Mermuth

Mermuth
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Mermuth
Location of Mermuth within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Coordinates: 50°10′17″N 7°29′2″E / 50.17139°N 7.48389°E / 50.17139; 7.48389Coordinates: 50°10′17″N 7°29′2″E / 50.17139°N 7.48389°E / 50.17139; 7.48389
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Emmelshausen
Government
• Mayor	Loni Piechaczek
Area
• Total	4.92 km2 (1.90 sq mi)
Elevation	440 m (1,440 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	239
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56283
Dialling codes	06745
Vehicle registration	SIM

Mermuth 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 Emmelshausen, whose seat is in the like-named town.

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück. Mermuth distinguishes itself by its quiet location off any thoroughfare; it can only be reached over a short branch road that leads nowhere else. The municipal area is framed by the two stream valleys each side, the Ehrbach and Baybach valleys, both of which can be reached over pathways from the village. The two entrances into the Ehrbach gorge are especially charming. In a wooded area north of the village stands the mediaeval Rauschenburg, a castle ruin.

Mermuth lies roughly 9.5 km southwest of the Rhine at Boppard and 6 km southsoutheast of the Moselle at Brodenbach. The municipal area measures 490 ha and the municipality’s elevation is 340 m above sea level.

Mermuth may well be one of the Hunsrück’s oldest settlements. The name is traced back to the Celtic words merre (“water”) and munt (“hole”). archaeological finds confirm early settlement.

Beginning in 1794, Mermuth 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.