Hollnich
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Hollnich near Kastellaun
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 of Kastellaun
, whose seat is in the like-named town
.
about 2 km east of Kastellaun
. The countryside is hilly with many fields, meadows and woods.
-Celtic
placename with a typical —ig ending.
. About 1360, Heinrich the Elder, Lord at Ehrenberg, indicated that he had been enfeoffed with the village of Hollnich by Count Wilhelm von Katzenelnbogen
. In the time that followed, Hollnich was mentioned several times in documents in connection with the Ehrenbergs’ ownership matters and taxation obligations, until in 1492, Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse
enfeoffed Johann, Vogt
of Hunolstein, with the taxes in oats
, chicken
s and money at Hollnich.
The Landgraves of Hesse held high court jurisdiction in Hollnich while the Counts of Sponheim held the low jurisdiction. Beginning in the 16th century, the two lordships repeatedly found themselves at odds with each other over serfdom
rights and taxes. The disagreements were settled lastingly and bindingly only in 1788 by the Reichskammergericht
.
From October 1794 to 1 January 1814, Hollnich belonged to the Department of Rhin-et-Moselle
, the Arrondissement of Simmern, the Canton of Kastellaun and the Mairie (“Mayoralty”) of Gödenroth. On 20 November 1815, Hollnich became Prussia
n and was assigned to the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Kastellaun and the district of Simmern. The administrative arrangements have changed since then only insofar as a new district has been created by merging the former district of Simmern with that of Sankt Goar to form the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, and also the Amt of Kastellaun has become the Verbandsgemeinde of Kastellaun. This administrative reform came about after the Second World War, in 1969, in the newly founded state
of Rhineland-Palatinate
. Hollnich remained, as it had been before, a self-administering municipality.
, but ecclesiastically to Kastellaun
.
This estate, too, had its first documentary mention in 1310 in the Sponheimisches Gefälleregister. In the Middle Ages
, it was a parish property of the Kastellaun church. It never seemed to hold very much importance, as witnessed by the dearth of records that mention it, although a reference from 1672 states that the estate was earning the clergyman at Kastellaun income from land tenancy and oats. It was quite likely unpopulated in earlier times. What is known is that by 1832, it had only one homestead. In 1843, it had 48 inhabitants, growing to 68 in 1890 and 84 in 1950.
By the late 18th century, the Gamelshäuser Hof, as it was known, was not earning anybody anything, and so it was put up for auction. The buyer was a one Johann Friedrich Hildenbrand from Bacharach
, whose great plans, not only for farming there but also for building a linen
and cotton
factory, as well as a brandy
distillery, all fell through. Later, the estate was auctioned off again, this time without any plans for houses or businesses to be built.
Little is known of Gammelshausen’s history over the last two centuries. Worthy of note, however, is the Hollnich council’s reaction to a move on 10 December 1953 to amalgamate Gammelshausen with the municipality. Proceedings in Roth on that day put it to the council that an agreement with Hollnich’s mayor on 19 April 1939 had amounted to amalgamation. Hollnich council, however, voted unanimously not to acknowledge what in their view was an unlawful act (the mayor in 1939, after all, would have been a Nazi). The matter reached the highest administrative tribunal, but there was no change in the ruling. Thus, Hollnich had to abide by the decision and acknowledge Gammelshausen as a Hollnich Ortsteil.
The municipality’s arms
might in English heraldic
language be described thus: Or a bend sinister countercompony argent and gules issuant from which a lion rampant guardant of the third crowned azure, and below which a bush of the third.
The three charge
s in the arms stand for the municipality’s three centres. The lion refers to the main centre, also called Hollnich, which belonged to the Landgraviate of Hesse
until 1802 (Amt of Rheinfels). This is symbolized by the heraldic device borne by the Counts of Katzenelnbogen
. The “bend sinister countercompony” (diagonal chequered stripe) is inspired by the “chequy” arms borne by the Counts of Sponheim
, who held the low court jurisdiction in Hollnich, but it stands first and foremost for the outlying centre of Gammelshausen, which in ecclesiastical history was attached to the Sponheim holding of Kastellaun through a property that the Kastellaun church owned there. The last charge is for the newest of Hollnich’s centres. It is a red bush, according to the blazon, and in German
, “red bush” is roten Busch (at least in the accusative case
), making the charge canting
for “Rothenbusch”, which is pronounced exactly the same way.
The arms have been borne since 31 October 1990.
’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
and cycle paths, including the nearby Schinderhannes
-Radweg. The castle town of Kastellaun
is also nearby. Right on the Schinderhannes-Radweg in Hollnich is a playground and sporting ground suitable for children.
line discontinued service on 28 May 1983. Landesstraße (State Road) 219, which links Kastellaun and Simmern
, may be reached over Kreisstraße (District Road) 35. The local roads also link with the nearby Hunsrückhöhenstraße (“Hunsrück Heights Road”, a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road on Hermann Göring
’s orders), affording access to destinations farther afield.
