Liebshausen is an – a municipality belonging to a ', 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.
Geography
Location The municipality lies in the Hunsrück roughly 4 km northwest of Rheinböllen and 10 km west-southwest of the Rhine at Bacharach. Liebshausen lies just west of the Autobahn A 61. The municipal area measures 548 ha, of which 5 ha is wooded.Liebshausen’s municipal area
History In 1006, Liebshausen had its first documentary mention on the occasion of a church consecration in Mörschbach. Beginning in 1794, Liebshausen 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.
Liebshausen was said in the late 18th century to be a favourite hideout among robbers and horse thieves. It was here that the robber Philipp Ludwig Mosebach (“Jäger-Philipp”, Jäger being German for “hunter” or “rifleman”), a clergyman's ne’er-do-well son and the leader of the Hunsrück-Bande, a lawless gang, stayed. Mosebach was eventually put to death in Koblenz.Peter Bayerlein: Schinderhannes-Ortslexikon; Mainz-Kostheim 2003; S. 139 The notorious outlaw Johannes Bückler, or “Schinderhannes”, to use the nickname by which he is best known, came early on in his career of lawlessness to Liebshausen, where he was wounded in a brawl at an inn when somebody fired a shotgun at him.
Population development What follows is a table of population figures for Liebshausen from selected years since the Congress of Vienna (at 31 December each time):
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 chairwoman.Municipal election results for Liebshausen
Mayor Liebshausen's mayor is Matthias Merscher.
Coat of arms The municipality's arms might be described thus: Tierced in mantle dexter argent a cross gules, sinister Or an eagle displayed sable armed and langued of the second, and in base azure a bell hanging from its yoke of the first.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district Saint Anthony the Hermit’s Catholic Church (branch church; Filialkirche Hl. Antonius Eremit), Hauptstraße 10 – 1821–1825, architect Royal Building Inspector Maeber, thereafter F. Nebel, Koblenz, belltower 1873, new building work on nave 1950; in the quire a Crucifix, Body of Christ from early 17th century Hauptstraße 9 – former inn "Caspar"; timber-frame building, partly solid or slated, mid 19th century
References
External links
Municipality's official webpage Brief portrait of Liebshausen with film at SWR Fernsehen