Weidenbach, Vulkaneifel
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Location of Weidenbach within Vulkaneifel district
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| Coordinates: 50°7′43.47″N 6°42′33.85″E / 50.1287417°N 6.7094028°ECoordinates: 50°7′43.47″N 6°42′33.85″E / 50.1287417°N 6.7094028°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Vulkaneifel | |
| Municipal assoc. | Daun | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Herbert Theisen | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 10.73 km2 (4.14 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 475 m (1,558 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 251 | |
| • Density | 23/km2 (61/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 54570 | |
| Dialling codes | 06599 | |
| Vehicle registration | DAU | |
Weidenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun, whose seat is in the like-named town. In Weidenbach, a Moselle Franconian dialect is spoken.
The municipality lies in the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth. Weidenbach lies on the river Salm.
On 17 October 1016, Weidenbach had its first documentary mention under the name Witenbuoch in a document from Emperor Heinrich II in which he confirmed to Abbot of Prüm Urold holdings in Weidenbach (Witenbuoch), Stadtfeld (Stadefelt) and Ließem (Liudesheim). The holdings served to support the collegiate church at Prüm that Urold endowed that same year.
Centuries later, the Lords of Pyrmont were enfeoffed with, among other holdings, Weidenbach by Archbishop of Trier Johann II in 1457. In 1460, the Archbishop also took Weidenbach under his protection. In 1565, Count Diedrich I of Manderscheid-Kayl was enfeoffed with Weidenbach.
In 1794, just before the French Revolutionary Wars, Weidenbach belonged to the court district of Ober-Stadtfeld in the Amt of Manderscheid. The lordship was held by the collegiate foundation B. M. V. (beatae Mariae virginis – “the Blessed Virgin Mary’s”, or “of the Blessed Virgin Mary” in Latin), which, however, drew little in the way of income from its holding, and then only on Saint Andrew’s Day (November 30).
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