Todenroth

Todenroth
Coat of arms
Todenroth
Location of Todenroth within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Coordinates: 49°58′37″N 7°21′24″E / 49.97694°N 7.35667°E / 49.97694; 7.35667Coordinates: 49°58′37″N 7°21′24″E / 49.97694°N 7.35667°E / 49.97694; 7.35667
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Kirchberg
Government
• Mayor	Hans Dietrich
Area
• Total	1.56 km2 (0.60 sq mi)
Elevation	390 m (1,280 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	85
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55481
Dialling codes	06763
Vehicle registration	SIM

Todenroth 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 Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town.

The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück roughly 5 km northwest of Kirchberg. Todenroth’s municipal area measures 1.56 km², of which 0.36 km² is wooded.

Roman archaeological finds have been unearthed east of the village on the way to Metzenhausen. Two coins (“grand bronze”) are from Antonius Pius’s reign (138-161). The reverse shows a standing woman with the mark SC. Another "grand bronze" coin from Hadrian's reign (117-138). The reverse shows a standing Diana with the SC. In District 1 of the municipal forest, a Roman bronze basin was found. It has a diameter of 24 cm and adornment.

In 1310, Todenroth had its first documentary mention in a taxation register kept by the Counts of Sponheim. In 1312, a document mentioned a man named Kunemann von Todenroth. The 1438 directory of holdings mentioned two Sponheim estates in Todenroth. Beginning in 1794, Todenroth lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. The Evangelical church, a Gothic Revival aisleless church, was built in 1894. Since 1946, Todenroth has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.