Bundenbach

Infobox German Location
Name =Bundenbach
German_name =
Art =
image_photo = Bundenbach aus der Ferne.jpg
imagesize = 250px
image_caption =
Wappen = Wappen-von-Bundenbach-im-Hunsrueck.pnglat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 50 |lat_sec = 34
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 22 |lon_sec = 43
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Birkenfeld
Verbandsgemeinde = Rhaunen
Höhe = 400
Fläche = 7.70
Einwohner = 1003
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 55626
Vorwahl = 06544
Kfz = BIR
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 34 017
Adresse-Verband = Zum Idar 23
55624 Rhaunen
Website = [http://www.bundenbach.de/ www.bundenbach.de]
Bürgermeister = Klaus Hartmann
Bürgermeistertitel = Ortsbürgermeister

Bundenbach is a municipality in the district of Birkenfeld, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

History

It was first mentioned in a document March 14, 1283Website of Bundenbach [http://www.bundenbach.de/] (German), accessed 2008-01-27] as "Bontenbach". The first part of name may be derived from a march ("Bonte") or from an earl's freeland ("Beunde"), the second part "bach" (brook) stems from an old well in the center.cite book
last = Anhäuser
first = Uwe
title = Heimat am Idarwald - die Verbandsgemeinde Rhaunen
publisher = Dr. Gebhardt + Hilden GmbH
date = 2001
location = Idar-Oberstein
pages = pp. 67-71 for Bundenbach, pp. 118-119 for chronology
isbn = 3-932515-30-7 ]

Starting in the early medivial ages, Bundenbach was an important center of the Hunsrück slate mining until the decade of 1960, when the last mines were abandoned.

Culture and Tourism

The slate mine "Herrenberg" has been modified for touristic visits and shows the work of the former miners.

Devonian slate fossils in excellent preservation are displayed in a museum.

In the vicinity of Bundenbach, a celtic settlement from the La Tène culture has been reconstructed.

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