, once the mainstay of the local people’s livelihood, nowadays counts only two fulltime operations and fewer than five more that work the fields as a secondary income earner. Most workers in Hollnich commute
to work in the surrounding towns and cities. Since the outlying centre of Rothenbusch came into being, the number of white-collar
and public-sector
workers living in the municipality has risen sharply. The area around Hollnich is also bound with the tourism
industry centred on Kastellaun.
in the old school, a hotel
and a pension
business.
Kastellaun
-Climate:Yearly precipitation in Kastellaun amounts to 755 mm, which falls into the middle third of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 53% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, lower figures recorded. The driest month is April. The most rainfall comes in June. In that...
is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality
Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...
belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district
Districts of Germany
The districts of Germany are known as , except in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein where they are known simply as ....
) in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kastellaun
Kastellaun (Verbandsgemeinde)
Kastellaun is a Verbandsgemeinde in the Rhein-Hunsrück district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Its seat is in Kastellaun....
, whose seat is in the like-named town
Kastellaun
-Climate:Yearly precipitation in Kastellaun amounts to 755 mm, which falls into the middle third of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 53% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, lower figures recorded. The driest month is April. The most rainfall comes in June. In that...
.
Location
The municipality lies in the HunsrückHunsrück
The Hunsrück is a low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the river valleys of the Moselle , the Nahe , and the Rhine . The Hunsrück is continued by the Taunus mountains on the eastern side of the Rhine. In the north behind the Moselle it is continued by the Eifel...
about 2 km east of Kastellaun
Kastellaun
-Climate:Yearly precipitation in Kastellaun amounts to 755 mm, which falls into the middle third of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 53% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, lower figures recorded. The driest month is April. The most rainfall comes in June. In that...
. The countryside is hilly with many fields, meadows and woods.
Constituent communities
Hollnich’s Ortsteile are the main centre – also called Hollnich – Rothenbusch and Gammelshausen.Name
The municipality’s name has varied in spelling over time, with the forms Hohlonich, Holonich, Hohlemich, Hohlnich, Kollnig, Holineych, Hulnich and finally Hollnich all known to history. What is not clear to history, however, is the name’s origin. Interpretations range from the designation of a settlement bei der hohlen Eiche (“by the hollow oak”) with unreliable secretaries then corrupting the spelling, to a GermanicGermanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
-Celtic
Celtic languages
The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family...
placename with a typical —ig ending.
History
In 1310, Hollnich had its first documentary mention, along with several local fiefs, in the Sponheimisches Gefälleregister, a taxation register kept by the County of SponheimCounty of Sponheim
The County of Sponheim was an independent territory in the Holy Roman Empire which lasted from the 11th century until the early 19th century...
. About 1360, Heinrich the Elder, Lord at Ehrenberg, indicated that he had been enfeoffed with the village of Hollnich by Count Wilhelm von Katzenelnbogen
County of Katzenelnbogen
The County of Katzenelnbogen was an immediate state of the Holy Roman Empire. It existed between 1095 and 1479, when it was inherited by the Landgraves of Hesse.The estate comprised two separate territories...
. In the time that followed, Hollnich was mentioned several times in documents in connection with the Ehrenbergs’ ownership matters and taxation obligations, until in 1492, Landgrave Wilhelm of Hesse
Landgraviate of Hesse
The Landgraviate of Hesse was a Landgraviate of the Holy Roman Empire. It existed as a unity from 1264 to 1567, when it was divided between the sons of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.-History:...
enfeoffed Johann, Vogt
Vogt
A Vogt ; plural Vögte; Dutch voogd; Danish foged; ; ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus) in the Holy Roman Empire was the German title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice...
of Hunolstein, with the taxes in oats
OATS
OATS - Open Source Assistive Technology Software - is a source code repository or "forge" for assistive technology software. It was launched in 2006 with the goal to provide a one-stop “shop” for end users, clinicians and open-source developers to promote and develop open source assistive...
, chicken
Chicken
The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird...
s and money at Hollnich.
The Landgraves of Hesse held high court jurisdiction in Hollnich while the Counts of Sponheim held the low jurisdiction. Beginning in the 16th century, the two lordships repeatedly found themselves at odds with each other over serfdom
Serfdom
Serfdom is the status of peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to Manorialism. It was a condition of bondage or modified slavery which developed primarily during the High Middle Ages in Europe and lasted to the mid-19th century...
rights and taxes. The disagreements were settled lastingly and bindingly only in 1788 by the Reichskammergericht
Reichskammergericht
The Reichskammergericht or Imperial Chamber Court was one of two highest judicial institutions in the Holy Roman Empire, the other one being the Aulic Council in Vienna. It was founded in 1495 by the Imperial Diet in Worms...
