Hochstetten-Dhaun

Coordinates: 49°48′3″N 7°30′19″E / 49.80083°N 7.50528°E / 49.80083; 7.50528
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This article is about the municipality containing the constituent communities of Hochstädten and Hochstetten. For the self-administering municipality in the same district, see Hochstätten.
Hochstetten-Dhaun
Municipality
Schloss Dhaun, view from the Kellenbach valley
Schloss Dhaun, view from the Kellenbach valley
Coat of arms of Hochstetten-Dhaun
Coat of arms
Location of Hochstetten-Dhaun within Bad Kreuznach district
Hochstetten-Dhaun is located in Germany
Hochstetten-Dhaun
Hochstetten-Dhaun
Hochstetten-Dhaun is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Hochstetten-Dhaun
Hochstetten-Dhaun
Coordinates: 49°48′3″N 7°30′19″E / 49.80083°N 7.50528°E / 49.80083; 7.50528
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBad Kreuznach
Municipal assoc.Kirner Land
Subdivisions5
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Hans Helmut Döbell[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total12.61 km2 (4.87 sq mi)
Elevation
190 m (620 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,603
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55606
Dialling codes06752
Vehicle registrationKH
From left to right: St. Johannisberg, Hochstetten and Hochstädten

Hochstetten-Dhaun is an

Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Kirner Land, whose seat is in the town of Kirn. Hochstetten-Dhaun is a state-recognized recreational community.[3]

Geography

Location

Hochstetten-Dhaun lies in the Nahe valley between the Hunsrück to the north and the Palatinate to the south. By both land area and population, Hochstetten-Dhaun is the second biggest Ortsgemeinde in Kirn-Land.[4]

Neighbouring municipalities

Clockwise from the north, Hochstetten-Dhaun's neighbours are the municipalities of Brauweiler, Simmertal, Merxheim and Meckenbach, the town of Kirn and the municipalities of Oberhausen bei Kirn and Heinzenberg, all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district.

Constituent communities

Hochstetten-Dhaun's

Ortsteile are Hochstetten (north of the Nahe) with the outlying hamlets and homesteads of Karlshof, St. Johannisberg, Waldeck and Waldhof (the Karlshof is one of the last of the old Dhaun estates on the heights north of the Nahe), Hochstädten (south of the Nahe), which until the late 18th century formed a single unit together with Hochstetten (the names are pronounced alike) and Schloss Dhaun, a castle and a hamlet, with the outlying homestead of Heinzenberger Gesellschaftsmühle.[5]

History

The great many

Ortsgemeinde of Hochstetten-Dhaun arose within the framework of municipal restructuring and administrative reform through a voluntary merger of the hitherto three self-administering municipalities of Dhaun (then with 208 inhabitants), Hochstädten (322) and Hochstetten bei Kirn (835) on 7 June 1969.[7][8]

Religion

As at 30 September 2013, there are 1,655 full-time residents in Hochstetten-Dhaun, and of those, 1,062 are

Evangelical (64.169%), 314 are Catholic (18.973%), 1 is Greek Orthodox (0.06%), 1 is Lutheran (0.06%), 1 is Russian Orthodox (0.06%), 37 (2.236%) belong to other religious groups and 239 (14.441%) either have no religion or will not reveal their religious affiliation.[9]

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[10]

Year SPD CDU FWG Total
2009 10 2 4 16 seats
2004 7 2 7 16 seats

Mayor

Hochstetten-Dhaun's mayor is Hans Helmut Döbell (SPD).[1]

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: Schild gespalten, vorne in Grün zwei goldene gekreuzte Hämmer, hinten in Gold ein roter blaubewehrter und -gezungter Löwe.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale vert a hammer and pick per saltire Or and Or a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure.

The charge on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side, the hammer and pick, is the mark of the stone industry in the municipality. The charge on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side, the lion, is a reference to the village's former allegiance to the Waldgraviate-Rhinegraviate. Before their dissolution on 6 June 1969, the former municipalities of Dhaun, Hochstädten and Hochstetten bei Kirn bore their own arms. The council of the newly formed municipality of Hochstetten-Dhaun decided on 8 August 1969 to bear Hochstetten's former arms as the new municipality's heraldic emblem. At a Hochstetten council meeting on 6 July 1964, council had adopted the design that had been put forth by the graphic artist Brust from Kirn-Sulzbach. The Ministry of the Interior in Mainz had then granted approval for Hochstetten to bear its own arms on 15 February 1965. The approval for Hochstetten-Dhaun to bear these same arms was granted on 2 October 1969.[11][12] The municipal banner also bears this coat of arms in the centre.[13]

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[14]

Hochstädten

Hochstetten

  • Evangelical church, Brunnengasse – sandstone-block building, 1864

Schloß Dhaun

  • Evangelical church, Kirner Straße 12 – former comital brewing house, essentially Baroque, 18th century, given Classicist makeover in the early 19th century
  • Castle (monumental zone) – mentioned in 1215 as a castle, expanded in 1729 into a residential castle, torn down in 1804 and years that followed, conversion of outer bailey into an English garden; inner ward complex, ruin of Saint George’s Chapel (Georgskapelle; 1608), upper gateway (1526), north wing (1729, expansion in 1971–1977); reconstructed and altered great hall; two gun turrets; on the ward wall an heraldic lion, 18th century
  • Im Hahn – village fountain, hewn stone, 17th or 18th century
  • Im Hahn 1 – Baroque house with single roof ridge, partly slated, 18th century
  • Im Hahn 17 – Late Baroque timber-frame bungalow, marked 1776
  • Kirner Straße (no number) – communal bakehouse; possibly from the latter half of the 19th century
  • Kirner Straße 2 – Baroque building with half-hip roof, marked 1731; set at a corner across from the castle gateway
  • Neuweg 13 – former Amtshaus (
    Amt seat); Baroque building with mansard roof
    , 1738

