- Boppard
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen Boppard1.png
lat_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 = SPDBoppard (Latin: "Baudobriga") is a town in the
Rhein-Hunsrück district, inRhineland-Palatinate ,Germany . It is situated on the left bank of theRhine , approx. 25 km south ofKoblenz .Boppard was founded by the Romans; under the
Merovingian dynasty it became a royal residence. During theMiddle Ages it was a considerable centre of commerce and shipping, and under theHohenstaufen emperors was raised to the rank of animperial 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] . In1312 , however, the emperor Henry VII pledged the town to his brother Baldwin,archbishop elector ofTrier , and it remained in the possession of the electors until it was absorbed byFrance during the Revolutionary epoch. It was assigned by theCongress of Vienna in1815 toPrussia .Boppard lends its name to the
Boppard line , an imaginary line relating to German dialects. Notable people from Boppard include physical chemistFritz Straßmann and furniture designerMichael 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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