# Halsenbach

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{{Infobox German location
| type              = Ortsgemeinde
| image_coa         = DEU Halsenbach COA.svg
| coordinates       = {{coord|50.17606|7.5506|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| image_plan        = Halsenbach in SIM.svg
| state             = Rheinland-Pfalz
| district          = Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
| Verbandsgemeinde  = Hunsrück-Mittelrhein
| elevation         = 410
| area              = 9.89
| postal_code       = 56283
| area_code         = 06747
| licence           = SIM
| Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 40 045
| divisions         = 4 
| website           =
| mayor             = Rita Lenz<ref name=mayor>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1400000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.</ref>
| leader_term       = 2019&ndash;24
| party             =
}}
'''Halsenbach''' ({{IPA|de|ˈhalzn̩bax}}) is an {{lang|de|[Ortsgemeinde](/source/Ortsgemeinde_(Germany))}} – a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) belonging to a {{lang|de|[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'' [Hunsrück-Mittelrhein](/source/Hunsr%C3%BCck-Mittelrhein), whose seat is in [Emmelshausen](/source/Emmelshausen).

==Geography==

===Location===
The municipality lies in the [Hunsrück](/source/Hunsr%C3%BCck) about 2&nbsp;km north of [Emmelshausen](/source/Emmelshausen) and roughly 7&nbsp;km west of the [Rhine](/source/Rhine). The municipality's area is 1&nbsp;003&nbsp;ha and its elevation is 410&nbsp;m above [sea level](/source/sea_level).<ref>[http://www.emmelshausen.de/vg_emmelshausen/Gemeinden/Halsenbach/ Geographical figures]</ref>

===Constituent communities===
Three outlying communities belong to Halsenbach named Ehr, Ehrerheide and Mermicherhof.

==History==
During building work on the [Autobahn](/source/Autobahn) [A&nbsp;61](/source/Bundesautobahn_61) ([Ludwigshafen](/source/Ludwigshafen)-[Koblenz](/source/Koblenz)), an [Iron Age](/source/Iron_Age) burying ground was unearthed, and in 1971 a [dig](/source/Excavation_(archaeology)) was conducted there. The burying ground itself is a group of 13 individual [barrows](/source/Tumulus) arranged along a trail leading across the Hunsrück and in places the heights along the Rhine, which was expanded in [Roman](/source/Ancient_Rome) times. For some of the cremations, the barrow was raised right over the charred funeral pyre. Among the [grave goods](/source/grave_goods) that were worthiest of note were an open-worked belthook and an iron belt ring. The [ceramics](/source/ceramic_art) that were preserved, among them a [thrown](/source/Pottery) clay bottle, date the burying ground to the later Hunsrück-Eifel Culture (eras IIA to IIB), or the second fourth of the 5th century BC to the earlier half of the 3rd century BC.

In the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages), the village belonged to the ''Gallenscheider Gericht'' (“Gallenscheid Court”) and thereby, beginning in the 14th century, to the [Electorate of Trier](/source/Electorate_of_Trier). Beginning in 1794, Halsenbach 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).

Halsenbach lies almost on the ''Hunsrückbahn''. When this [railway](/source/railway) was built about 1900, though, “Halsenbach [Station](/source/railway_station)” was built so far from the village that a new village quickly sprang up there. Since then, the amalgamation of the outlying centre of Ehr has put Halsenbach itself on the line, and it now has its own station.

==Politics==

===Municipal council===
The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by [majority vote](/source/Plurality_voting_system) at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.<ref>[http://www.wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/1400204500.html Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat]</ref>

===Mayor===
Halsenbach's mayor is Rita Lenz.<ref name=mayor/>

===Coat of arms===
thumb|left|Halsenbach's arms with tinctures
The German blazon reads: ''Das Wappen zeigt in Blau einen golden bekleideten Bischof, wachsend hinter einem roten Schild, darin ein silberner Balken.''

