Sargenroth
Encyclopedia
Sargenroth 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
.
, between the Simmerbach valley and the Soonwald, a heavily wooded section of the west-central Hunsrück, roughly 8 km east of Kirchberg
and 5 km south of Simmern. Sargenroth’s highest elevation is the Wildburghöhe, 629 m above sea level
.
After 1706, the name was usually spelt with a G. The rootword is the Old High German
rod and the Middle High German
rot, meaning a place made tillable by clearing, or simply a clearing. The qualifier Sargen— might well go back to somebody named Saricho. Thus, the name would originally have meant “Saricho’s Clearing”.
There is a further idea, propounded by several people named at the source given here, that the name might once have been associated with a convent.
confirmed Tholey Abbey
’s holdings. These had already been quite rich, but had been confined to the Abbey’s immediate area, Hermeskeil
and Baumholder
, but now some outlying holdings came its way, among them Sargenroth. The document mentions “lands in the village of Sargenhrucha”. Further documentary mentions are as follows:
Beginning in 1750, the current spelling became the norm in the church books.
The village belonged in the Middle Ages
to the court district of the Nunkirch (church) and was thereby under the Ravengiersburg provost’s authority. In 1408, the Ravengiersburg holdings passed along with Sargenroth to the Counts Palatine, and then in 1410 to the newly created Duchy of Simmern
, which in 1566 introduced the Reformation
. In 1673, the village passed back to Electoral Palatinate. Beginning in 1794, Sargenroth 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
.
at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
The municipality’s arms
might in English heraldic
language be described thus: Sable a bendlet sinister Or between a lion rampant sinister of the second armed and langued gules and a fess of the second couped at the bendlet sinister.
Sargenroth lay in the Ravengiersburg provost’s area of authority. The gold lion refers to the Dukes of Simmern and the Counts Palatine of the Rhine, who were the Vögte
and the landholders. Duke George of Simmern secularized
the monastery. Beginning in the 18th century, the Schultheiß
erei of Ravengiersburg-Sargenroth bore the lion as a charge
in its seal. The gold fess (horizontal stripe) on the black field is the arms once borne by the Barons of Wiltberg, the owners of the Wildburg (castle
) in the Soonwald (within Sargenroth’s limits). In 1486, they sold their last holding to Count Palatine John I of Simmern.
The arms have been borne since 9 September 1976.
’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
s, between the Nunkirche and the Bismarck Tower, is where the traditional Nunkircher Markt (market) is held each September. On the Sunday before the market, there is also a festival, the Gau Bergfest, staged by the Turngau Hunsrück (regional organization of the German Gymnastic Association).
-Soonwald-Radweg (cycle path) runs between the village and the Soonwald.
Municipalities of Germany
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belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district
Districts of Germany
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) 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
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. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Simmern
Simmern (Verbandsgemeinde)
Simmern is a Verbandsgemeinde in the Rhein-Hunsrück district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Its seat is in Simmern.The Verbandsgemeinde Simmern consists of the following Ortsgemeinden :...
, whose seat is in the like-named town
Simmern
Simmern is a town of 8,000 inhabitants in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the district seat of the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, and the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde...
.
Location
The municipality lies in the central HunsrückHunsrück
The Hunsrück is a low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the river valleys of the Moselle , the Nahe , and the Rhine . The Hunsrück is continued by the Taunus mountains on the eastern side of the Rhine. In the north behind the Moselle it is continued by the Eifel...
, between the Simmerbach valley and the Soonwald, a heavily wooded section of the west-central Hunsrück, roughly 8 km east of Kirchberg
Kirchberg, Rhein-Hunsrück
-History:Archaeological finds make it clear that by 400 BC, the Treveri, a people of mixed Celtic and Germanic stock, from whom the Latin name for the city of Trier, Augusta Treverorum, is also derived, had settled here...
and 5 km south of Simmern. Sargenroth’s highest elevation is the Wildburghöhe, 629 m above sea level
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
.
Neighbouring municipalities
Name
The placename ending —roth denotes the location of a clearing made for expanding fields or for settling. The name “Sargenroth” is recorded in the following spellings over the ages:
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After 1706, the name was usually spelt with a G. The rootword is the Old High German
Old High German
The term Old High German refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century, and some treat the period before 750 as 'prehistoric' and date the start of...
rod and the Middle High German
Middle High German
Middle High German , abbreviated MHG , is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350. It is preceded by Old High German and followed by Early New High German...
rot, meaning a place made tillable by clearing, or simply a clearing. The qualifier Sargen— might well go back to somebody named Saricho. Thus, the name would originally have meant “Saricho’s Clearing”.
There is a further idea, propounded by several people named at the source given here, that the name might once have been associated with a convent.
History
On 18 May 1276, Sargenroth had its first documentary mention when Pope Innocent VPope Innocent V
Pope Blessed Innocent V , born Pierre de Tarentaise, was Pope from January 21 to June 22, 1276.He was born around 1225 near Moûtiers in the Tarentaise region of the County of Savoy, then part of the Kingdom of Arles in the Holy Roman Empire, but now in southeastern France...
confirmed Tholey Abbey
Tholey Abbey
Tholey Abbey in Tholey, in the district of Sankt Wendel in Saarland, is a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Maurice. It is part of the Beuronese Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation.-History:...
