Schönborn, Rhein-Hunsrück

Schönborn
Schönborn
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Schönborn within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
	Schönborn Schönborn
	Coordinates: 49°57′30″N 7°28′29″E / 49.95833°N 7.47472°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Simmern-Rheinböllen
Government
• Mayor	Manfred Gruhn
Area
• Total	3.90 km2 (1.51 sq mi)
Elevation	360 m (1,180 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	279
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	55469
Dialling codes	06761
Vehicle registration	SIM

Schönborn is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Simmern-Rheinböllen, whose seat is in Simmern.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück between the Kauerbach and Simmerbach valleys. To the east lies Simmern, some 4 km away, and to the west, Kirchberg, also some 4 km away.

History

Archaeological finds are known from as early as Late La Tène times. In 1290, Schönborn had its first documentary mention. The village was part of Palatinate-Simmern and, beginning in 1673, Electoral Palatinate. Beginning in 1794, Schönborn lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.^[2]

Mayor

Schönborn's mayor is Manfred Gruhn.^[3]

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:^[4]

Evangelical church, Hauptstraße 10 – Gothic Revival brick building, 1899

References

^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
^ Municipal election results for Schönborn
^ Schönborn’s mayor Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district

External links

Media related to Schönborn (Hunsrück) at Wikimedia Commons
Schönborn in the collective municipality’s webpages (in German)

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[1] "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.

[2] Municipal election results for Schönborn

[3] Schönborn’s mayor Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district

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