Meisenheim

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Meiesenheim: "Ritterherberge" in the foreground, in the background the "Schlosskirche" (today protestant church)

Meisenheim is a town and a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Glan, approx. 25 km south-west of Bad Kreuznach.

Meisenheim is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Meisenheim, which consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):


Abtweiler Becherbach (incl. Gangloff and Roth) Breitenheim Callbach Desloch Hundsbach Jeckenbach Lettweiler	Löllbach Meisenheim Raumbach Rehborn Reiffelbach Schmittweiler Schweinschied

[edit] Sights

Schloßkirche
historical town centre

[edit] History

Meisenheim was probably founded in the 7th century and first mentioned in 1154. It was chartered in 1315. Meisenheim was the capital of the county of Veldenz since the 12th century. In 1444, the Dukes of Zweibrücken inherited Veldenz.

From 1815 till 1866 the Amt Meisenheim was, caused by the Congress of Vienna, part of the Landgrafschaft Hessen-Homburg; it was inherited by the Grand-Duchy of Hessia (Hessen-Darmstadt) in early 1866 and seceded to Prussia after the Austro-Prussian war.