Münstermaifeld () is a town in the district

Mayen-Koblenz Mayen-Koblenz is a district (''Kreis'') in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Ahrweiler, Neuwied, Westerwaldkreis, district-free Koblenz, Rhein-Lahn, Rhein-Hunsrück, Cochem-Zell, and V ...

, in

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. It is part of the ''

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. Rhinelan ...

'' ("collective municipality") of

Maifeld The Maifeld is a landscape (a natural region sub-unit) of the Middle Rhine Basin on its western perimeter with the Eifel mountains, southwest of the city of Koblenz. It is known for its gently rolling hills. Location The plain, which lies a ...

. It is situated south-east of

Mayen Mayen is a town in the Mayen-Koblenz District of the Rhineland-Palatinate Federal State of Germany, in the eastern part of the Volcanic Eifel Region. As well as the main town, additional settlements include Alzheim, Kürrenberg, Hausen-Betzing, ...

, a few kilometres from the Moselle river and

Eltz Castle Eltz Castle (german: Burg Eltz) is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle between Koblenz and Trier, Germany. It is still owned by a branch of House of Eltz who have lived there since the 12th century. Eltz Castle along with B� ...

. The first (B.C.) residents of the region were Celts. The old church is based on a Roman castle-tower. After the Romans, the Franks (

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first ...

) arrived in the 9th century. In the Middle Ages (1277) Münstermaifeld received town privileges and was governed by the bishop of Trier. It is one of the oldest towns in

and, with its 3,400 citizens, one of the smallest.

Mayors

* up to 2009: Maximilian Mumm * 2009–2014: Robert Müller * since 2014: Claudia Schneider (CDU)

Born in Münstermaifeld

* Julia Drusilla (16-38), sister of the Emperor Caligula * Jakob von Eltz-Rübenach (1510–1581) Archbishop-Elector of Trier from 1567 to 1581 * Franz Josef Ignaz Canaris (1791-1828), great-grandfather of

Wilhelm Canaris Wilhelm Franz Canaris (1 January 1887 – 9 April 1945) was a German admiral and the chief of the ''Abwehr'' (the German military-intelligence service) from 1935 to 1944. Canaris was initially a supporter of Adolf Hitler, and the Nazi re ...

* Anton Josef Dräger (1794-1833), painter * Heinrich Klee (1800-1840), Catholic theologian * Johann Martin Josef Canaris (1817-1894), grandfather of

Joseph Wolf Joseph Wolf (22 January 1820 – 20 April 1899) was a German artist who specialized in natural history illustration. He moved to the British Museum in 1848 and became the preferred illustrator for explorers and naturalists including David Livi ...

(1820-1899), animal painter *

Thomas Anders Bernd Weidung (born 1 March 1963), known by his stage name Thomas Anders, is a German singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the pop duo Modern Talking. Starting his singing career while still in school ...

(born 1963), pop singer and music producer File:Münster in Münstermaifeld.jpg, St. Martin and St. Severus church in Münstermaifeld Image:Muenstermaifeld Rathaus.jpg, Town hall of Münstermaifeld Image:Maifeldmünster 08290003.JPG, "Holy Sepulchre - Entombment of Christ" sculpture in the Maifeldmünster church

References

External links

Münstermaifeld website
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