Unzenberg

Unzenberg
Coat of arms
Unzenberg
Location of Unzenberg within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Coordinates: 49°58′11.30″N 7°26′22.77″E / 49.9698056°N 7.4396583°E / 49.9698056; 7.4396583Coordinates: 49°58′11.30″N 7°26′22.77″E / 49.9698056°N 7.4396583°E / 49.9698056; 7.4396583
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Kirchberg
Government
• Mayor	Hermann Lorenz (Ind.)
Area
• Total	5.50 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
Elevation	348 m (1,142 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	413
• Density	75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55483
Dialling codes	06763
Vehicle registration	SIM

Unzenberg is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town.

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück, in the Kauerbach valley, roughly 6 km west of Simmern and 3 km northeast of Kirchberg.

Unzenberg’s Ortsteile are Unzenberg, Göbenhausen and Tombach.

North of the village in Field 2, called “Auf dem Bitzen”, a Roman estate is believed to have once lain. Over a wide area, there have been many archaeological finds, such as one coin, bricks, roof tiles, potsherds of all sizes and thinly adorned vases of red and grey clay. Some of these finds are kept at the municipal centre and some are in private ownership. The coin is said to have been lost.

Today’s municipality of Unzenberg was formed out of three rural centres named Göbenhausen (7 farms), Tombach (3 farms) and Unzenberg (9 farms). In 1310, Unzenberg had its first documentary mention in a taxation register kept by Count Simon II of Sponheim.

The landholders and lords of the court were the Provosts of Ravengiersburg. Once the execution place had been set up on the Itzelbach Heights near Biebern, Unzenberg had to supply the blindfolds for the condemned prisoners.

Beginning in 1794, Unzenberg lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. In the early 20th century, the railway station outside the village was built. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.