Rheinbreitbach is a municipality in the district of Neuwied , in north of Rhineland-Palatinate , bordering North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany . Administratively it belongs to the municipality ( Verbandsgemeinde ) of Unkel . The town is an officially recognized Fremdenverkehrsort (touristic locality).
7-459: 50°37′17″N 7°15′39″E / 50.6213°N 7.26079°E / 50.6213; 7.26079 Breite Heide is a locality in the municipality Rheinbreitbach in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany . This Neuwied district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rheinbreitbach Rheinbreitbach is located at
14-460: A document mentions the use of 8000 pounds of Breitbacher kupfer to cast the bells of the Bonn Minster . The mines are visited by a young Alexander von Humboldt during a study trip in 1789. In 1794 production was temporarily halted, but a new shaft, started in 1800 to a depth of 85 meters rendered the mine productive again. In 1840 the 51 miners produced 8500 tons of ore. In 1867 production came to
21-505: A standstill once again at a depth of 138 meters. Another new shaft was drilled in 1870 reaching a depth of 255 meters, 117 meters below the Rhine, in 1880 but the operation was abandoned in 1886. Apart from mining, viticulture was a large part of the local economy. The first vineyard to be mentioned is that of Kloster Rolandswerth , the current Nonnenwerth in 1143. The monasteries of Marienstatt and Schwarz-Rheindorf also grew wine here, as did
28-534: Is first called "Rheinbreitbach" in 1604. The mining of copper-ore and subsequent extraction of the copper is attested by various finds since mediaeval times in near the Virneberg, in Breite Heide . In 1604, one Bartholomäus Brück reopens the royal copper mines. In 1720 the complex had nearly a kilometer of shafts, and in 1744 eighty employees are registered. In this time the mine is renamed St. Jozefsstollen . In 1756
35-529: Is used agriculturally (8.5%). The town, presumably founded in Frankish times is first mentioned in official documents in 966 under the name Breitenbach , but finds of coins dated from 150 to 350 AD near the mining operation Virneberg (or Firneberg ) shows Roman presence in the region, presumably mining copper . In the Middle Ages the town was surrounded by a wall and moat and sported four fortified gates. The town
42-514: The churches of St. Aposteln , St. Severin , St. Maria ad Gradus , St. Gereon and St. Martin . Also the local gentry, the, Freiherrn von Breidbach and even the Counts of Berg owned vineyards here. The populace was employed on these estates as tenants, the so-called halfen , who owed half or a third of the produce to their landlords, the clergy and the nobility. To prevent the stealing of grapes, special Traubenhüter (grape guards) were employed by
49-631: The north end of the Middle Rhine and at the southern edge of the Siebengebirge . As a whole it is part of the Rhine Westerwald Volcanic Ridge ( Rheinwesterwälder Vulkanrücken ). The dimensions of its territory are approximately 7 (east–west) by 2 kilometres, its highest point is 375 m, near the summit of the Asberg . Most of the 6,58 km area is forested (56.6%) and only a small portion
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