Ransbach-Baumbach

Ransbach-Baumbach
Coat of arms
Ransbach-Baumbach
Location of Ransbach-Baumbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°27′58″N 7°43′31″E / 50.46611°N 7.72528°E / 50.46611; 7.72528Coordinates: 50°27′58″N 7°43′31″E / 50.46611°N 7.72528°E / 50.46611; 7.72528
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Ransbach-Baumbach
Government
• Mayor	Michael Merz (none)
Area
• Total	12.14 km2 (4.69 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	7,561
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56235
Dialling codes	02623
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.ransbach-baumbach.de

Ransbach-Baumbach is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Ransbach-Baumbach is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Ransbach-Baumbach, a kind of collective municipality.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald about 10 km northwest of Montabaur, and 15 km northeast of Koblenz.

History

In 1330, the parish of Ransbach had its first documentary mention. Already in 959, however, the Montabaurer Zehntbeschreibung (a “description of tithes”), speaks of the vanished community of Desper (Dedinsburg) near Ransbach. In 1373, the name Babenbach for Baumbach crops up. In 1969, Ransbach and Baumbach were merged into one community. In 1971, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Ransbach-Baumbach was founded. In 1975, Ransbach-Baumbach was granted town rights.

Partnerships

• Pleurtuit, Brittany, France since 1985
• Parish of Rukoma in Mirenge, Rwanda since April 2005

Schools and kindergartens

• Astrid Lindgren-Schule (primary school/whole-day school)
• Erich Kästner-Schule (Regionalschule)
• St. Markus Catholic Kindergarten
• St. Antonius Catholic Kindergarten
• St. Martin Town Kindergarten

Sightseeing

Ransbach-Baumbach lies in the heart of the Kannenbäckerland, a small region known for its ceramics industry.

• Many pottery works in and around Ransbach-Baumbach
• 40-m-high lookout tower on the Köppel
• Yearly pottery market on the first weekend in October
• Erlenhofsee (lake)

Famous people

The tenor Johannes Kalpers grew up in Ransbach-Baumbach. So, too, did the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Cologne, Prelate Dr. Dominik Schwaderlapp.

Other

Since 1676 the Fohr Brewery has been in Ransbach-Baumbach.

Towns and municipalities in Westerwaldkreis
Ailertchen Alpenrod Alsbach Arnshöfen Astert Atzelgift Bad Marienberg Bannberscheid Bellingen Berod bei Wallmerod Berzhahn Bilkheim Boden Bölsberg Borod Brandscheid Breitenau Bretthausen Caan Daubach Deesen Dernbach Dreifelden Dreikirchen Dreisbach Ebernhahn Eitelborn Elbingen Ellenhausen Elsoff Enspel Ettinghausen Ewighausen Fehl-Ritzhausen Freilingen Freirachdorf Gackenbach Gehlert Gemünden Giesenhausen Girkenroth Girod Goddert Görgeshausen Großholbach Großseifen Guckheim Hachenburg Hahn am See Hahn bei Marienberg Halbs Hardt Hartenfels Härtlingen Hattert Heilberscheid Heiligenroth Heimborn Helferskirchen Hellenhahn-Schellenberg Hergenroth Herschbach, Selters Herschbach, Wallmerod Heuzert Hilgert Hillscheid Höchstenbach Hof Höhn Höhr-Grenzhausen Holler Homberg Horbach Hübingen Hüblingen Hundsangen Hundsdorf Irmtraut Kaden Kadenbach Kammerforst Kirburg Kölbingen Kroppach Krümmel Kuhnhöfen Kundert Langenbach bei Kirburg Langenhahn Lautzenbrücken Leuterod Liebenscheid Limbach Linden Lochum Luckenbach Mähren Marienrachdorf Maroth Marzhausen Maxsain Merkelbach Meudt Mogendorf Molsberg Montabaur Mörlen Mörsbach Moschheim Mudenbach Mündersbach Müschenbach Nauort Nentershausen Neuhäusel Neunkhausen Neunkirchen Neustadt Niederahr Niederelbert Niedererbach Niederroßbach Niedersayn Nister Nisterau Nister-Möhrendorf Nistertal Nomborn Nordhofen Norken Oberahr Oberelbert Obererbach Oberhaid Oberrod Oberroßbach Ötzingen Pottum Quirnbach Ransbach-Baumbach Rehe Rennerod Roßbach Rotenhain Rothenbach Rückeroth Ruppach-Goldhausen Salz Salzburg Schenkelberg Seck Selters Sessenbach Sessenhausen Siershahn Simmern Stahlhofen Stahlhofen am Wiesensee Staudt Stein-Neukirch Stein-Wingert Steinebach an der Wied Steinefrenz Steinen Stockhausen-Illfurth Stockum-Püschen Streithausen Unnau Untershausen Vielbach Wahlrod Waigandshain Waldmühlen Wallmerod Weidenhahn Welkenbach Welschneudorf Weltersburg Weroth Westerburg Westernohe Wied Willingen Willmenrod Winkelbach Winnen Wirges Wirscheid Wittgert Wölferlingen Zehnhausen bei Rennerod Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod

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