Waldems
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Location of Waldems within Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district
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| Coordinates: 50°15′N 08°20′E / 50.250°N 8.333°ECoordinates: 50°15′N 08°20′E / 50.250°N 8.333°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Hesse | |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt | |
| District | Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Werner Scherf | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 36.68 km2 (14.16 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 398 m (1,306 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 5,155 | |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 65529 | |
| Dialling codes | 06126, 06087, 06082 | |
| Vehicle registration | RÜD | |
| Website | www.gemeinde-waldems.de | |
Waldems is a community in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. The community’s administrative seat is Waldems-Esch.
Waldems lies in the Taunus in a widely wooded setting at the northwest foot of the Feldberg massif at 250 to 629.3 m above sea level, giving the community the district’s highest point, an unnamed spot 1 km east of the constituent community of Wüstems.
Waldems is the easternmost community in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis and borders in the northeast on the community of Weilrod, in the east on the community of Schmitten, in the southeast on the community of Glashütten (all three in the Hochtaunuskreis), in the south and west on the town of Idstein (Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis) and in the northwest on the town of Bad Camberg (Limburg-Weilburg).
The community’s six Ortsteile are Bermbach, Esch (administrative seat), Niederems (with Reinborn), Reichenbach, Steinfischbach and Wüstems.
Although traces of settlement go far back, the current places in the community go back to clearing in Frankish times.
The first of the constituent communities to have a documentary mention was Bermbach, which was named as Barenbach in a document from the Lorsch codex in 772. For many centuries this was borderland; the Limes ran nearby, and later, the Electoral Mainz’s, Hesse’s and Nassau’s spheres of influence all came up against each other here. From 1276 to 1570 the village was bound to the noble family of the Lords of Bermbach. Later, Bermbach was mentioned in connection with the persecution of witches and the legendary Schinderhannes (1801).
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