Trechtingshausen

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Trechtingshausen

Location of Trechtingshausen within Mainz-Bingen district

Coordinates: 50°0′48″N 7°50′51″E / 50.01333°N 7.84750°ECoordinates: 50°0′48″N 7°50′51″E / 50.01333°N 7.84750°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Herbert Palmes (SPD)

Area

• Total

8.22 km² (3.17 sq mi)

Elevation

97 m (318 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

1,037

• Density

130/km² (330/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

55413

06721

Website

www.trechtingshausen.de

Trechtingshausen (formerly also Trechtlingshausen) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds. Since 2003, Trechtingshausen has been part of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Trechtingshausen lies between Koblenz and Bingen right in the upper Rhine Gorge. It is found on the northeast slope of the Bingen Forest (Binger Wald). Near Trechtingshausen the Morgenbach flows into the Rhine.

The Chronicler told of the Castrum Trajani (“Trajan’s Castrum”) in Roman times.

In Frankish times, Trechtingshausen belonged to the lower Nahegau (a county). Row graves from this time have been unearthed by building work. At the time of the municipality’s first documentary mention in 1122, its name was given as Drodingishusen, and then in 1135 Drohtenhusen, in 1328 Dreieckshusen and in 1335 Drechlingshusen.

From the 1135 documents comes the information that Trechtingshausen in the “parish of Saint Clement” was under the ownership of Kornelimünster Abbey near Aachen. Because it was so far away, the monastery appointed knights (Vögte) as bailiffs and protectors. They had their seat at Reichenstein Castle. Over time, though, the knights sank into turpitude, becoming nothing more than robbers.

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