Ransbach-Baumbach is a town in the Westerwaldkreis

Westerwaldkreis

The Westerwaldkreis is a district in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...

 in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

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, Germany

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. Ransbach-Baumbach is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Ransbach-Baumbach

Ransbach-Baumbach (Verbandsgemeinde)

Ransbach-Baumbach is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district Westerwaldkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Ransbach-Baumbach....

, a kind of collective municipality.

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald

Westerwald

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 about 10 km northwest of Montabaur

Montabaur

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, and 15 km northeast of Koblenz

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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

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, Brittany

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, France

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 since 1985 Parish of Rukoma in Mirenge

Mirenge

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, Rwanda

Rwanda

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 since April 2005

Schools and kindergartens

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  -Schule (primary school/whole-day school)
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  -Schule (Regionalschule)
• St. Markus Catholic Kindergarten
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• 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

Pottery

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 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
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• 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

Brewery

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has been in Ransbach-Baumbach.