy of Palatinate-Simmern. The monastery grew up to become the greatest landowner between the Moselle and the Nahe. In 1564, however, when the Reformation was introduced into the duchy, the monastery was dissolved; several attempts to revive it all failed. In 1631, a definitive end was put to the Ravengiersburg Monastery in the Thirty Years' War when Swedish troops came and burnt it down. In 1673, the Electorate of Trier became the landholder. Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine had the church that still stands today built between 1718 and 1722. Beginning in 1794, Ravengiersburg lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[2]

Mayor

Ravengiersburg’s mayor is Karl-Peter Breuer.[3]

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[4]

Ravengiersburg Monastery

Foremost among the municipality’s points of interest is the Monastery whose church, the St. Christophorus-Kirche (Saint Christopher’s) has a Romanesque twin-tower façade. This imposing church is also called the Hunsrückdom (“Hunsrück Cathedral”), although it is not actually a cathedral.

Clubs

Active clubs include Ravenger e.V. für Brauchstumpflege (for fostering customs), an angling club and HSV 70 (a sport club). Until 2006, the Katholische Arbeitnehmer-Bewegung (KAB; “Catholic Employees’ Movement”) ran a great professional training operation in the monastery buildings. Also worth mentioning is the youth meeting centre, which has been running since 1978.

References

External links

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