Beltheim
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Location of Beltheim within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
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| Coordinates: 50°6′28″N 7°27′45″E / 50.10778°N 7.46250°ECoordinates: 50°6′28″N 7°27′45″E / 50.10778°N 7.46250°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis | |
| Municipal assoc. | Kastellaun | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Uwe Hammes | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 24.85 km2 (9.59 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 440 m (1,440 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 1,950 | |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 56290 | |
| Dialling codes | 06762 | |
| Vehicle registration | SIM | |
| Website | www |
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Beltheim 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 Kastellaun, whose seat is in the like-named town.
The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück. The municipality’s main centre, also called Beltheim, is home to just under half its inhabitants and lies on a hilltop some 2 km north of the Hunsrückhöhenstraße (“Hunsrück Heights Road”, a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road on Hermann Göring’s orders).
Beltheim’s Ortsteile, besides the main, namesake centre, are Frankweiler, Heyweiler, Mannebach, Schnellbach and Sevenich.
In 893, Beltheim had its first documentary mention in Prüm Abbey’s directory of holdings, the Prümer Urbar as Beltuom. Beltheim was the seat of the Beltheim court comprising the following places: Beltheim, Uhler, Mörsdorf, Lieg, Eveshausen, Dommershausen, Lahr, Cochem-Zell, Buch, Mörz, Zilshausen mit Petershäuser Hof, Sabershausen, Macken and Burgen. The court originally belonged to the Electorate of the Palatinate and the Pellenz Courts. In the 14th century, a half share in the court was held by the Electorate of Trier, while one fourth each was held in fief by the Lords of Braunshorn and the Lords of Waldeck. In 1366, the Waldecks’ fourth share in the court passed to the Counts of Sponheim. Beginning in 1794, Beltheim lay under French rule. In 1815 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.
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