Hontheim

Location

The municipality lies on a plateau in the southern Volcanic Eifel at the northern edge of the Kondelwald forest. The municipal area is 58.4% wooded. Hontheim belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Traben-Trarbach.

Constituent communities

Hontheim’s Ortsteile, besides the main centre, are Wispelt, Krinkhof and Bonsbeuern.

History

Beginning in 1794, Hontheim lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per fess Or a cross gules and gules a hound courant of the first.

Economy and infrastructure

Through the municipality runs Bundesstraße 421. To the west runs the Autobahn A 1. In Ürzig is a railway station on the Koblenz-Trier railway line. The state spa town of Bad Bertrich, with Germany’s only Glauber’s salt (sodium sulphate decahydrate; Na₂SO₄•10H₂O) hot spring, is only 3 km away.