Virneburg
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Location of Virneburg within Mayen-Koblenz district
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| Coordinates | 50°20′32″N 7°4′44″E / 50.34222°N 7.07889°ECoordinates: 50°20′32″N 7°4′44″E / 50.34222°N 7.07889°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Mayen-Koblenz |
| Municipal assoc. | Vordereifel |
| Mayor | Herbert Pung |
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| Area | 5.42 km2 (2.09 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 402 m (1319 ft) |
| Population | 409 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 75 /km2 (195 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | MYK |
| Postal code | 56729 |
| Area code | 02656 |
| Website | www.virneburg-eifel.de |
Virneburg is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
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[edit] Geography
Virneburg is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel. Next towns are Mayen in the East and Adenau in the West. The average height is 402 meters above NN. Virneburg is in a valley surrounded by four mountains. In the middle of Virneburg there is a fifth mountain on which the Virneburg ruin was built.
[edit] County of Virneburg
The County of Virneburg lies between Mayen and Adenau, near the city of Koblenz. It is located in what is now called the region of Rheinland-Pfalz.
[edit] Counts of Virneburg (ca 1052 - 1445)
The earliest Counts of Virneburg date back to the eleventh century. [2]
- Bernhard, Count of Virneburg (died after 1052)
- Herman I, Count of Virneburg (died after 1112)
- Herman II, Count of Virneburg (died after 1157)
- Godfrey, Count of Virneburg (died after 1192)
- Frederik, Count of Virneburg (died after 1213), brother of Godfrey.
- Herman III, Count of Virneburg (died after 1238), probably the son of Godfrey, Count of Virneburg.
- Henry I, Count of Virneburg. Son of Hermann III and Lukardis of Nassau.
- Robert II, Count of Virneburg (died 1308). Son of Henry I and his wife Ponzetta.
- Robert III, Count of Virneburg (died 1352). Son of Robert II and Kunigunde von Neuenahr.
- Gerard, Count of Virneburg (died 1379), son of Robert III.
- Adolf, Count of Virneburg (died 1384), son of Robert III.
- Robert IV, Count of Virneburg (died 1445), son of Adolf of Virneburg and Jutta van Randerode.
Other notable members of the Virneburg family:
- Heinrich II of Virneburg, the sixth son of Count Heinrich of Virneburg. Archbishop of Cologne from 1304 to his death in 1332.
- Jan van Virneburg (died 23 June 1371) was a bishop of Münster from 1363 to 1364, and bishop of Utrecht from 1364 to 1371. Son of Robert III of Virneburg
[edit] Counts of Manderscheid and Virneburg
- Francis, Count of Manderscheid and Virneburg (b. 1514 - d. 1548)
- Joachim, Count of Manderscheid and Virneburg (d. 9 Sep. 1582). [3]
- Anna Salome of Virneburg.
- Elisabeth of Virneburg. Inherited Virneburg from her sister Anna Salome.
[edit] Counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg (1611–1812)
- Christopher Louis, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg 1611–1618. Eldest son of Louis III, co-heir with his brothers. Became ruler of Virneburg through marriage with its heiress Elisabeth of Virneburg.
- Frederick Louis , Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg 1618–1657. Eldest son of predecessor.
- Louis Ernest, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg 1657–1681. Eldest son of predecessor.
- Joachim Frederick, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg 1681–1689. Eldest son of predecessor.
- Eucharius Kasimir, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg 1689–1698. Younger brother of predecessor.
- Henry Frederick, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg 1698–1721. Paternal first cousin of predecessor.
- John Louis Vollrath, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg 1721–1790. Eldest son of predecessor.
- John Karl Louis, Count of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg 1790–1812. Title changed to Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg.
[edit] References
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2011. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf.
- ^ Counts of Virneburg on Medieval Lands
- ^ Johann Friedrich Schannat, Georg Baersch, Eiflia illustrata oder geographische und historische Beschreibung der Eifel, Volumes 1-2 , Mayer, 1825, p 1058, Google Books
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