Martinsthal is a village in Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. It has been Ortsbezirk of Eltville am Rhein from 1 January 1977. Martinsthal is one of the well-known wine-growing locations in the Rheingau.
History The foundation of Martinsthal is connected to the installation of the divisions. The name was first Rode, where settlers set foot on an invitation from , bishop of Mainz in 1363 in the new protexted territory. They called their foundation Mertinsdal, but it became also known as Neudorf.
A priest is documented there since 1401. In 1429 the parish ad its own priest. The village belonged to the Oberamt Eltville from 1684. In 1803 the village came to Nassau-Usingen, then part of the Herzogtum Nassau. When is came under Prussian in 1867, the village became part of the in the Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden.
With the , Martinsthal became, together with other villages, part of Eltville on 1 January 1977. It was governed by a presided by an .
Cultural monuments The old parish church dates from the beginning of the 15th century.
People (1749 in Neudorf – 1819 in Mainz), scientist in the field of und German (5 November 1782 – 20 March 1847), farmer and member of the Nassau parliament (born 3 March 1938 in Mainz-Kastel – 26 May 2014), last mayor and honorary citizen of Martinsthal Mathilde Weber (13 Ma< 1933 – 13 July 2016), first Martinsthal wine queen and first Rheingau wine queen from Martinsthal (born 1951 as Ulrike Seyffardt), TV moderator, singer and dialect poet
References
Further reading Magistrat of Eltville am Rhein (de.): Eltville am Rhein. 650 Jahre Stadt. Geschichte – Kultur – Landschaft. ISBN 3881020578 Eigenverlag 1982 Kunkel, Patrick Kunkel: Martinsthal 1363–1988. Ein Dorf in der Geschichte. ISBN 3925771018 ak-Verlag Walluf 1988
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