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Treis-Karden (Verbandsgemeinde)
Treis-Karden is a former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' was in Treis-Karden. It was disbanded in July 2014. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Treis-Karden consisted of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): {{Authority control Former Verbandsgemeinden in Rhineland-Palatinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhineland-Palatinate The state of Rhineland-Palatinate is divided into 163 Verbandsgemeinden, which are municipal associations grouped within the 24 districts of the state and subdivided into 2,257 Ortsgemeinden (singular Ortsgemeinde) which comprise single settlements. Most of the Verbandsgemeinden were established in 1969. Formerly the name for an administrative unit was ''Amt''. Most of the functions of municipal government for several municipalities are consolidated and administered centrally from a larger or more central town or municipality among the group, while the individual municipalities (Ortsgemeinden) still maintain a limited degree of local autonomy. Saxony-Anhalt The 11 districts of Saxony-Anhalt are divided into ''Verwaltungsgemein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieg
Lieg is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Cochem. Geography The municipality lies at the northern edge of the Hunsrück, some 6 km from the river Moselle. The village stands on a high ridge between the valleys of the Lützbach and the Dünnbach. History There were people living in the Lieg area as early as the New Stone Age, as witnessed by stone axes that have been found. Further finds – barrows – from the Iron Age (750-50 BC) bear witness to further settlement, presumably by the Treveri, a people of mixed Celtic and Germanic stock, from whom the Latin name for the city of Trier, ''Augusta Treverorum'', is also derived. About 50 BC, the Romans conquered the area. Finds from this era also show that there was continuous habitation. A document from 1106 mentions a place called ''Lich'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treis-Karden
Treis-Karden is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was the seat of the former like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde'' until 1 July 2014. Since then, it is part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Cochem. Treis-Karden is a state-recognized tourism resort (''Fremdenverkehrsort''). Geography Location The municipality lies on the river Moselle, roughly east-northeast of Cochem. History According to the latest research findings, Treis had its first documentary mention in 762 as ''trisgodros villa publica''. The document in question is actually a 10th-century copy in Prüm Abbey’s ''Liber aureus''. There were holdings at Treis owned by Polish queen Richeza, Count Palatine Ezzo's daughter, who apparently donated her property in 1051 and 1056 to the Brauweiler Monastery near Cologne. Beginning in the 11th century, Castor of Karden, Saint Castor's Foundat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roes, Rhineland-Palatinate
Roes is an – a municipality belonging to a , a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kaisersesch. Geography The municipality lies in the part of the eastern Eifel known as the ''Vordereifel'' (“Fore-Eifel” or “Further Eifel”), between Treis-Karden and Autobahn A 48. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Mayor Roes’s mayor is Jörg Fuhrmann, and his deputies are Johannes Schmitt and Michael Sesterhenn. Coat of arms The German blazon reads: ''Über blauem Schildfuß, darin ein silberner Schwan, gespalten durch einen mit einer silbernen Urne mit drei goldenen Ähren und Halmen belegten grünen Pfahl; vorne in Silber ein roter Sparrenschrägbalken; hinten in Silber drei rote heraldische Rosen, pfahlweise übere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pommern, Rhineland-Palatinate
Pommern is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Cochem. Geography The municipality lies on the river Moselle’s left bank roughly 2 km upstream from Treis-Karden. History In 936, the municipality had its first documentary mention as ''Ponieries villa'' in a document from Otto I. In a despised act of the gift of Bishop Chrodegang of Metz in 745 in favor of the monastery of Gorze, he gave "753 to Pomaria" (75R) to the Pomeranians (MRR 1,2140). This property was confirmed in 936 and 944 by Otto I of the Abbey of Gorze (MRR I, 892 and 917). In 1107 the monastery of St. Trond also had a property in Pomerania; In the 13th century it was one of the largest landowners in Pomerania (MRR I, 1612). This property was purchased in 1264 by Himmerod Abbey (MRR III, 19555), Beginning in 1264, Himmerod Abbey was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Müden (Mosel)
