Beulich
Beulich is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, whose seat is in Emmelshausen.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies on a high ridge in the northeast Hunsrück between the Ehrbach and Baybach valleys. It has an area of 1,310 ha and an elevation of 310 m above sea level.Neighbouring municipalities
Beulich's neighbours are Morshausen, Mermuth and Gondershausen.History
In 1212, the church at Buliche had its first documentary mention. Beulich formed together with Morshausen a Vogtei, which was held in fief by the Lords of Boos von Waldeck. In the 14th century, there was a change in the feudal overlordship when it passed from the Counts of Sayn to the Electorate of Trier. In the 15th century, further feudal landholders cropped up alongside the family Boos von Waldeck. Beginning in 1794, Beulich lay under French rule. In 1815 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. Flurbereinigung was undertaken between 1964 and 1967.Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.Mayor
Beulich's mayor is Werner Kremer.Coat of arms
The German blazon reads: In dem von fünf Zinnen geteilten Schild oben heraldisch rechts in Silber ein schräglinkes grünes Eichenblatt, daneben heraldisch links ein schwarzer Rost. Unten drei schräg rechts aneinander gereihte rautenförmige silberne Schnallen.The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per fess embattled of five argent dexter an oakleaf bendwise vert and sinister a gridiron, the handle palewise to base, sable, and gules three arming buckles flory conjoined in bend, the tongues to dexter chief, of the first.
Above the “embattled” line of partition are two charges. The one on the dexter side, the oakleaf, refers to the municipality's rich woodlands. The black gridiron on the sinister side is Saint Lawrence's attribute, thus representing the church's patron saint. Below the line of partition are three buckles, the heraldic device formerly borne by the Lords of Boos von Waldeck, once the local landholders in Beulich.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:- Saint Lawrence’s and Saint Apollonia’s Catholic Parish Church, Rhein-Mosel-Straße – aisleless church, 1748, master builder Johann Neurohr, Romanesque west tower raised in 1838/1839; whole complex of buildings with rectory
- Brunnenweg 2 – Quereinhaus, partly timber-frame, last third of the 18th century
- Parkstraße 14 – Quereinhaus, partly timber-frame slated, latter half of the 19th century; whole complex of buildings
- Parkstraße 17 – Quereinhaus, partly timber-frame or slated, early 19th century, well; whole complex of buildings
- Rhein-Mosel-Straße 31 – Quereinhaus, timber-frame slated, 19th century; whole complex of buildings with barn
- Rhein-Mosel-Straße 48 – quarrystone building, mid 19th century, timber-frame barn; whole complex of buildings
- Rhein-Mosel-Straße 50 – timber-frame Quereinhaus, late 18th century, barn 19th or 20th century; whole complex of buildings
- Römerstraße 12 – Quereinhaus, partly timber-frame, partly slated, 19th century, barn, well; whole complex of buildings
- Römerstraße/corner of Rhein-Mosel-Straße – warriors’ memorial; basalt block with relief
- On Landesstraße 206 going towards Morshausen – Bildstock; possibly from the 18th century