Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg
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Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg is a municipality in Germany
in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
, district of Bad Kreuznach
. The town has about 4000 inhabitants as of 2004 and covers an area of 9.53 square km and lies on the Nahe
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The town is first mentioned around the year 1200. It grew up beside the Rheingrafenstein, a castle built in 1050 that was the seat of the count palatine of the Rhine, which was destroyed in 1689 by the French
, but the ruins remain.
Ebernburg Castle was residence of famous German knight Franz von Sickingen
.
Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde
("collective municipality") Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, district of Bad Kreuznach
Bad Kreuznach (district)
Bad Kreuznach is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Rhein-Hunsrück, Mainz-Bingen, Alzey-Worms, Donnersbergkreis, Kusel and Birkenfeld.- History :...
. The town has about 4000 inhabitants as of 2004 and covers an area of 9.53 square km and lies on the Nahe
Nahe
The Nahe River is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany, a left tributary to the Rhine. It has also given name to the wine region Nahe situated around it....
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The town is first mentioned around the year 1200. It grew up beside the Rheingrafenstein, a castle built in 1050 that was the seat of the count palatine of the Rhine, which was destroyed in 1689 by the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, but the ruins remain.
Ebernburg Castle was residence of famous German knight Franz von Sickingen
Franz von Sickingen
Franz von Sickingen was a German knight, one of the most notable figures of the first period of the Reformation.-Biography:He was born at Ebernburg near Bad Kreuznach...
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Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
("collective municipality") Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg
Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg (Verbandsgemeinde)
Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
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Notable residents
- Rudolf Eickemeyer, (1831–1895), born in Altenbamberg, noted inventor with several innovations to hat manufacturing, patent for first symmetrical drum armature and iron clad dynamo, and first employer of Charles Proteus SteinmetzCharles Proteus SteinmetzCharles Proteus Steinmetz was a German-American mathematician and electrical engineer. He fostered the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States, formulating mathematical theories for engineers...