.
From October 1794 to 1 January 1814, Hollnich belonged to the Department of Rhin-et-Moselle
Rhin-et-Moselle
Rhin-et-Moselle is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Germany. It is named after the rivers Rhine and Moselle. It was formed in 1798, when the left bank of the Rhine was annexed by France. Until the French occupation, its territory was divided between the Archbishopric...
, the Arrondissement of Simmern, the Canton of Kastellaun and the Mairie (“Mayoralty”) of Gödenroth. On 20 November 1815, Hollnich became Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
n and was assigned to the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Kastellaun and the district of Simmern. The administrative arrangements have changed since then only insofar as a new district has been created by merging the former district of Simmern with that of Sankt Goar to form the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, and also the Amt of Kastellaun has become the Verbandsgemeinde of Kastellaun. This administrative reform came about after the Second World War, in 1969, in the newly founded state
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
. Hollnich remained, as it had been before, a self-administering municipality.
Gammelshausen
Gammelshausen formerly belonged to the municipality of RothRoth, Rhein-Hunsrück
Roth is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
, but ecclesiastically to Kastellaun
Kastellaun
-Climate:Yearly precipitation in Kastellaun amounts to 755 mm, which falls into the middle third of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 53% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, lower figures recorded. The driest month is April. The most rainfall comes in June. In that...
.
This estate, too, had its first documentary mention in 1310 in the Sponheimisches Gefälleregister. In the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
, it was a parish property of the Kastellaun church. It never seemed to hold very much importance, as witnessed by the dearth of records that mention it, although a reference from 1672 states that the estate was earning the clergyman at Kastellaun income from land tenancy and oats. It was quite likely unpopulated in earlier times. What is known is that by 1832, it had only one homestead. In 1843, it had 48 inhabitants, growing to 68 in 1890 and 84 in 1950.
By the late 18th century, the Gamelshäuser Hof, as it was known, was not earning anybody anything, and so it was put up for auction. The buyer was a one Johann Friedrich Hildenbrand from Bacharach
Bacharach
Bacharach is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds....
, whose great plans, not only for farming there but also for building a linen
Linen
Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant, Linum usitatissimum. Linen is labor-intensive to manufacture, but when it is made into garments, it is valued for its exceptional coolness and freshness in hot weather....
and cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
factory, as well as a brandy
Brandy
Brandy is a spirit produced by distilling wine. Brandy generally contains 35%–60% alcohol by volume and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink...
distillery, all fell through. Later, the estate was auctioned off again, this time without any plans for houses or businesses to be built.
Little is known of Gammelshausen’s history over the last two centuries. Worthy of note, however, is the Hollnich council’s reaction to a move on 10 December 1953 to amalgamate Gammelshausen with the municipality. Proceedings in Roth on that day put it to the council that an agreement with Hollnich’s mayor on 19 April 1939 had amounted to amalgamation. Hollnich council, however, voted unanimously not to acknowledge what in their view was an unlawful act (the mayor in 1939, after all, would have been a Nazi). The matter reached the highest administrative tribunal, but there was no change in the ruling. Thus, Hollnich had to abide by the decision and acknowledge Gammelshausen as a Hollnich Ortsteil.
Rothenbusch
Rothenbusch’s birth, at least as a settlement, dates only from the late 1960s. Until this time, the name existed as one for the rural cadastral area in this place, but there was no identifiable population centre. Hollnich council decided in June 1968 to open the area to development. Most of the building took place in the 1970s, and it has since become the municipality’s most heavily populated centre.Municipal council
The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.Coat of arms
The German blazon reads: In Gold ein doppelreihig rot-silbern geschachtelter Schräglinksbalken. Oben ein wachsender, herschauender, blau gekrönter Löwe. Unten ein roter Busch.The municipality’s arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
might in English heraldic
Heraldry
Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"...
language be described thus: Or a bend sinister countercompony argent and gules issuant from which a lion rampant guardant of the third crowned azure, and below which a bush of the third.
The three charge
Charge (heraldry)
In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon . This may be a geometric design or a symbolic representation of a person, animal, plant, object or other device...
s in the arms stand for the municipality’s three centres. The lion refers to the main centre, also called Hollnich, which belonged to the Landgraviate of Hesse
Landgraviate of Hesse
The Landgraviate of Hesse was a Landgraviate of the Holy Roman Empire. It existed as a unity from 1264 to 1567, when it was divided between the sons of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.-History:...
until 1802 (Amt of Rheinfels). This is symbolized by the heraldic device borne by the Counts of Katzenelnbogen
County of Katzenelnbogen
The County of Katzenelnbogen was an immediate state of the Holy Roman Empire. It existed between 1095 and 1479, when it was inherited by the Landgraves of Hesse.The estate comprised two separate territories...
