Melsbach
Encyclopedia
Melsbach is a municipality in the district of Neuwied
, in Rhineland-Palatinate
, Germany
.
Regional parts of Melsbach's surrounding belongs to the well-known air-spa of Rengsdorf
.
Until the late 1960s in Melsbach a significant clay-mining was held. Today only a winding tower marks the place where the mines´ entrance has been.
Melsbach was a firm contract partner of the regionally famous pumice
-mining corporation Kann-Werke until the late 1980s, when the pumice-fields ran out of containings.
A tourist attraction and popular panorama-motive are the ruins of the Kreuzkirche (church of the cross), situated at the southern entrance of the village.
Neuwied (district)
Neuwied is a district in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rhein-Sieg, Altenkirchen, Westerwaldkreis, Mayen-Koblenz, Ahrweiler.-History:...
, in 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 ....
, Germany
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...
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Regional parts of Melsbach's surrounding belongs to the well-known air-spa of Rengsdorf
Rengsdorf
Rengsdorf is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Westerwald, approx. 10 km north of Neuwied.Rengsdorf is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Rengsdorf....
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Until the late 1960s in Melsbach a significant clay-mining was held. Today only a winding tower marks the place where the mines´ entrance has been.
Melsbach was a firm contract partner of the regionally famous pumice
Pumice
Pumice is a textural term for a volcanic rock that is a solidified frothy lava typically created when super-heated, highly pressurized rock is violently ejected from a volcano. It can be formed when lava and water are mixed. This unusual formation is due to the simultaneous actions of rapid...
-mining corporation Kann-Werke until the late 1980s, when the pumice-fields ran out of containings.
A tourist attraction and popular panorama-motive are the ruins of the Kreuzkirche (church of the cross), situated at the southern entrance of the village.
Village history
- 500 BC: a bronze bucket from this time is found in the local area
- 1267: first documentary mentioning of the village: Graf Gottfried von Eppstein, the Younger, sells his estate
- 1278: Melsbach becomes the parish of Rengsdorf
- 1357: Melsbach becomes an important customer's facility
- 1399: first description of the church-of-the-cross as a place of pilgrimage
- 1692/1720: Melsbach receives its own school
- 1747: Melsbach enparts to the parish of Altwied
- 1789: lignite- and clayfields are found
- 1786–1880: Digging of alaun in the first alaun-mine of Rhineland-Palatinate
- 1850: At the Laubach creek blue schist ist digged
- 1863: first kermis in Melsbach, first calling of the regional wine "Melsbacher Goldberg"
- 1865: year of the foundation of the Burschenverein Melsbach
- 1907: Foundation of the Auxiliary Fire Brigade
Sources
- Albert Hardt, Im Wiedischen Land, Rengsdorf 1989 – Geschichte der Orte in der Verbandsgemeinde Rengsdorf; therein: Melsbach und seine Geschichte, page 377 ff.