The municipality's [arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) might in English [heraldic](/source/Heraldry) language be described thus: Azure in base an inescutcheon gules charged with a fess argent, standing behind which a bishop proper vested and mitred Or holding in his dexter hand a book and in his sinister a bishop's staff sable.

The rendition of the arms shown in this section was assembled from the black-and-white version shown at the head of the article with [tincture](/source/tincture_(heraldry))s as prescribed by the German blazon. However, this blazon does not prescribe tinctures for the bishop's staff, book (presumably a Bible) or skin. The first two have been rendered sable (black) and the last “proper” (that is, in natural colour), as this is likely what was intended.

The bishop who stands as the main [charge](/source/charge_(heraldry)) in these arms is [Saint Lambert](/source/Lambert_of_Maastricht), to whom the village church, built in 1712 and 1713, is consecrated. The [inescutcheon](/source/inescutcheon) with the fess goes back to a seal used by the ''Schöffen'' (roughly “lay jurists”) until the late 18th century and thereby refers to Halsenbach's history as the seat of the “Gallscheid Court”.<ref>[http://www.emmelshausen.de/vg_emmelshausen/Gemeinden/Halsenbach/ Description and explanation of Halsenbach’s arms]</ref>

==Culture and sightseeing==

===Buildings===
The following are listed buildings or sites in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate)’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:<ref>[http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Rhein-Hunsrueck-Kreis.pdf Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district]</ref>

====Halsenbach====
* [Saint Lambert’s](/source/Lambert_of_Maastricht) Church (''Kirche St. Lambertus''), Hinter dem Rathaus 1 – [aisleless church](/source/aisleless_church), 1758-1759, architect A. Seiz, expansion 1835-1838, north side nave [chapel](/source/chapel) 1896, reconstruction 1923, expansion 1960–62, architect O. Vogel, earlier building’s tower and portal, marked 1713; at the quire a [Baroque](/source/Baroque_architecture) crucifix; whole complex of buildings with rectory
* Ehrer Straße – graveyard; [basalt](/source/basalt) cross, Baroque [Body of Christ](/source/Body_of_Christ); [basalt grave cross](/source/basalt_grave_cross), 1750
* At Hinter dem Rathaus 2 – [wrought-iron](/source/Wrought_iron) cross, 18th century
* ''[Hunsrückbahn](/source/Hunsr%C3%BCckbahn)'' (monumental zone) – section of the [railway](/source/railway) line built in 1906-1908, one of the Prussian State Railway’s steepest lines.
* On ''Kreisstraße'' (District Road) 110, northeast of the village – ''Dörther Brücke''; three-arch [sandstone](/source/sandstone)-block bridge, 1908

====Ehr====
* Im Hof 3 – [timber-frame](/source/Timber_framing) house, partly solid, 19th century, addition 19th century

====Mermicherhof====
* Railway bridge, on ''Kreisstraße'' 112 going towards [Kratzenburg](/source/Kratzenburg) – stone bridge on the ''Hunsrückbahn''

==Economy and infrastructure==

===Transport===
A good kilometre northeast of [Emmelshausen](/source/Emmelshausen), where the bypass road meets the old alignment 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), District Road K108 branches off to the northwest, leading to Halsenbach, [Ney](/source/Ney%2C_Germany) and Dieler. In the village centre, District Road K110 coming from Ehr meets Hauptstraße (“Main Street”). To the south, through the Preisbach's deep valley, cross-country paths lead to Liesenfeld and the Baunhöller Mühle (mill).

===Established businesses===
There are many businesses in the village. In the former factory spaces that once housed the musical instrument manufacturer [Wersi](/source/Wersi), several businesses are now housed.

==Further reading==
* Hendrik Kelzenberg: ''Das eisenzeitliche Gräberfeld von Halsenbach, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (Bonner Beiträge zur Vor- und Frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie Band 3, hrsg. Helmuth Roth u. Hans-Eckart Joachim)'', Bonn 2004.

==References==
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{{Cities and towns in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district)}}

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Category:Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
Category:Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis

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