Boppard

Boppard

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen Boppard1.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 13 |lat_sec = 53
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 35 |lon_sec = 27
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Höhe = 74
Fläche = 75.13
Einwohner = 16201
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56154
Vorwahl = 06741, 06742, 06745
Kfz = SIM
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 40 501
Gliederung = 10
Straße = Karmeliterstr. 2
Website = [http://www.boppard.de/ www.boppard.de]
Bürgermeister = Walter Bersch
Partei = SPD

Boppard (Latin: "Baudobriga") is a town in the Rhein-Hunsrück district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 25 km south of Koblenz.

Boppard was founded by the Romans; under the Merovingian dynasty it became a royal residence. During the Middle Ages it was a considerable centre of commerce and shipping, and under the Hohenstaufen emperors was raised to the rank of an imperial free city.In 1283 Count palatine Ludwig mortagaged the customs duty to Count Eberhard of Katzenelnbogen [ http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World] . In 1312, however, the emperor Henry VII pledged the town to his brother Baldwin, archbishop elector of Trier, and it remained in the possession of the electors until it was absorbed by France during the Revolutionary epoch. It was assigned by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to Prussia.

Boppard lends its name to the Boppard line, an imaginary line relating to German dialects. Notable people from Boppard include physical chemist Fritz Straßmann and furniture designer Michael Thonet.

On Fleckertshöhe near Boppard, there is a transmitter for FM and TV using as antenna tower a rarely used partially guyed tower.

The municipality currently has 16,812 inhabitants.

Boppard is twinned with:
* Ome, Japan
* Amboise, France
* Truro, United Kingdom
* Keszthely, Hungary

Notes and References

*1911


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