Molsberg is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The community lies in the Westerwald on the boundary with the neighbouring Bundesland of Hessen. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
In 1030, Molsberg had its first documentary mention.
From 1030, the Knights of Molsberg had their seat here on the north slope of the Eichberg (405 m) at their castle. The model of the castle may still be seen today at Schloß Molsberg (residential castle).
In 1458, Count Philipp the Elder of Katzenelnbogen released for the 12,000 gulden by which he had raised his daughter Anna’s dowry, a parcel of land to Limburg, Molsberg and Brechen from Count Reinhard of Solms and Frank of Kronberg to whom Landgrave Ludwig of Hesse had pledged it.The von Walderdorff noble family had its seat in Molsberg as of 1657.
The council is made up of 8 council…