Hohenleimbach

Hohenleimbach
Hohenleimbach
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hohenleimbach within Ahrweiler district
	Hohenleimbach Hohenleimbach
	Coordinates: 50°24′41″N 7°3′37″E / 50.41139°N 7.06028°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Ahrweiler
Municipal assoc.	Brohltal
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Thorsten Kurt Kabuth
Area
• Total	10.17 km2 (3.93 sq mi)
Elevation	512 m (1,680 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	356
• Density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56746
Dialling codes	02655
Vehicle registration	AW

Hohenleimbach is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1425 as a fief of a Peter von Thys named Leimbach. This original placename was in use until the begin of the 20th century. Since the 18th century the nickname Wüstleimbach showed up. The prefix "Wüst" means "deserted" in the sense of lost or abandoned. Due to the barren fields and the severe poverty of the inhabitants they decided to emigrate mainly to America leaving their farms behind which were abandoned afterwards. The population of the largely abandoned village decreased below 100 in the 17th and 18th centuries. According to a resolution of the local borough council in 1914, the village was allowed, by an imperial decree of 31 January 1916, to rename itself Hohenleimbach, because of the negative image of the nickname Wüstleimbach ("deserted Leimbach"). The small village Lederbach one mile in the north is part of the municipality. Centuries ago there was another little village named Rembach and situated in the south of Hohenleimbach at the mouth of the Lederbach ("Leatherbrook") running into the Nette rivulet, consisting of only four farms. First mentioned in 1337 it had to be already abandoned in the 17th century due to poverty.