Sommerloch is a municipality in the 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 :...

 in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

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, in western Germany

Germany

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administrative region

Regierungsbezirk

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Location

Sommerloch lies northwest of Bad Kreuznach in the vicinity of the Nahe Valley, on the edge of the Soonwalds. The village is surrounded by vineyards. Seven wineries grow about 100 hectares of vines, primarily Riesling grapes. This wine region is not far from the "middle" Rhine River, not far from Bingen and/or Ingelheim.

In the town on Weinbergstraße (Wine Mountain Street)is Saint Aegidius Roman Catholic church built in 1789.

Nearby villages include Saint Katherine (Katharinen), Braunweiler and Wallhausen.

A valley, not a summer hole

In the 1158 Sommerloch was mentioned as managed by the Rupert Monastery of Bingen. Later the location was ruled by the Herrschaft Dalberg.

The name originally referred to the location as being a wet basin or a wet valley. Today the village is situated in a pleasant valley surrounded by hills planted with rows of grapes.

The German newsmedia term Sommerloch refers to a boring time in the summer when news is lacking.

Alternatively, the popular translation of the German word Sommerloch is in English "silly season".

Religion

The population of Sommerloch is mostly Roman Catholic

Catholic

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. There is a single Roman Catholic church in the village.

Council

The Sommerloch council consists of eight council members who worked for the local elections on 7 elected June 2009 in a majority election. The members are voluntary, and the mayor is the chairman.

Business and infrastructure

In the south is the Federal Highway 41. In the nearby town of Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach is the capital of the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located on the Nahe river, a tributary of the Rhine...

 is a station of the railway Bingen-Saarbrücken.

The largest employer of Sommerloch is HUM-Festerbau, a firm that makes and installed glass Windows, doors, garden rooms, metal window shades and similar housing materials.

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