In Englisch

Staudt is placed in southern Westerwald at the edge of Montabaur valley and is part of the so-called "Kannenbäckerland" (Can Baker Country). With Staudt's wide southern part 286 meters high on the mountain slope "Am Hähnchen", its wider area 265 meters high extends east and west in an inclined plane. In the north lies the remaining residential and new development area on the 277 meters high Kramberg Mountains.

Staudt is only 2 kilometers away from the cities of Montabaur and Wirges and the highways B255 and A3. Limburg and Koblenz are 20 minutes away by car, Cologne and Frankfurt 1 hour travel.

The village of Staudt exists from the time of the late Middle Ages. It always belonged to the Wirges parish, a daughter parish of the Humbach-Montabaur parish and became independent in the course of time. The patronage law and tithe of the parish Wirges went to the St. Florinsstift of Koblenz. The first documented mention of "Stude" was from a Florinstift document in the year 1367. It more precisely stated there was also a lease of grain, oats, and chickens in the Montabaur territory belonging to Staudt. The archbishop of Trier exerted exclusive authority over the residents in the Montabaur territory, the villages obligated to compulsary services, that the inhabitants were not free, counted as "Goods" and changed in to the possession of the new sire at a sale or trade. The territory was divided into single administrative districts. Staudt together with 6 other places formed - at least from 1488 - the so-called "large guild", until a new partition formed in the year 1653. From there it led to a guild with Leuterod, Hosten, Oetzingen and Staudt. Shortly after the end of the 30-year war, which also for Staudt no doubt remained consequences, family numbers had shrunk from 18 in the year 1605 to 9 in 1684. It is assumed that there were still fewer inhabitants by war's end, since a census listed only 7 families. Armies marching through the Montabaur territory brought fear and poverty, many people escaped, and almost two thirds died. Presumably at the end of the 17th century (a correct date isn't known), the Montabaur territory was divided forming a Wirges territory to which Staudt belonged. The administrator Hofrat Linz reported in 1786 the following:

"The inhabitants of the territory Wirges stand out noticeably, are industrious, stout hearted (ie. enterprising) and yet intelligent, love strangers, are thrifty stinginess in the house and boastfully wasteful in the pub, known to be more fair than unfair."

Since the end of the "Holy Roman Empire of the German nation in 1806 to the German War of 1866, census counted the place (fighting on the side of Austria at the time) as the newly found Duchy of Nassau. Nassau was annexed, Staudt was henceforth Prussian, next to the North German Federation, later the German Empire. The place and its residents lived through two world wars. During a bomb raid, 18 buildings were completely destroyed on March 18, 1944. Not only were these houses rebuilt long after, it started a change from agriculture to a settlement characterized by industry and services.

The town's center coins the Old School (today's city hall) and the Old Church, presenting themselves as two pieces of jewelry following their renovation. The Old School was erected in the year 1907/1908 in the same place as the first school in 1753. Lessons were first grade, then second grade, and at the beginning of the 1970's they were totally adjusted. The building was altered completely and offers versatile possibilities of use today. The house finds itself a meeting room and a study for the mayor, as well as a large hall for celebration and a party cellar. The Old School is actively used for group work and many celebrations. The Old Church was built next to the school in 1865. Originally she was only a small chapel and got her form today after remodeling in 1922. The church offered little space for the growing community of Staudt, so a new building was necessary. The Old Church was misused from 1959 up to its acquisition in the middle of the 1980's as a bank storeroom. The administration office of historical preservation put the former house of God in 1985 under permanent protection of historical monuments, registering a protest from the community. The town was split into supporters and opponents. After lawsuits lasting for years, the Old Church was classified a historical monument anyway and shines in the old brightness again after her rennovation in 1990. After the planned remodeling, the building may be used as an exhibit and showroom in the future. Besides the two main "landmarks", Staudt also has much to offer by way of its splendidly convenient community Birkensportplatz facility, a 1990 modern spacious athletic house that can also be used for private celebrations. Three tennis courts and the TC clubhouse are directly beside it. The Kindergarten at the Kirmesplatz was opened in 1994. Two children's classes are cared for with the best equipment available. The New Church in Staudt is immense from near or afar, built in 1958 and consecrated a year later. The entry at the rear of the church designed in 1995 offers enough comfortable space to talk after the service. The Erbsengarten (Pea Garden) is a former gravel pit, altered into a leisurely park at the end of the 1970's. It now offers sorting opportunities, games and cricket, and a beautiful setting for large events.

In 1995, 1.121 people lived in Staudt, the population doubling within the last 50 years. While the whole population of Staudt and its surroundings was in farming or gravel mining at the turn of the century, this has basically changed. The increasing mechanization and improved traffic flow in these areas has caused the change to trade and industry. Staudt is today a small center where its residents live pleasantly, providing the best and quickest way to work. The industrial district "Feinchesweise - Auf der Heide" and the numerous undertakings in the workplace are evidence of these developments like the newly opened building district "Am Kramberg" and the beginning of a business district between "Erbsengarten" and the cemetery. This development is not without problems; the good traffic routes are paid for with a high traffic count (approximately 6000 cars daily). Construction and rent prices have become considerately more expensive. Staudt is today a municipality striving for progress, with an intact town and organized life, known for its cohesiveness and socialness.

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