Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg

Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg
Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg
Location of the town of Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg within Bad Kreuznach district
Coordinates	49°48′33″N 7°50′38″E / 49.80917°N 7.84389°E / 49.80917; 7.84389Coordinates: 49°48′33″N 7°50′38″E / 49.80917°N 7.84389°E / 49.80917; 7.84389
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Bad Kreuznach
Municipal assoc.	Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg
Mayor	Michael Fries (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	9.53 km2 (3.68 sq mi)
Elevation	282 m  (925 ft)
Population	3,882 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	407 /km2 (1,055 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KH
Postal code	55583
Area code	06708

Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg is a town in Germany in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, district of Bad Kreuznach. The town has about 4000 inhabitants as of 2004 and covers an area of 9.53 square km and lies on the Nahe.

The town is first mentioned around the year 1200. It grew up beside the Rheingrafenstein, a castle built in 1050 that was the seat of the count palatine of the Rhine, which was destroyed in 1689 by the French, but the ruins remain. Ebernburg Castle was residence of famous German knight Franz von Sickingen.^[2]

Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg.

Notable residents

• Rudolf Eickemeyer, (1831–1895), born in Altenbamberg, noted inventor with several innovations to hat manufacturing, patent for first symmetrical drum armature and iron clad dynamo, and first employer of Charles Proteus Steinmetz ^[3]

References

Arrtibution

 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Münster am Stein". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

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