# Beltheim > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beltheim > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beltheim.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltheim > Source revision: 1325174376 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Beltheim** (ˈbɛlthaɪm) is an *[Ortsgemeinde](/source/Ortsgemeinde_(Germany))* – a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) belonging to a *[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)*, a kind of collective municipality – in the [Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis](/source/Rhein-Hunsr%C3%BCck-Kreis) ([district](/source/Districts_of_Germany)) in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany). It belongs to the [*Verbandsgemeinde* of Kastellaun](/source/Kastellaun_(Verbandsgemeinde)), whose seat is in the [like-named town](/source/Kastellaun). ## Geography ### Location The municipality lies in the central [Hunsrück](/source/Hunsr%C3%BCck). The municipality's main centre, also called Beltheim, is home to just under half its inhabitants and lies on a hilltop some 2 km north of the *Hunsrückhöhenstraße* (“Hunsrück Heights Road”, a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road on [Hermann Göring](/source/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring)’s orders). ### Constituent communities Beltheim’s *[Ortsteile](/source/Ortsteil)*, besides the main, namesake centre, are Frankweiler, Heyweiler, Mannebach, Schnellbach and Sevenich. ## History In 893, Beltheim had its first documentary mention in [Prüm Abbey](/source/Pr%C3%BCm_Abbey)’s directory of holdings, the *Prümer Urbar* as *Beltuom*. Beltheim was the seat of the Beltheim court comprising the following places: Beltheim, [Uhler](/source/Uhler), Mörsdorf, [Lieg](/source/Lieg), Eveshausen, [Dommershausen](/source/Dommershausen), [Lahr, Cochem-Zell](/source/Lahr,_Cochem-Zell), [Buch](/source/Buch,_Rhein-Hunsr%C3%BCck), Mörz, [Zilshausen](/source/Zilshausen) mit Petershäuser Hof, Sabershausen, [Macken](/source/Macken,_Germany) and [Burgen](/source/Burgen,_Mayen-Koblenz). The court originally belonged to the [Electorate of the Palatinate](/source/Electorate_of_the_Palatinate) and the Pellenz Courts. In the 14th century, a half share in the court was held by the [Electorate of Trier](/source/Electorate_of_Trier), while one fourth each was held in fief by the Lords of Braunshorn and the Lords of Waldeck. In 1366, the Waldecks’ fourth share in the court passed to the [Counts of Sponheim](/source/County_of_Sponheim). Beginning in 1794, Beltheim lay under [French](/source/France) rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of [Prussia](/source/Prussia) at the [Congress of Vienna](/source/Congress_of_Vienna). Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded [state](/source/States_of_Germany) of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate). ## Municipal area’s development Today's municipality of Beltheim arose through a merger of the former, smaller Beltheim with the until then self-administering municipalities of Frankweiler, Heyweiler, Mannebach, Schnellbach and Sevenich on 17 March 1974. ## Politics ### Municipal council The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. ### Mayor Beltheim's mayor is Uwe Hammes.[2] Each of the *[Ortsteile](/source/Ortsteil)* is headed by an official bearing the title *Ortsvorsteher*. They are Kornelia Kremer (Beltheim), Willi Görgen (Frankweiler), Mike Schneider (Heyweiler), Wolfgang Wagner (Mannebach), Heidi Gerhard (Schnellbach) and Ewald Braun (Sevenich).[3] ### Coat of arms The German blazon reads: *In gespaltenem, hinten geteiltem Schild vorn in Silber ein durchgehendes rotes Kreuz, hinten und oben ungezählt geschacht von Rot und Silber, unten und hinten drei silberne Hörner (2:1) in Rot.