Brachtendorf

This article deals with a German local church. For further meanings see Brachtendorf (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '  N , 7 ° 14'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Cochem cell
Association municipality :	Kaisersesch
Height :	300 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.45 km 2
Residents:	255 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	104 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56761
Area code :	02653
License plate :	COC, ZEL
Community key :	07 1 35 011
Association administration address:	Am Römerturm 2 56759 Kaisersesch
Website :	www.gemeinde-brachtendorf.de
Local Mayor :	Eike Gries
Location of the local community Brachtendorf in the district of Cochem-Zell

Brachtendorf is a municipality in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Kaisersesch association.

geography

Brachtendorf is in the Eastern Eifel . The closest basic centers are Kaisersesch , about seven kilometers to the west, and Treis-Karden on the Moselle, about eight kilometers south of the town. The Brohlbach flows through the municipality .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1189 under the name "Brachindorp". "Brathendorf" (1250), "Brattendorf" (1252) and "Brachtdorff" (1592) were later mentioned. Until the end of the 18th century, Brachtendorf belonged to the rulers of Kurtrier and was assigned to the high court of Klotten in the office of Cochem . In the Trier fire book from 1563 there were 28 fireplaces (households) in Brachtendorf, in 1684 there were only nine.

In 1794 French revolutionary troops annexed the Left Bank of the Rhine , from 1798 to 1814 Brachtendorf belonged to the canton of Cochem in the Koblenz arrondissement of the Rhine-Moselle department . Under the French administration had for Brachtendorf extent a peculiarity that this community to the otherwise to Canton Kaisersesch assigned Mairie belonged Kaisersesch. Brachtendorf consisted of 15 houses in 1808, in which 65 residents lived. The Munizipalrat (Brachtendorfer community representative in the Mairie Kaisersesch) was the citizen carter.

Due to the resolutions at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia . Under the Prussian administration, the municipality of Brachtendorf became part of the mayor's office in Kaisersesch in the Cochem district , which belonged to the new administrative district of Koblenz and, from 1822, to the Rhine province .

The municipality of Brachtendorf has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 , has belonged to the Kaisersesch association since 1968 and to the Cochem-Zell district since 1969 .

Statistics on population development

The development of the population of Brachtendorf, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 83 1835 133 1871 165 1905 188 1939 210

year Residents 1950 203 1961 221 1970 261 1987 217 2005 281

Municipal council

The municipal council in Brachtendorf consists of six council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

Culture and sights

As early as the early 1930s, the then village school teacher Siebenborn wrote the following poem:

Brachtendorf located in the valley,
on the lively Brohlbach.
Gentle hills surround you
, my gaze falls lovingly on you.

Buildings

Brachtendorf, St. Lambertus

In Brachtendorf there are various buildings that the whole community can use. On the one hand, this includes the rifle hall, where the marching band and the club of the rifle brotherhood rehearse regularly. In addition, the large hall in Brachtendorf is a popular place for birthday and other celebrations. In addition to its purpose, the Brachtendorf fire station is used to accommodate the fire engine for holding festivities (e.g. village festival, sports festival, fair).

See also : List of cultural monuments in Brachtendorf

societies

Brachtendorf has a lively club life. In addition to the two registered associations of the St. Sebastianus Schützenbruderschaft 1892 e. V. with its subdivision Schützencorps Brachtendorf and the sport club Blaue Jungs e. V. the Möhnen, the women's community and the volunteer fire brigade are still active.

Personalities

• Peter Bleser (* 1952), German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag since 1990

literature

• Alfons Friderichs: Book of arms of the district of Cochem-Zell. Darmstadt 2001, ISBN 3-00-008064-3 .

Web links

Commons : Brachtendorf  - Collection of Images

• Local community Brachtendorf on the website of the Kaisersesch association
• Literature about Brachtendorf in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Elmar Rettinger: Historical local dictionary Rhineland-Palatinate. Volume 1: Former district of Cochem , Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1985. ISBN 3-515-04173-7 , p. 19 ( Google Books )
3. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine Province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, pp. 117, 146.
4. ↑ Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , Koblenz: Prefecture-Buchdruckerey, 1808, p. 63 ff ( www.dilibri.de )
5. ↑ Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Coblenz , Coblenz: Hölscher, 1843, p. 37 ( www.dilibri.de )
6. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.