# Unzenberg > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Unzenberg > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Unzenberg.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unzenberg > Source revision: 1220001324 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Unzenberg** 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 Kirchberg](/source/Kirchberg_(Verbandsgemeinde)), whose seat is in the [like-named town](/source/Kirchberg,_Rhein-Hunsr%C3%BCck). ## Geography ### Location The municipality lies in the [Hunsrück](/source/Hunsr%C3%BCck), in the Kauerbach valley, roughly 6 km west of [Simmern](/source/Simmern) and 3 km northeast of Kirchberg. ### Constituent communities Unzenberg's *[Ortsteile](/source/Ortsteil)* are Unzenberg, Göbenhausen and Tombach. ## History North of the village in Field 2, called “Auf dem Bitzen”, a [Roman](/source/Ancient_Rome) estate is believed to have once lain. Over a wide area, there have been many [archaeological](/source/Archaeology) finds, such as one coin, bricks, roof tiles, potsherds of all sizes and thinly adorned vases of red and grey clay. Some of these finds are kept at the municipal centre and some are in private ownership. The coin is said to have been lost. Today's municipality of Unzenberg was formed out of three rural centres named Göbenhausen (7 farms), Tombach (3 farms) and Unzenberg (9 farms). In 1310, Unzenberg had its first documentary mention in a taxation register kept by Count Simon II of [Sponheim](/source/County_of_Sponheim). The landholders and lords of the court were the Provosts of Ravengiersburg. Once the execution place had been set up on the Itzelbach Heights near [Biebern](/source/Biebern), Unzenberg had to supply the blindfolds for the condemned prisoners.[2] Beginning in 1794, Unzenberg 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). In the early 20th century, the [railway station](/source/Railway_station) outside the village was built. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded [state](/source/States_of_Germany) of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate). ## Politics ### Municipal council The council is made up of 8 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.[3] ### Mayor Unzenberg's mayor is Dietmar Klein.[1] ### Coat of arms The German blazon reads: *Schild von eingebogener, erniedrigter schwarzer Spitze, darin silberne Glocke, gespalten; rechts in Gold eine schwarze verschlungene Augenbinde, links in Grün über einer schräglinken silbernen Wellenleiste ein silbernes Mühlrad.* The municipality's [arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) might in English [heraldic](/source/Heraldry) language be described thus: Tierced in mantle, dexter Or a blindfold bendwise sinister, the end in chief folded bendwise and the end thereof folded under sable, sinister vert a bend sinister wavy abased above which a waterwheel spoked of twelve all argent, and in base sable a bell of the fourth. The [tiercing](/source/Division_of_the_field) symbolizes the three centres of Unzenberg, Göbenhausen and Tombach, which grew together to form today's municipality. The [charge](/source/Charge_(heraldry)) on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side, the blindfold, refers to the [mediaeval](/source/Middle_Ages) blood court at Itzelbach, for which the village had to supply the blindfolds. The bell refers to the village bell. The two charges on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side, the waterwheel and the wavy bend sinister, represent the six former gristmills in the area and the local brook, the Kauerbach, respectively. ## Culture and sightseeing ### Buildings The following are listed buildings or sites in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate)’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[4] - Brunnenstraße 6 – [timber-frame](/source/Timber_framing) *Quereinhaus* (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street), partly solid, 18th century, two barns; whole complex of buildings - Kalkoferweg 4 – timber-frame house, latter half of the 19th century; whole complex of buildings with garden and barn - At Raiffeisenstraße 1 – [sandstone](/source/Sandstone) portal, marked 1749 - Ringstraße 2 – timber-frame house plastered, latter half of the 19th century; whole complex of buildings with barn - Prussian milestone, south of the village on *[Bundesstraße](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe)* 50, near the Kauerhof – [basalt](/source/Basalt) obelisk, first third of the 19th century ## Economy and infrastructure ### Transport South of the village runs the right-of-way of the *[Hunsrückquerbahn](/source/Hunsr%C3%BCckquerbahn)* ([railway](/source/Railway)) between [Langenlonsheim](/source/Langenlonsheim) and [Hermeskeil](/source/Hermeskeil), currently out of service and without tracks. ## 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. [Unzenberg’s history](http://www.kirchberg-hunsrueck.de/wissenswertes36.html) 1. [Der Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz: Kommunalwahl 2009, Stadt- und Gemeinderatswahlen](http://www.wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/1400415400.html) 1. [Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district](http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Rhein-Hunsrueck-Kreis.pdf) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Unzenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unzenberg) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unzenberg?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.