Korweiler

Korweiler
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Korweiler within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Korweiler Korweiler
Coordinates:50°6′30″N7°24′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Kastellaun
Government
•Mayor(2019–24)	Georg Wagner
Area
• Total	2.43 km2(0.94 sq mi)
Elevation	340 m (1,120 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	79
• Density	33/km2(84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00(CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00(CEST)
Postal codes	56288
Dialling codes	06762
Vehicle registration	SIM

Korweileris anOrtsgemeinde– amunicipalitybelonging to aVerbandsgemeinde,a kind of collective municipality – in theRhein-Hunsrück-Kreis(district) inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany.It belongs to theVerbandsgemeindeof Kastellaun,whose seat is in thelike-named town.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the northernHunsrückon a ridge east of the Dünnbach valley.

Saint Bartholomew’s Chapel

Korweiler is a typical bunched village, which has gathered itself around itsCatholicchurch. Built in 1907 with a single nave, theBartholomäuskapelle(Saint Bartholomew’s Chapel) is consecrated toBartholomew the Apostle.

History

The oldest evidence of settlers in the area comes from earlyLa Tène times.In 1939 and 1940, while cross-country paths were being built,Iron Agesettlement groups were unearthed. Going by theceramicsthat were found then, the settlements are about 2,400 years old and belong to the later Hunsrück-Eifel Culture. No further investigations were undertaken at the time – it was, after all, during theSecond World War– but it is quite likely that Iron Age houses once stood here.

The village that stands now had its first documentary mention in 1307 asCorwilre.According to the document, Sibodo von Schmidtberg donated his holdings inCorwilreto the Kumbd Convent, to which an estate,serfsand income in the village belonged in the centuries that followed and on into early modern times.

While Korweiler might have belonged beginning in theLate Middle Agesor early modern times to the Lordship of Waldeck andWaldeck Castle,the village held a special place within the Lordship owing to the Kumbd properties and rights. Nevertheless, the family Boos zu Waldeck long held “patronage money” (German:Schirmgeld), that is to say, the Kumbd Convent’s rights and income. The Lordship of Waldeck was by the 16th century independent of theEmpireand comprised not only the castle lands but also the villages ofDorweiler,Mannebachand Korweiler as well as the forsaken village of Hausen nearBeltheim.Even though the village belonged to the Lordship of Waldeck, all Korweiler’s inhabitants were said to beWillibrordskinder( “Willibrord’s children” ), meaning that originally, they belonged to a fief of Saint Willibrord’s Abbey inEchternach.Given this tangle of allegiances and ownership rights, there were time and again disagreements with the Knights of Waldeck, leading to conflicts and compromises all the way to theReichskammergericht.

In 1711, most of the village, along with the Kumbd hereditary estate, burnt down and had to be built over again. This is why Korweiler has so few buildings that date any further back than the 18th century.

In 1793, the region was occupied byFrench Revolutionarytroops and assigned to theDepartmentofRhin-et-Moselle,making itFrenchuntil theCongress of Viennain 1815. The Congress rearranged Europe’s post-Napoleonic political map, putting Korweiler in the Kingdom ofPrussia,and locally in theRhine Province.Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly foundedstateofRhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected bymajority voteat the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Mayor

Korweiler’s mayor is Georg Wagner.

Coat of arms

The municipality’sarmsmight be described thus: Gules an abbot’s staff Or, the shaft sable, bendwise sinister surmounted by three arming buckles bottony conjoined in bend sans tongues argent.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites inRhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:

• Saint Bartholomew’sCatholicChurch (Kirche St. BartholomäusorBartholomäuskapelle), Dorfstraße 30 –Baroque Revivalaisleless church,1907; before the church asandstonecross, marked 1914
• Dorfstraße 1 –timber-frameQuereinhaus(a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street), partly solid, 19th century
• Dorfstraße 10 – timber-frameQuereinhaus,partly solid or slated, 19th century; whole complex of buildings
• Dorfstraße 11 – timber-frameQuereinhaus,partly solid, possibly from the 18th century; whole complex of buildings with barn

Dialect

The region’sMoselle Franconiandialect is still spoken by a majority of the inhabitants, although the number of those who still actively use the dialect is shrinking.

Regular events

Once each year, the municipality comes together at theGemeindetag( “Municipal Day” ) at the formerschool,a typical brick building, to eat, drink and chat.

External links

• Korweiler in the collective municipality’s webpages(in German)