* The municipality's [arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) might in English [heraldic](/source/Heraldry) language be described thus: Per pale argent a cross gules, and per fess chequy of sixteen of the second and first and gules three bugle-horns of the first. The red cross on silver on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side ([Saint George's Cross](/source/St_George's_Cross)) stands for the Electorate of Trier, while on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side, the “chequy” pattern in the same [tinctures](/source/Tincture_(heraldry)), stands for the comital family of Sponheim and the [charge](/source/Charge_(heraldry)) underneath that, the three bugles, also in the same tinctures, comes from the arms formerly borne by the Lords of Braunshorn. ## Culture and sightseeing ### Buildings The following are listed buildings or sites in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate)’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: #### Beltheim (main centre) - [Saint Goar’s](/source/Goar_of_Aquitaine) [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) Church (*Kirche St. Goar*), Kirchstraße 1 – plinth, wayside cross, quire essentially from the 17th century, [aisleless church](/source/Aisleless_church) 1740, conversion and new building 1955-1957; in the rectory garden a [Romanesque](/source/Romanesque_architecture) plinth, possibly from the 13th century; beside the church a [basalt](/source/Basalt) wayside cross, marked 1767 - Hauptstraße 19 – former seat of the “three-lord” court, later rectory; [timber-frame](/source/Timber_framing) house, partly solid, hipped [mansard roof](/source/Mansard_roof), about 1700; shell niche with [Madonna](/source/Madonna_(art)), marked 1760; fountain; barn, 19th century; whole complex of buildings - Hauptstraße 22 – estate complex along the street; timber-frame house, partly slated; timber-frame barn, earlier half of the 19th century - Kirchstraße 11 – timber-frame house, partly solid, earlier half of the 18th century - At Lehnenstraße 11 – timber-frame *Quereinhaus* (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street), partly solid and slated, 19th century, barn; whole complex of buildings - Uhler Weg – quarrystone [chapel](/source/Chapel); marked 1853 - Grave cross, on *[Landesstraße](/source/Landesstra%C3%9Fe)* 215 going towards Frankweiler, near the graveyard – [cast iron](/source/Cast_iron), from the [Rheinböllen](/source/Rheinb%C3%B6llen) ironworks, late 19th century #### Frankweiler - [Saint Maurice](/source/Saint_Maurice)’s Catholic Parish Church (*Pfarrkirche St. Mauritius*), Rhein-Mosel-Straße 36 – [Baroque](/source/Baroque_architecture) aisleless church, 1724, marked 1756 (possibly a conversion), 1875 sacristy addition, 1906/1907 lengthened and remodelled; whole complex of buildings with graveyard - (bei) Im Oberdorf 2 – chapel; plastered aisleless church, 19th century - Im Vogelsang 1 – timber-frame house, partly solid, slated, earlier half of the 19th century; whole complex of buildings with barn - Rhein-Mosel-Straße 15 – building with hipped mansard roof, partly timber-frame slated, first third of the 19th century - Rhein-Mosel-Straße/corner of Zum Wiesentall – cast-iron fountain, from the Rheinböllen ironworks, latter half of the 19th century #### Heyweiler - [Evangelical](/source/Evangelical_Church_in_Germany) church, Hauptstraße 17 – [Baroque Revival](/source/Baroque_Revival_architecture) plastered building, early 20th century; basalt warriors’ memorial; whole complex of buildings with graveyard - Hauptstraße 9 – L-shaped estate; timber-frame house, partly slated, commercial wing, earlier half of the 19th century; whole complex of buildings - Hauptstraße 27 – L-shaped estate; timber-frame house, partly slated, barn, earlier half of the 19th century; whole complex of buildings - At Hauptstraße 39 – [Classicist](/source/Classicism) door, marked 1820 #### Mannebach - [Saint Martin's](/source/Martin_of_Tours) Catholic Church (*Kirche St. Martin*), St.