Hollnich

Hollnich
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Hollnich
Location of Hollnich within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Coordinates: 50°4′27″N 7°29′17″E / 50.07417°N 7.48806°E / 50.07417; 7.48806Coordinates: 50°4′27″N 7°29′17″E / 50.07417°N 7.48806°E / 50.07417; 7.48806
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Kastellaun
Government
• Mayor	Hans-Peter Christ
Area
• Total	2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	300
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56288
Dialling codes	06762
Vehicle registration	SIM

Hollnich near Kastellaun 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 Hunsrück about 2 km east of Kastellaun. The countryside is hilly with many fields, meadows and woods.

Hollnich’s Ortsteile are the main centre – also called Hollnich – Rothenbusch and Gammelshausen.

The municipality’s name has varied in spelling over time, with the forms Hohlonich, Holonich, Hohlemich, Hohlnich, Kollnig, Holineych, Hulnich and finally Hollnich all known to history. What is not clear to history, however, is the name’s origin. Interpretations range from the designation of a settlement bei der hohlen Eiche (“by the hollow oak”) with unreliable secretaries then corrupting the spelling, to a Germanic-Celtic placename with a typical —ig ending.

In 1310, Hollnich had its first documentary mention, along with several local fiefs, in the Sponheimisches Gefälleregister, a taxation register kept by the County of Sponheim. About 1360, Heinrich the Elder, Lord at Ehrenberg, indicated that he had been enfeoffed with the village of Hollnich by Count Wilhelm von Katzenelnbogen. In the time that followed, Hollnich was mentioned several times in documents in connection with the Ehrenbergs’ ownership matters and taxation obligations, until in 1492, Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse enfeoffed Johann, Vogt of Hunolstein, with the taxes in oats, chickens and money at Hollnich.