Misselberg | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Misselberg
within Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district
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 Location of Misselberg | |
Misselberg Misselberg | |
| Coordinates: 50°19′00″N 7°46′00″E / 50.3167°N 7.76667°E / 50.3167; 7.76667 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Rhein-Lahn-Kreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Bad Ems-Nassau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Thomas Schulz1 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.74 km2 (0.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)2 | |
• Total | 89 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56377 |
| Dialling codes | 02604 |
| Vehicle registration | EMS, DIZ, GOH |
Misselberg is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. It belongs to the association community of Bad Ems-Nassau.
Geography
The municipality is located in western Germany, in a rural area of the central Rhine basin. Its postal code is 56377, and territorial records place it at approximate geographic coordinates of 50.3075° N and 7.7679° E3.
History
Misselberg is a small German village whose origins date back to the 14th century. It was first mentioned in 1361 under the name Mistelberg. For a long time, it remained a modest hamlet made up of just a few dwellings, before becoming an independent municipality in 1821 after having been administratively attached to Dienethal. Over the centuries, the village changed administrative affiliation several times, passing from the Duchy of Nassau to Prussia, and later to the state of Rhineland-Palatinate after 1946. Today, it is part of the Rhein-Lahn district and has fewer than one hundred inhabitants. Despite its small size, Misselberg has strong local symbols, such as the “Misselblume,” a rare protected flower, and the Knautheiche, a historic oak tree that has become emblematic and appears on the village’s coat of arms4.
References
References
- Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 5 August 2021.
- "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
- "Misselberg on the map of Germany, location on the map, exact time". zw.maptons.com. Retrieved 2026-06-02.
- "Misselberg - regionalgeschichte.net". www.regionalgeschichte.net. Retrieved 2026-06-02.