. The “bend sinister countercompony” (diagonal chequered stripe) is inspired by the “chequy” arms borne by the Counts of Sponheim
County of Sponheim
The County of Sponheim was an independent territory in the Holy Roman Empire which lasted from the 11th century until the early 19th century...
, who held the low court jurisdiction in Hollnich, but it stands first and foremost for the outlying centre of Gammelshausen, which in ecclesiastical history was attached to the Sponheim holding of Kastellaun through a property that the Kastellaun church owned there. The last charge is for the newest of Hollnich’s centres. It is a red bush, according to the blazon, and in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, “red bush” is roten Busch (at least in the accusative case
Accusative case
The accusative case of a noun is the grammatical case used to mark the direct object of a transitive verb. The same case is used in many languages for the objects of prepositions...
), making the charge canting
Canting arms
Canting arms are heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name in a visual pun or rebus. The term cant came into the English language from Anglo-Norman cant, meaning song or singing, from Latin cantāre, and English cognates include canticle, chant, accent, incantation and recant.Canting arms –...
for “Rothenbusch”, which is pronounced exactly the same way.
The arms have been borne since 31 October 1990.
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-PalatinateRhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
- Beside Dorfstraße 16 – wellshaft and wellhouse built of slate quarrystone
- Dorfstraße 22 – timber-frameTimber framingTimber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...
house, slated, hipped mansard roofMansard roofA mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret...
, first third of the 19th century, commercial wing; whole complex of buildings
Sport and leisure
Hollnich is a good starting point for outings, with ideal connections with hikingHiking
Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain. People often hike on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking...
and cycle paths, including the nearby Schinderhannes
Schinderhannes
Johannes Bückler , nicknamed Schinderhannes, was a German outlaw who orchestrated one of the most fascinating crime sprees in German history. He was born at Miehlen, the son of Johann and Anna Maria Bückler. He began an apprenticeship to a tanner, but turned to petty theft. At 16 he was arrested...
-Radweg. The castle town of Kastellaun
Kastellaun
-Climate:Yearly precipitation in Kastellaun amounts to 755 mm, which falls into the middle third of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 53% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, lower figures recorded. The driest month is April. The most rainfall comes in June. In that...
is also nearby. Right on the Schinderhannes-Radweg in Hollnich is a playground and sporting ground suitable for children.
Transport
Hollnich is linked to the road network only over District Roads (Kreisstraßen), and has had no railway link since the Kastellaun–BoppardBoppard
Boppard is a town in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, lying in the Rhine Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It belongs to no Verbandsgemeinde. The town is also a state-recognized tourism resort and is a winegrowing centre.-Location:Boppard lies on the upper Middle...
line discontinued service on 28 May 1983. Landesstraße (State Road) 219, which links Kastellaun and Simmern
Simmern
Simmern is a town of 8,000 inhabitants in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the district seat of the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, and the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde...
, may be reached over Kreisstraße (District Road) 35. The local roads also link with the nearby Hunsrückhöhenstraße (“Hunsrück Heights Road”, a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road on Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
Hermann Wilhelm Göring, was a German politician, military leader, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. He was a veteran of World War I as an ace fighter pilot, and a recipient of the coveted Pour le Mérite, also known as "The Blue Max"...
’s orders), affording access to destinations farther afield.
Economy
AgricultureAgriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, once the mainstay of the local people’s livelihood, nowadays counts only two fulltime operations and fewer than five more that work the fields as a secondary income earner. Most workers in Hollnich commute
Commuting
Commuting is regular travel between one's place of residence and place of work or full time study. It sometimes refers to any regular or often repeated traveling between locations when not work related.- History :...
to work in the surrounding towns and cities. Since the outlying centre of Rothenbusch came into being, the number of white-collar
White-collar worker
The term white-collar worker refers to a person who performs professional, managerial, or administrative work, in contrast with a blue-collar worker, whose job requires manual labor...
and public-sector
Public sector
The public sector, sometimes referred to as the state sector, is a part of the state that deals with either the production, delivery and allocation of goods and services by and for the government or its citizens, whether national, regional or local/municipal.Examples of public sector activity range...
workers living in the municipality has risen sharply. The area around Hollnich is also bound with the tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
industry centred on Kastellaun.
Established businesses
Businesses in Hollnich include a small plastics factory, a handicrafts business (radio and television technology), an innINN
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in the old school, a hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
and a pension
Pension (lodging)
A pensione is a family-owned guest house or boarding house. This term is typically used in Portugal, France, Spain, Italy, other Continental European countries, in areas of North Africa and the Middle East that formerly had large European expatriate populations, and in some parts of South America...
business.