St. Johannisberg

  • St. Johannisberg – Evangelical parish church; formerly Saint John the Baptist’s Collegiate Church (Stiftskirche St. Johannes der Täufer), Gothic aisleless church, 1318, tower 1465, quire 1595; old churchyard wall with gateway arch
  • Village core (monumental zone), St. Johannisberg 11, 13 among others – former collegiate church with churchyard, former
    well
    ; bakehouse, possibly from the latter half of the 19th century
  • On Kreisstraße 10 north of the church – bakehouse, possibly from the latter half of the 19th century
  • St. Johannisberg 13 – former Evangelical rectory; Baroque solid building in style of house with single roof ridge, marked 1743

More about the castle

The castle ruin in an engraving by Caspar Scheuren, 1834
Entrance portal from 1850
The buyer: Andreas van Recum (1765-1828)
Prometheus in the Schlosspark

Schloss Dhaun is a

Amt of Kirn-Land and the Bad Kreuznach district. It still owns the Schloss today. Preserved at this mediaeval castle complex now in the area of the upper bailey are ruins of Saint George’s Chapel (St.-Georgskapelle), consecrated in 1661 and the kitchen building as well as two bastions
and the girding wall with defensive towers and a gatehouse. In the west wing, the former palas, the entrance portal is preserved. The building was reconstructed by the Zweckverband, and since 1957 it has housed the Heim-Volkshochschule Schloss Dhaun, a training centre for youths and adults whose scholastic head for many years was the historian Werner Vogt. Also housed at the Schloss since 1991 has been the Kommunalakademie Rheinland-Pfalz, also an educational institution. At the lower bailey, the Bad Kreuznach district maintains at the site of the watchtower a youth training centre, and the great hall is available for celebrations.

Clubs

The following clubs are active in Hochstetten-Dhaun:[15]

  • Angelverein 1974 e.V. — angling club
  • Evangelische Frauenhilfe —
    Evangelical
    women’s aid
  • Förderverein Freiwillige Feuerwehr — volunteer
    fire brigade
    promotional association
  • Förderverein Kindergarten — kindergarten promotional association
  • Förderverein Stiftkirche St. Johannisberg e.V. — Saint John the Baptist’s Collegiate Church promotional association
  • Freie Wählergemeinschaft — Free Voters association
  • Heimvolkshochschule Schloss Dhaun e.V. — folk high school
  • Jagdhornbläsergruppe Hellberg-Kirn — hunting horn blowers’ group
  • Jugendgruppe Hochstetten e.V. “Am Hammer” — youth group
  • Kirchenchor St. Johannisberg — church choir
  • Landfrauenverein Hochstetten — countrywomen's club
  • MGV Hochstädten 1900 — men's singing club
  • Musik- und Unterhaltungsverein 1951 Hochstetten e.V. — music and conversation club
  • Musikverein Schloss Dhaun — music club
  • Seifenkisten-Club — soapbox club
  • Senioren 55+ — seniors’ club
  • Spielvereinigung Hochstetten 1916 — sporting union
  • Turnverein 07 Hochstetten e.V. — gymnastic club
  • TV Schloss Dhaun — gymnastic club
  • VdK Ortsverband — social advocacy group local chapter
  • Wanderfrauen — women's hiking club

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Running through Hochstetten-Dhaun is

railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken
).

Further reading (about the castle)

These works are all in German:

  • Alexander Thon, Stefan Ulrich, Achim Wendt: „… wo trotzig noch ein mächtiger Thurm herabschaut“. Burgen im Hunsrück und an der Nahe. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2013,
    ISBN 978-3-7954-2493-0
    , S. 46–51.
  • Hugo Fröhlich, Walther Zimmermann: Schloss Dhaun. Ein Führer. [Dhaun]: 1957.
  • J. F. Röhrig: Schloss Dhaun. Ein Führer für den Besuch seiner Ruinen. Mendel, Kirn 1906.

References

  1. ^ a b Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 2 August 2021.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
    . 2023.
  3. ^ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Regionaldaten
  4. ^ Size
  5. ^ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Amtliches Verzeichnis der Gemeinden und Gemeindeteile, Seite 15 (PDF; 2,16 MB)
  6. ^ Wilhelm Schneegans: Geschichtliche Bilder und Sagen aus dem Nahethal, Kreuznach: Schmithals, 1878, S. 282(Online bei dilibri)
  7. ^ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis 2006, Seiten 179 und 180 (PDF; 2,5 MB)
  8. ^ History
  9. ^ Religion
  10. ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  11. ^ Statistische Mappen, Verbandsgemeinde Kirn-Land, 2009
  12. ^ Description and explanation of Hochstetten-Dhaun’s arms
  13. ^ Municipal banner
  14. ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Bad Kreuznach district
  15. ^ Clubs

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