Schweich an der Römischen Weinstraße is a ''

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- ...

'' ("collective municipality") in the

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district, in

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. It is located in the northeast of

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and consists of the town of

Schweich Schweich is a town in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Moselle, approx. northeast of Trier. Schweich is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Schweich an der R ...

on the

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and the 18 ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities") of

Bekond Bekond is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, 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 ...

Detzem Detzem is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, 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 ...

, Ensch,

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, Kenn, Klüsserath, Köwerich, Leiwen, Longen,

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, Naurath, Pölich,

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, Thörnich and

Trittenheim Trittenheim on the Middle Moselle is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Trier-Saarburg district (before January 2012: Bernkastel-Wittlich district) in Rhineland-P ...

Geography

The elevation of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' extends from on the Moselle near Trittenheim to near Mehring.

Neighbouring collective municipalities

Neighboring collective municipalities are (starting clockwise in the north): * Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land * Verbandsgemeinde Bernkastel-Kues * Verbandsgemeinde Thalfang am Erbeskopf * Verbandsgemeinde Hermeskeil * Verbandsgemeinde Ruwer * Stadt Trier * Verbandsgemeinde Trier-Land

Associated municipalities

The list contains the

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, the

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names, the district areas, exemplarily the population figures from 1950 as well as the current population figures.

History

The Verbandsgemeinde Schweich was created by the state law amending municipal constitutional regulations and preparing the reorganization of the municipalities of July 16, 1968, which determined the reorganization of the previous offices into ''Verbandsgemeinden''. The Verbandsgemeinde Klüsserath was dissolved in the course of the territorial reform carried out by the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1969/1970 and the local municipalities of Klüsserath, Leiwen, Köwerich, Detzem, Thörnich, Ensch, Schleich, Pölich and Bekond became part of the Verbandsgemeinde Schweich. The officially awarded additional designation "an der Römischen Weinstraße" has been used since January 1, 1989. On January 1, 2012, the municipality of Trittenheim was incorporated. It was previously part of the Verbandsgemeinde Neumagen-Dhron in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district.

Population development

Politics

Verbandsgemeinderat

The ''Verbandsgemeinderat'' Schweich consists of 36 honorary councillors, who were elected in the

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on May 26, 2019 by personalized proportional representation, and the full-time

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as chairwoman. The distribution of seats in the

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:Der Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz: Kommunalwahl, Verbandsgemeinderatswahlen
Retrieved March 6, 2021 (FWG = "Freie Wählergruppe der Verbandsgemeinde Schweich e.V.")

Mayor

* Christiane Horsch, since 2012 * Berthold Biwer, 1996 to 2011 * Harald Bartos, 1985 to 1996 * Bernhard Becker, 1963 to 1985 * Jakob Dedy, 1948 to 1963 * Johannes Grundmanns, 1945 to 1948 * Kurt Friedrich Keuchen, 1937 to 1945 * Hubert Ruland, 1925 to 1937 In the direct election on May 26, 2019, Horsch was confirmed in her office with a share of the vote of 81.3%.

Partnership

The Verbandsgemeinde maintains

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with Portishead,

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(since 1992),

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(since 1995) and

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(since 1995).

External links

Official website of the Verbandsgemeinde Schweich an der Römischen Weinstraße
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References

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