Liesenich 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 Zell, whose seat is in the municipality of
Zell an der Mosel
Zell (Mosel) is a town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Zell has roughly 4,300 inhabitants and is the seat of the like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde''.
Geography
Location
Zell is an hour's drive from both Koblenz and ...
. Liesenich is a state-recognized recreational resort (''Erholungsort'').
Geography
The municipality lies in the
Hunsrück
The Hunsrück () is a long, triangular, pronounced upland in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the valleys of the Moselle-Saar (north-to-west), the Nahe (south), and the Rhine (east). It is continued by the Taunus mountains, past ...
, and along with
Altstrimmig
Altstrimmig 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 Zell, whose ...
,
Forst
Forst may refer to:
Communities
In Germany
*, in the district of Aachen
*Forst (Baden), in Baden-Württemberg
*Forst (Lausitz), in Brandenburg
* Forst (Unterfranken), part of Schonungen, Bavaria
* Forst, Altenkirchen, in the district of Altenk ...
and
Mittelstrimmig is one of the villages that make up the ''Strimmiger Berg''. With a population of roughly 350, Liesenich is considered one of the “somewhat smaller” places in the ''Strimmiger Berg''.
History
Various finds from
Roman centres bear witness to early settlement in the area.
The ''Strimmiger Berg'' belonged until 1781 to the “three-lord territory”. As in the
Beltheim court, the landlordship was shared among the
Electorate of Trier
The Electorate of Trier (german: Kurfürstentum Trier or ' or Trèves) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that existed from the end of the 9th to the early 19th century. It was the temporal possession of the prince- ...
, the
County of Sponheim
The County of Sponheim (german: Grafschaft Sponheim, former spelling: Spanheim, Spanheym) was an independent territory in the Holy Roman Empire that lasted from the 11th century until the early 19th century. The name comes from the municipality ...
and the House of Braunshorn (later Winneburg and Metternich). Beginning in 1794, Liesenich lay under
French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
rule. In 1814 it 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 8 council members, who were elected by
majority vote
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Arms or ARMS may refer to:
*Arm or arms, the upper limbs of the body
Arm, Arms, or ARMS may also refer to:
People
* Ida A. T. Arms (1856–1931), American missionary-educator, temperance leader
Coat of arms or weapons
*Armaments or weapons
**Fi ...
might in English
heraldic language be described thus: Per bend fracted per fess in the middle, Or a plough vert and gules a
breaking wheel spoked of seven argent.
The
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
placename Liesenich comes from the original form ''strymu'', a word meaning “hanging” or “sloping”, hence the unusual
partition in these arms. The
charge in chief, the plough, refers to the way that the village arose, namely from an
agricultural
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating Plant, plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of Sedentism, sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of Domestication, domesticated species created food ...
homestead. The seven-spoked wheel, the “breaking wheel” (called ''Richtrad'' in the German blazon – execution wheel) is
Saint Catherine’s attribute, thus representing the municipality’s and the church’s patron saint.
The arms were designed by A. Friderichs of
Zell.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in
Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
*
Saint Catherine’s Catholic Chapel (''Kapelle St. Katharina'') –
aisleless church, towards 1500, marked 1731 (renovation), west tower possibly
Romanesque,
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
cupola, marked 1731; grave cross, 1811; whole complex with graveyard
* Hauptstraße 12 – ''Quereinhaus'' (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street);
timber-frame building, partly solid, late 19th century; whole complex with barn
* Hauptstraße 18 – former
school; timber-frame building, late 19th century (marked 1838), expansion in the 1920s
* Hauptstraße 51 – timber-frame house, partly solid or slated, half-hipped roof, 17th century
* Hauptstraße 58 – ''Quereinhaus''; timber-frame building, partly solid or slated, about 1900
Directory of Cultural Monuments in Cochem-Zell district
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References
External links
Municipality's official webpage
{{Authority control
Cochem-Zell