Schönborn, Rhein-Lahn Explained

Schönborn
Image Coa:DEU Schönborn (Rhein-Lahn) COA.svg
Coordinates:50.3025°N 7.995°W
Image Plan:Schönborn in EMS.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Verbandsgemeinde:Aar-Einrich
Elevation:320
Area:11.71
Postal Code:56370
Area Code:06486
Licence:EMS, DIZ, GOH
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 1 41 126
Mayor:Bernd Roßtäuscher[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Schönborn is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. It belongs to the association community of Aar-Einrich.

Schönborn is the origin of the Counts of Schönborn. Between 1100 and 1479, the lords were vassals of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen whose castle at Katzenelnbogen was three miles away. Today a little house next to the church is still called Schönborner Hof.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1410000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
  2. http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World