Müden an der Mosel is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – and a tourism resort in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Cochem. Geography Location Müden lies within the winegrowing country on the sunny side of the Moselle valley. It borders in the north on the Eifel and in the south on the Moselle, with the Hunsrück over the other side. The wine, the Moselle, which has been built into a major navigable waterway, and the nearby castle, Burg Eltz, lend the place a special character. Constituent communities Also belonging to the municipality, whose main centre is also called Müden, is the outlying centre of Müdenerberg with a sporting ground, a composting lot and a chapel. History A Roman settlement of Celtic origin, called ''Modinum'', is known from many archaeological finds. The village had its first documentary mention about 585. Tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moselkern
Moselkern is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Cochem. Geography The municipality lies at the mouth of the Elzbach, where this river empties into the river Moselle. Neighbouring municipalities Moselkern's neighbours are Müden in the west, the Münstermaifeld ''Stadtteil'' of Lasserg and Wierschem in the north and Burgen and Hatzenport in the northeast. History A ''villa Kerne'' was listed about 1100 in the directory of holdings at Saint Castor's Foundation in Karden. In 1097, ''Kerne'' was named as the only village in the district that in the Middle Ages was subject to the rural chapter of Ochtendung. In 1280, Sir Hermann von Löf, a knight, forwent one third of the tithes gathered from winemaking and cereal yields in Moselkern in favour of the Münstermaifeld Foundation. In 1337, Johann von ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mörsdorf
Mörsdorf is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kastellaun. Geography Location The municipality lies on a high plateau in the northern Hunsrück between the Dünnbach valley in the east and the Flaumbach valley in the west. Climate Yearly precipitation in Mörsdorf amounts to 697 mm, which falls into the middle third of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 39% of the German Weather Service's weather stations, lower figures are recorded. The driest month is February. The most rainfall comes in June. In that month, precipitation is 1.4 times what it is in February. Precipitation varies only slightly and is spread rather evenly throughout the year. At fewer than 1% of the weather stations are even lower seasonal swings recorded. History In 1103, ''Moresdörf'' had its first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Möntenich
Möntenich is an – a municipality belonging to a , a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Kaisersesch. Geography Location The municipality lies in a dale at the edge of the Maifeld between the castles Pyrmont and Eltz. History On 1 March 1285, ''Muntenich'' had its first documentary mention in Karden Canon Heinrich de Littore's will. Möntenich was an Imperial village and passed as a fief into the ownership of the Barons of Pyrmont. Later, it was an Electoral-Trier holding. Trier's lordship ended with the occupation of the lands on the Rhine’s left bank by French Revolutionary troops between 1794 and 1796. In 1815 Möntenich was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lütz
Lütz is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Cochem. Lütz is a state-recognized climatic spa (''Luftkurort''). Geography The municipality lies in the northern Hunsrück in a side valley of the river Moselle (between the Moselle centres of Burgen and Treis-Karden), only a few kilometres from the river. Lütz lies in the Lützbach valley, which has almost no road links. The village distinguishes itself with a row of outstanding timber-frame houses. History King Childebert II (570-595) donated to the Bishopric of Verdun holdings between the Lützbach (Luceia) and the Baybach (Beia). The estate has no further mention, but it was likely traded with the Abbey of Echternach, which crops up in the historical record as a landholder in the area in the Late Middle Ages. On 1 January 912, Lütz had its first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochem-Zell
Cochem-Zell (German: ''Landkreis Cochem-Zell'') is a district (''Kreis'') in the north-west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Mayen-Koblenz, Rhein-Hunsrück, Bernkastel-Wittlich, and Vulkaneifel. History In 1816 the districts Cochem and Zell were created, after the area went to Prussia. In 1969 the Zell district was dissolved and its northern and middle parts were added to the Cochem district, which was renamed Cochem-Zell. In 2014 the municipalities Lahr, Mörsdorf and Zilshausen were assigned to the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis. Geography The district consists of three different landscapes. The Moselle valley with its vineyards, and the mountains of the Hunsrück in the east and the Eifel in the north and west. The highest elevation is the ''Höchstberg'' at 616 m above sea level, located in the Eifel. Coat of arms The German blazon reads: ''Schräglinks geteilt: vorne in Silber ein durchgehendes rotes Kreuz, belegt mit einem silbernem Hifthorn mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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