Ransbach-Baumbach

Ransbach-Baumbach
Ransbach-Baumbach
Location of the town of Ransbach-Baumbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates	50°27′58″N 7°43′31″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Ransbach-Baumbach
Town subdivisions	2
Mayor	Gottfried Dahm (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	12.14 km2 (4.69 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m  (984 ft)
Population	7,414 (31 December 2010)
- Density	611 /km2 (1,582 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WW
Postal code	56235
Area code	02623
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
• Marktschänke (inn)
• 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.