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View of Kirchberg from the rest area

View of Kirchberg from the rest area

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View of Kirchberg from the rest area

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Location: Kirchberg, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. View of Idarkopf loop from Kirchberg

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2. View of Idarkopf loop from Nieder Kostenz

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3. Picnic Area Under the Oak loop from Kirchberg

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August 23, 2021

Kirchberg - oldest town in the Hunsrück - part 1

Kirchberg, the oldest town in the Hunsrück, looks back on a long past. Celts, Romans, Franks and later the counts and princes of the Middle Ages, the Counts of Sponheim and the Margraves of Baden have left their mark here. Kirchberg today has around 4,000 inhabitants and is the seat of the municipal administration of the same name. Litter finds from the Neolithic indicate an early settlement. Visible evidence of this time are the many barrows in the vicinity. Around 50 BC The Romans advanced from Gaul to the Rhine. When the Roman poet Decimus Magnus Ausonius traveled from Bingen via Kirchberg to Trier in AD 368 and in his poetic description “Mosella * mentioned the place Dumnissus (today's Kirchberg-Denzen), he could not have guessed that he was doing it would leave the oldest surviving evidence of a Roman settlement on the plateaus of the Hunsrück. Kirchberg, which is first mentioned in 1127 as "Chiriperg", has been in the possession of the Kreuznach line of the Counts of Sponheim since 1248. Since then, the historical development of the city has been closely linked to the Sponheimers and their heirs. In 1259 Kirchberg received city rights. The medieval city was surrounded by a tower-reinforced wall with a moat and rampart, the course of which is still visible from a bird's eye view. In 1689 French troops destroyed the city and its fortifications. In 1708 the office of Kirchberg fell to Baden. Kirchberg became the administrative seat of the new Badisches Oberamt, which existed until the French revolutionary army marched in in 1794. Source: Text information board

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August 23, 2021

Kirchberg - Älteste Stadt im Hunsrück - Teil 2

Der Marktplatz bildet seit dem späten Mittelalter den räumlichen Mittelpunkt der Stadt. Die historischen Häuser in seiner Umgebung stammen aus dem 17. und 18. Jahrhundert. Das Ensemble dieser rechteckigen Platzanlage gilt als bedeutendes Beispiel barocker Platzgestaltung im ländlichen Raum. Das „Haus Weber“, erbaut in der ersten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts, fällt auf durch sein reiches symmetrisches Fachwerk und den 1698 ergänzten fünfseitigen Erker. Im innern finden sich noch Teile eines barocken Treppenhauses und einige sogenannte „Kölner Decken“. Das Rathaus, 1746 unter Verwendung von Teilen des Vorgängerbaus aus dem 17. Jahrhunderts errichtet, beherrscht den Platz durch seine Ausmaße und die strenge Architektur. Im Dachgeschoss ist noch die alte Rathausuhr von 1896 sichtbar in einem großen Glasgehäuse erhalten und steuert das Zifferblatt an der Stirnseite des Rathauses. Die „Schwanen-Apotheke“ östlich des Rathauses ist ein Beispiel für Fachwerkhäuser des 17. Jahrhunderts. In der streng symmetrisch angeordneten Fassade, mit dem doppelt geschweiften Giebel, befinden sich unter den Fenstern zum Marktplatz hin Konsolköpfe. Diese wurden ebenso wie die reich geschnitzten Fensterumrahmungen nach Art der „Fränkischen Erker” erst später ergänzt. Das erste nachweisbare Privileg für eine Apotheke in Kirchberg wurde 1752 durch Ludwig Georg, Markgraf von Baden, erteilt. Damit ist die Kirchberger Apotheke die älteste auf dem Hunsrück. Auf der Südseite des Marktplatzes wurde 1753 die ehemalige Badische Försterei (Hauptstraße 17) erbaut. Es ist auch das Geburtshaus des berühmten Reitergenerals Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn (1778-1845). Die angrenzende Badische Gendarmerie (Hauptstraße 19) mit spätbarocker Wandgestaltung, wurde nach 1750 erbaut. Im Durchgang der linken Arkade steht die lebensgroße Figur des hl. Johann Nepomuk. Während der Badischen Zeit blühte das Marktwesen in Kirchberg auf, was durch ein eigenes Kirchberger Fruchtmaß belegt ist. In keinem Ort des Hunsrücks fanden so häufig und so gut besuchte Handelsmärkte statt wie im alten Kirchberg. Dass es dabei oft lebhaft zuging, ist vorstellbar, gab es doch im Städtchen zeitweise mehr als 20 Wirtschaften und fünf Brauereien. Quelle: Text Infotafel

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August 23, 2021

Church of St. Michael

The Catholic Church of St, Michael is the historically most important and probably also the oldest church on the Hunsrück. At the end of the 15th century, a total of 51 places belonged to the extensive parish district. The excavations carried out in 1967/68 showed that today's late Gothic hall church from the 15th century had three stone predecessor buildings (8th-11th centuries). Their foundations have been partially exposed under the church floor and can be viewed by arrangement. The round tower on the southwest side (11th century) and the 43m high church tower on the west facade (after 1200) are among the oldest parts of the church. Choir, nave and portal were built in the 15th century. The sandstone pulpit (around 1490) is one of the few pieces of equipment that have been preserved from the time it was built. The high altar made of oak wood is attributed to the Mainz altar art and is one of the most valuable altars in the Hunsrück. The inscription epitaphs from the Simmern workshop of Johann von Trarbach and the grave slab fragment walled in the crypt from the 6th / 7th centuries are of particular interest in terms of art history. Source: Text information board

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