-Martin-Straße 26 – Baroque aisleless church, 1767–1770, quire tower essentially Romanesque; three grave crosses, 1807, 1814 and 1815; tomb slab; graveyard and church whole complex of buildings - St. Martin-Straße 19 – former rectory, later a [school](/source/School); Late Baroque building with hipped mansard roof, marked 1780, garden; whole complex of buildings #### Schnellbach - Kapellenweg – quarrystone *Heiligenhäuschen* (a small, shrinelike structure consecrated to a saint or saints); early 19th century #### Sevenich - [Saint Nicholas](/source/Saint_Nicholas)’s Catholic Church (*Kirche St. Nikolaus*), Lindenstraße 29 – aisleless church, 1723–1725, vestibule marked 1923, sacristy 1949; three grave crosses, 1783, 18th and 19th century; whole complex of buildings with graveyard - Lindenstraße – graveyard; basalt graveyard cross, marked 1844 - Lindenstraße 28 – L-shaped estate; timber-frame house, partly slated, earlier half of the 19th century, timber-frame barn; whole complex of buildings - Lindenstraße 34 – estate complex along the street; timber-frame house, partly slated, half-hipped roof, 18th century, timber-frame barn; whole complex of buildings - Grave crosses on *[Kreisstraße](/source/Kreisstra%C3%9Fe)* 34, south of the village – two cast-iron crosses from the Rheinböllen ironworks, latter half of the 19th century - [Passion](/source/Passion_(Christianity)) Chapel (*Passionskapelle*) on *Kreisstraße* 34, south of the village – small building with hipped roof, marked 1725; wayside cross[4] ## Famous people Josef Lippert (b. 17 January 1888; d. 8 February 1963) was a pedlar known throughout the Vorderhunsrück (“Fore-Hunsrück”), but he was from Beltheim. He always wore several jackets, buttoning or unbuttoning them according to season. He would refer to the weather with such remarks as *“Hout es et wirra ane Jacke källa woar !”* (“It’s got another jacket colder today!”). He was known to everyone as *der Beldemer Lippert* (*Beldemer* being a local form of *Beltheimer*). The best known story about him stems from a “business trip” that he made to [Berlin](/source/Berlin) in the time of the [Third Reich](/source/Nazi_Germany). It is said that, while hawking his stock of [herring](/source/Atlantic_herring), he called out on the street *“Hering, so fett wie de [Göring](/source/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring) !”* (“Herring, as fat as Göring!”), for which he was carted off to prison for eight days. After he was released, he went straight back to his herring hawking, calling out *“Hering, so fett wie die vorig Woch !”* (“Herring, as fat as last week!”). This story is likely apocryphal, as the same or similar stories are told about fish sellers in [Ahlen](/source/Ahlen) and [Koblenz](/source/Koblenz), among others.[5][6] ### Further reading (Josef Lippert) - Ewald Dietrich: *Der Hausierer vom Hunsrück. Aus dem Leben des Josef Lippert.* Simmern 1988 ISBN 3-922929-72-9 - Ortsgemeinde Beltheim (Hg.): *Beltheim im Wandel der Zeit 893–1993. Aus der Geschichte eines Hunsrückdorfes*; Beltheim 1993 - "Hering, so dick wie de Göring", Zeitungsartikel (HunsrückerZeitung?) vom Mittwoch, 20. Februar 1963 ## Further reading - Ortsgemeinde Beltheim (Hg.): *Beltheim im Wandel der Zeit 893–1993. Aus der Geschichte eines Hunsrückdorfes*; Beltheim 1993 ## References 1. [Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis](https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1400000000000.html), Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021. 1. [Beltheim’s council](http://www.beltheim.de/Gemeinde.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202011/http://www.beltheim.de/Gemeinde.htm) July 18, 2011 at the Wayback Machine 1. [Beltheim’s council](http://www.beltheim.de/Gemeinde.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202011/http://www.beltheim.de/Gemeinde.htm) July 18, 2011 at the Wayback Machine 1. [Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district](http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Rhein-Hunsrueck-Kreis.pdf) 1. [Another example](http://www.vorortinahlen.de/werbering-ost/werbering-ost/geschichte-des-werbering-ost/einkaufen-in-der-hansastrasse-um-19351945/) 1. [Yet another example](http://www.arenberg-info.de/htm/K-Weber.htm) ## External links - [Municipality’s official webpage](http://www.beltheim.de/) (in German) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Beltheim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltheim) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltheim?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.