’s holdings. These had already been quite rich, but had been confined to the Abbey’s immediate area, Hermeskeil
Hermeskeil
Hermeskeil is a town in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Hunsrück, approx. 25 km southeast of Trier...
and Baumholder
Baumholder
Baumholder is a town in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, in the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France...
, but now some outlying holdings came its way, among them Sargenroth. The document mentions “lands in the village of Sargenhrucha”. Further documentary mentions are as follows:
- 27 October 1346 – Sir Friedrich Valysen of Leyen was enfeoffed by Archbishop Baldwin with the tithes from Simmern, including those from Sarchenraid.
- About 1400 – The tithes from Simmern also included Sarchenroth.
- 5 March 1550 – The Archbishop of MainzMainzMainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
had the parish of Sargenrot visited. - 1600 – The description of the villages under the Ravengiersburg provost’s authority named Sarchert.
- 3 July 1728 – The inspector’s acts named the village Sarchenroth.
Beginning in 1750, the current spelling became the norm in the church books.
The village belonged in the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
to the court district of the Nunkirch (church) and was thereby under the Ravengiersburg provost’s authority. In 1408, the Ravengiersburg holdings passed along with Sargenroth to the Counts Palatine, and then in 1410 to the newly created Duchy of Simmern
Palatinate-Simmern
Palatinate-Simmern was one of the collateral lines of the Palatinate line of the House of Wittelsbach.The Palatinate line of the House of Wittelsbach was divided into four lines after the death of Rupert III in 1410, including the line of Palatinate-Simmern with its capital in Simmern. This line...
, which in 1566 introduced the Reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
. In 1673, the village passed back to Electoral Palatinate. Beginning in 1794, Sargenroth lay under 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...
rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
at the Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars,...
. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state
States of Germany
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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 ....
.
Municipal council
The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by majority votePlurality voting system
The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...
at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Coat of arms
The German blazon reads: Schild durch goldene linke Schrägleiste geteilt; oben in Schwarz schreitender, goldener Löwe, unten goldener Balken in Schwarz.The municipality’s arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
might in English heraldic
Heraldry
Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"...
language be described thus: Sable a bendlet sinister Or between a lion rampant sinister of the second armed and langued gules and a fess of the second couped at the bendlet sinister.
Sargenroth lay in the Ravengiersburg provost’s area of authority. The gold lion refers to the Dukes of Simmern and the Counts Palatine of the Rhine, who were the Vögte
Vogt
A Vogt ; plural Vögte; Dutch voogd; Danish foged; ; ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus) in the Holy Roman Empire was the German title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice...
and the landholders. Duke George of Simmern secularized
Secularization
Secularization is the transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious values and secular institutions...
the monastery. Beginning in the 18th century, the Schultheiß
Schultheiß
In medieval Germany, the Schultheiß was the head of a municipality , a Vogt or an executive official of the ruler.As official it was...
erei of Ravengiersburg-Sargenroth bore the lion as a charge
Charge (heraldry)
In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon . This may be a geometric design or a symbolic representation of a person, animal, plant, object or other device...
in its seal. The gold fess (horizontal stripe) on the black field is the arms once borne by the Barons of Wiltberg, the owners of the Wildburg (castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
) in the Soonwald (within Sargenroth’s limits). In 1486, they sold their last holding to Count Palatine John I of Simmern.
The arms have been borne since 9 September 1976.
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-PalatinateRhineland-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 ....
’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
- EvangelicalEvangelical Church in GermanyThe Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 22 Lutheran, Unified and Reformed Protestant regional church bodies in Germany. The EKD is not a church in a theological understanding because of the denominational differences. However, the member churches share full pulpit and altar...
parish church, Hauptstraße 66, north of Sargenroth on the Rochusfeld – so-called Nunkirche; quire tower and parts of the nave wall, 12th century, conversion and extension 1745; whole complex of buildings with graveyard - Bismarckturm (“Bismarck Tower”) – quarrystone building with round pillars, about 1900
- Wildburg castle ruin – keepKeepA keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep, but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residences, used as a refuge of last resort should the rest of the...
, possibly 13th or 14th century; lower part of the yard with wall
Regular events
The Rochusfeld, covered with rare orchidOrchidaceae
The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...
s, between the Nunkirche and the Bismarck Tower, is where the traditional Nunkircher Markt (market) is held each September. On the Sunday before the market, there is also a festival, the Gau Bergfest, staged by the Turngau Hunsrück (regional organization of the German Gymnastic Association).
Tourism
There is a youth hostel in Sargenroth. The SchinderhannesSchinderhannes
Johannes Bückler , nicknamed Schinderhannes, was a German outlaw who orchestrated one of the most fascinating crime sprees in German history. He was born at Miehlen, the son of Johann and Anna Maria Bückler. He began an apprenticeship to a tanner, but turned to petty theft. At 16 he was arrested...
-Soonwald-Radweg (cycle path) runs between the village and the Soonwald.