- Braubach
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Braubach_town.jpg
Wappen = Wappen Braubach.png
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 38 |lon_sec = 46
Bundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Braubach
Höhe = 65
Fläche = 20.26
Einwohner = 3130
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56338
Vorwahl = 02627
Kfz = EMS
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 41 501
Straße = Friedrichstr. 12
Website = [http://www.stadt-braubach.de/ www.stadt-braubach.de]
Bürgermeister = Rita Wolf
Partei = SPDBraubach is a municipality in the
Rhein-Lahn-Kreis , inRhineland-Palatinate ,Germany . It is situated on the right bank of theRhine , approx. 10 km southeast ofKoblenz . Braubach has assorted medieval architecture intact, including portions of thetown wall ,half-timbered buildings, and castleMarksburg on the hill above.Braubach is the seat of the "
Verbandsgemeinde " ("collective municipality") Braubach.History
In 1276 King Rudolf of Habsburg made Braubach a free city under Count Gottfried of Eppstein. Count Eberhard I. of Katzenelnbogen bought city and castle in 1283. Until 1479, the Counts rebuild the castle constantly. The castle was never conquered and never destroyed. The City of Braubach was the administration center of the katzenelnbogen wine production with Rhens, Spay, Boppard, Horchheim and Salzig and an amount of 33000 l of wine in 1438 and 84000 l of wine in 1443 [ http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the Marksburg and the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World] .
In 1950 Braubach had a population of 3,399. (Source=Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer)
Partner cities
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Villeneuve-sur-Yonne Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.braubach.de/uk/index.html Homepage]
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