Braunweiler

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Braunweiler.jpg
image_photo = Braunweiler01.jpg
lat_deg = 49 | lat_min = 52 | lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 7 | lon_min = 44 | lon_sec = 42
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Bad Kreuznach
Verbandsgemeinde = Rüdesheim
Höhe = 257
Fläche = 4.68
Einwohner = 621
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 55595
PLZ-alt = 6551
Vorwahl = 06706
Kfz = KH
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 33 015
Adresse-Verband = Nahestraße 63 55593 Rüdesheim
Website = [http://www.braunweiler.de/ www.braunweiler.de]
Bürgermeister = Hans-Josef Weber
Partei =

Braunweiler is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

History

The first settlement was probably founded in the 9th century. It is supposed that the inhabitants cleared the village as a settlement island into the forest. The reason for this decision was not only the usage of agriculture and the therewith caused clearing of further areas. Above all the utilization of the available forest and the typical "Soonwaldwiesen" (grasslands of the Soonwald-forest) was an important reason for the people at that time, to found this new village.Since the year 1100 the counts of Sponheim claimed for the sovereignty about Braunweiler and delivered repeatedly real estates and incomes from Braunweiler to the house cloister in Sponheim.Since its foundation, the place was called "Wilre". After the establishment of the cloister St. Katharinen in 1217 by Godefried, Propst of Kreuznach (today: Bad Kreuznach), Udo, ore priest to "Mannendal" (Mandel), Friedrich, "Landdechant" (dean) of Hilbersheim, and its citizen (the members of the country chapter), Braunweiler was distinguished with the addition "by Sante Katherinen".

In 1271, Braunweiler was mentioned officially for the first time by Johannes Tritemus in the chronicle of the cloister Sponheim. At that time the abbot of the cloister, Petrus of Sponheim, bought goods for 200 marks to construct a new barnyard. According to Tritemus the barnyard was doomed to failure and the villagers of Braunweiler received its land against interest.

During the following centuries, there was an opaque possession story. The inhabitants had to deliver shares of the harvest to many different liege lords and lessees. Until the 15th century, the village remained "free villages of the regional court Kreuznach". In times of crisis, the inhabitants were therefore allowed to flee to the city Kreuznach, that was better protected caused by its defensive fortification. Therefore they also had to contribute to the defence of the city and had to provide a juryman. The boundary of Braunweiler represented a part of the early medieval "Reichsgut Kreuznach". Braunweiler belonged politically from 1350 to 1798 to the "Oberamt" (Government Agency), and later to the "Oberamt" (First Government Agency) Kreuznach.

With the exception of some census of population there are no further criteria concerning Braunweilers population. In 1580, the village counted 153 inhabitants distributed to 34 houses.

Public institutions

*Kindergarten Braunweiler

Recreational facilities

*Public playground
*Grill hut
*Public playground with goals, soccer shooting target and funicular.
*Heegwald-yard with a small Skaterpark
*Different signposted hiking trails through the bordering Gauchswald
*"Naturlehrpfad": Hiking trail with explanations of different typical plants and animals crossing the boundary of Braunweiler.

Famous people

* Leo Schwarz, auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier.