Wachtberg
The municipality was formed 1969 as a merger of 13 now incorporated villages. The town-hall is in the village of Berkum, approximately in the center of the area. The Rodderberg mountain is in the east of the Wachtberg district.
The municipality is named after another volcanic mountain, the Wachtberg, (extinct for 25 million years, now with a height of 258 m) that is situated near the centre of the municipality.
Four water castles are still inhabited:
* Burg Münchhausen (near Adendorf)
* Wasserburg Adendorf (near Adendorf)
* Burg Gudenau (near Villip)
* Burg Odenhausen (near Berkum)
Several water mills are situated on the streams, of which the Broicher Mühle near Villip is in continuous use since 886.
At the top of the mountain Wachtberg there is a cenotaph, built in 1923 by 10 of the 13 villages. The radome near Berkum has a diameter of 49 m.
Map - Wachtberg
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Country - Germany
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Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation. Following the Napoleonic Wars and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the German Confederation was formed in 1815.
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EUR | Euro | € | 2 |
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