Reich 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 Simmern-Rheinböllen, whose seat is in Simmern.

Reich
Municipality
Location of Reich within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 50°0′17″N 7°25′58″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Simmern-Rheinböllen
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Gerhard Schneider[1]
Area
• Total	4.76 km2 (1.84 sq mi)
Elevation	410 m (1,350 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	335
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	55471
Dialling codes	06761
Vehicle registration	SIM

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück, in a hollow in the Biebertal (Bieberbach valley). The rural residential community lies roughly 6 km north-northeast of Kirchberg and 7 km west-northwest of Simmern.

History

In the mid 16th century, Reich had its first documentary mention in a Weistum from the Ravengiersburg Monastery (a Weistum – cognate with English wisdom – was a legal pronouncement issued by men learned in law in the Middle Ages and early modern times). With the monastery's dissolution and the introduction of the Reformation, the village passed to the Duchy of Palatinate-Simmern, and then in 1673 to Electoral Palatinate. Beginning in 1794, Reich lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[3]

Mayor

Reich's mayor is Gerhard Schneider.[1]

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Sable a fess countercompony gules and argent between an oaktree eradicated Or and a lion passant of the same armed and langued of the second.[4]

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5]

• Auf dem Wasem – memorial site for the victims of the First and Second World Wars; small complex with oaktrees, memorial stone and crosses
• Hauptstraße 20 – former school between Reich and Wüschheim; timber-frame building, partly slated, about 1910

Sport and leisure

Running through the village is the newly built Biebertaler Rundweg (path).

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reich (Hunsrück).

• Reich in the collective municipality’s webpages (in German)

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[ru] Райх (Хунсрюк)