# Kisselbach

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{{Infobox German location
| name              = Kisselbach
| image_photo       =
| image_coa         = DEU Kisselbach COA.svg
| coordinates       = {{coord|50|03|08|N|7|36|38|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| image_plan        = Kisselbach in SIM.svg
| state             = Rheinland-Pfalz
| district          = Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
| Verbandsgemeinde  = Simmern-Rheinböllen
| elevation         = 400
| area              = 9.13
| postal_code       = 56291
| area_code         = 06766
| licence           = SIM
| Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 40 068
| website           = {{URL|http://www.kisselbach.org/}}
| mayor             = Christine Düster<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             = 
}}
thumb|Community centre in the middle of the village on the bank of the Simmerbach
thumb|Forest Chapel, southwest of the village
'''Kisselbach''' ({{IPA|de|ˈkɪsl̩bax}}) 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'' [Simmern-Rheinböllen](/source/Simmern-Rheinb%C3%B6llen), whose seat is in [Simmern](/source/Simmern).

==Geography==

===Location===
The municipality lies in the eastern [Hunsrück](/source/Hunsr%C3%BCck) at the foot of the Soonwald, a heavily wooded section of the Hunsrück, and some 15&nbsp;km from the [Rhine](/source/Rhine). The Simmerbach flows through the village. Kisselbach is the northernmost municipality in the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Rheinböllen.

==History==
In 1240, Kisselbach had its first documentary mention and from times of yore it was split by the Simmerbach into two like-named villages, one of which belonged to the [Archbishopric of Trier](/source/Electorate_of_Trier) while the other was held by [Electoral Palatinate](/source/Electoral_Palatinate). Beginning in 1794, both villages lay under [French](/source/France) rule. In 1814, they were assigned to the Kingdom of [Prussia](/source/Prussia) at the [Congress of Vienna](/source/Congress_of_Vienna). The separate administration continued until 1939, when the two municipalities united. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded [state](/source/States_of_Germany) of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate).

===Population development===
The table lists population figures for Kisselbach from selected years since the Congress of Vienna (at 31 December each time):<ref>''Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz''</ref> 
{{historical populations|align=none|cols=3|width=12em
| 1815 | 410
| 1835 | 545
| 1871 | 541
| 1905 | 544
| 1939 | 478
| 1950 | 511
| 1961 | 504
| 1965 | 530
| 1970 | 542
| 1975 | 510
| 1980 | 476
| 1985 | 475
| 1987 | 530
| 1990 | 534
| 1995 | 554
| 2000 | 575
| 2005 | 587
| 2006 | 561
| 2009 | 557
}}

==Politics==

===Municipal council===
The council is made up of 12 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/1400506800.html Municipal election results for Kisselbach]</ref>

===Mayor===
Kisselbach's mayor is Christine Düster.<ref name=mayor/>

===Coat of arms===
The German blazon reads: ''{{lang|de|Unter goldenem Schildhaupt, darin ein rotbewehrter, schwarzer Adler, schräglinke Wellenteilung. Vorne in Schwarz ein goldener, rotgezungter und bewehrter Löwe nach links, hinten rotes Balkenkreuz in Silber.}}''

The municipality's [arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) might in English [heraldic](/source/Heraldry) language be described thus: Per bend sinister wavy sable a lion rampant sinister Or armed and langued gules and argent a cross of the third, on a chief of the second an eagle displayed of the first armed of the third.

The black eagle in the [chief](/source/chief_(heraldry)) recalls the [Imperial immediacy](/source/Imperial_immediacy) formerly held by “Königs-Kisselbach” (“King’s Kisselbach”). The wavy line of partition symbolizes the Simmerbach, which divided what was once two villages, both named Kisselbach: ''Diesseits'' (roughly “On This Side” or “Over Here”), as the Electoral-Palatinate side was called, is represented by the Palatine Lion on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side, while ''Jenseits'' (roughly “On That Side” or “Over There”), as the Electoral-Trier side was called, is represented by the Trier cross on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kisselbach.org/kisselbach/geschichten/kisselbacherwappen/index.html |title=Description and explanation of Kisselbach’s arms |access-date=2011-02-11 |archive-date=2011-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726223837/http://www.kisselbach.org/kisselbach/geschichten/kisselbacherwappen/index.html |url-status=dead }}</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>
* [Saint Apollonia](/source/Saint_Apollonia)’s [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) Church (''St.-Apollonia-Kirche''), Liebshausener Straße – originally three-naved, now one-naved [Gothic Revival](/source/Gothic_Revival_architecture) column basilica, after 1912; whole complex of buildings with graveyard

===Other buildings===
Another building worth seeing in Kisselbach is the ''Waldkapelle'' (“Forest Chapel”) consecrated to [Mary](/source/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)), to which a procession of lights is made on the 13th day of every month from May to October by the local Catholic congregation.

===Clubs===
In Kisselbach there are a sport club with a [tennis](/source/tennis) department, a volunteer [fire brigade](/source/fire_brigade), a theatrical club and the Catholic Church's singing club. As well, Kisselbach has at its disposal its own [open channel](/source/Public-access_television).

==Economy and infrastructure==

===Transport===
Kisselbach lies near the [Autobahn](/source/Autobahn) [A&nbsp;61](/source/Bundesautobahn_61), ''Laudert/Kisselbach'' [interchange](/source/interchange_(road)).

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.kisselbach.org/ Municipality's official webpage] {{in lang|de}}

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