Schönborn, Rhein-Lahn

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Schönborn

Coat of arms
Schönborn
Coordinates: 50°18′9″N 7°59′42″E / 50.30250°N 7.99500°E / 50.30250; 7.99500Coordinates: 50°18′9″N 7°59′42″E / 50.30250°N 7.99500°E / 50.30250; 7.99500
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Municipal assoc. Katzenelnbogen
Government
  Mayor Bernd Roßtäuscher
Area
  Total 11.71 km2 (4.52 sq mi)
Elevation 320 m (1,050 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 733
  Density 63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56370
Dialling codes 06486
Vehicle registration EMS

Schönborn is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Schönborn is the origin of the Counts of Schönborn. From 1100 until 1479 the lords were vassals of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen whose castle at Katzenelnbogen was three miles away. Today a little house next to the church is still called Schönborner Hof.[2]

Notes and references

  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2012". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2013. 
  2. http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World
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