Liebshausen

Liebshausen 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 Simmern-Rheinböllen, whose seat is in Simmern.

Liebshausen
Coat of arms
Location of Liebshausen within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Liebshausen
Liebshausen
Coordinates: 50°2′00″N 7°37′50″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.Simmern-Rheinböllen
Government
 • MayorMartina Schön
Area
 • Total5.85 km2 (2.26 sq mi)
Elevation
460 m (1,510 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total497
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55494
Dialling codes06764
Vehicle registrationSIM
Websitewww.liebshausen.de
Antoniushalle, Liebshausen

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück roughly 4 km northwest of Rheinböllen and 10 km west-southwest of the Rhine at Bacharach. Liebshausen lies just west of the Autobahn A 61. The municipal area measures 548 ha, of which 5 ha is wooded.[2]

History

In 1006, Liebshausen had its first documentary mention on the occasion of a church consecration in Mörschbach. Beginning in 1794, Liebshausen lay under French rule. In 1814 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.

Liebshausen was said in the late 18th century to be a favourite hideout among robbers and horse thieves. It was here that the robber Philipp Ludwig Mosebach (“Jäger-Philipp”, Jäger being German for “hunter” or “rifleman”), a clergyman’s ne’er-do-well son and the leader of the Hunsrück-Bande, a lawless gang, stayed. Mosebach was eventually put to death in Koblenz.[3] The notorious outlaw Johannes Bückler, or “Schinderhannes”, to use the nickname by which he is best known, came early on in his career of lawlessness to Liebshausen, where he was wounded in a brawl at an inn when somebody fired a shotgun at him.

Population development

What follows is a table of population figures for Liebshausen from selected years since the Congress of Vienna (at 31 December each time):

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1815 260—    
1835 371+42.7%
1871 356−4.0%
1905 352−1.1%
1939 400+13.6%
1950 411+2.8%
1961 378−8.0%
YearPop.±%
1965 358−5.3%
1970 424+18.4%
1975 369−13.0%
1980 345−6.5%
1985 334−3.2%
1987 345+3.3%
1990 342−0.9%
YearPop.±%
1995 414+21.1%
2000 480+15.9%
2005 523+9.0%
2006 519−0.8%
2009 505−2.7%
Source: Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.[4]

Mayor

Liebshausen’s mayor is Martina Schön.[5]

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Tierced in mantle dexter argent a cross gules, sinister Or an eagle displayed sable armed and langued of the second, and in base azure a bell hanging from its yoke of the first.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[6]

  • Saint Anthony the Hermit’s Catholic Church (branch church; Filialkirche Hl. Antonius Eremit), Hauptstraße 10 – 1821–1825, architect Royal Building Inspector Maeber, thereafter F. Nebel, Koblenz, belltower 1873, new building work on nave 1950; in the quire a Crucifix, Body of Christ from early 17th century
  • Hauptstraße 9 – former inn “Caspar”; timber-frame building, partly solid or slated, mid 19th century

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2019, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2020.
  2. Liebshausen’s municipal area Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Peter Bayerlein: Schinderhannes-Ortslexikon; Mainz-Kostheim 2003; S. 139
  4. Municipal election results for Liebshausen
  5. Liebshausen’s mayor Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district
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