Bremm

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Bremm (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′  N , 7 ° 7 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Cochem cell
Association municipality :	Cochem
Height :	100 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.12 km 2
Residents:	724 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	79 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56814
Area code :	02675
License plate :	COC, ZEL
Community key :	07 1 35 012
Association administration address:	Ravenéstrasse 61 56812 Cochem
Website :	www.bremm.info
Mayoress :	Gisela Heib
Location of the local community Bremm in the district of Cochem-Zell

Bremm is a municipality in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Cochem community .

Geographical location

Bremm lies on a bend in the Moselle between Trier and Koblenz and is surrounded by the vineyards of the Calmont , the steepest vineyard in Europe with a height of 378 meters and a slope of approx. 65 degrees. This extends along the Moselle from Ediger-Eller to Bremm and is part of the Moselle wine-growing region . The approximately 100 hectares of vineyards in the Bremm district are divided into the individual layers of Calmont, Abbey Stuben Abbey, Frauenberg, Schlemmertröpfchen and Laurentiusberg. The location of Bremm gave its name to the Bremm pumped storage plant, which was planned in the immediate vicinity from the end of the 1960s .

history

The place was already settled in Celtic and Roman times. The oldest documented mention of the place is from the year 1051, when Richeza , granddaughter of Emperor Otto II , donated goods to the Brauweiler monastery in Brembe . A church in Bremm was first mentioned in 1097. The present church in Bremm was built towards the end of the 15th century and was rebuilt and enlarged in 1895. Like previous churches in the parish, it is dedicated to St. Lawrence.

The most important landlord until 1802 was the Augustinian monastery Springiersbach with the ladies' monastery in Stuben . It housed the Limburg storage library . The occupation by French revolutionary troops had already taken place in 1794 , until 1814 Bremm belonged to Mairie Eller in the canton of Cochem . In 1815 the place was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . The 11th century church was rebuilt and enlarged in 1895. Bremm has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946. In 2002 Bremm won the title “Most beautiful village in Rhineland-Palatinate” in the competition “ Our village has a future ”.

The Greek double cross stands for the house symbol of the monastery, which was adopted from a famous cross reliquary. The grape symbolizes the economic structure of the community and the pointed arched windows stand for the former Augustinian nunnery.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Bremm consists of twelve council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairwoman.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the community shows a shield split by a rising, curved green tip - inside a golden grape. The left side is black with three golden pointed arched windows and a golden wave bar underneath, on the right side you can see a red Greek double cross on a silver background.

Culture and sights

Buildings

There is a baroque altar in the Sankt Laurentius church . Only a ruin remains of the former Stuben Monastery women's monastery . There are several half-timbered houses in Bremm, including the Storchenhaus half-timbered house with carvings.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Bremm

trips

For several years now, the via ferrata through the Bremmer Calmont has been attracting many visitors to the town every year.

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  View of Bremm

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  Place with Saint Laurentius Church

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  Town center

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  Stuben Abbey near Bremm

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  General view of the Moselle loop

Web links

Commons : Bremm  - Collection of Images

• Website of the local community Bremm
• Pictures by Bremm ( Memento from October 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• Literature about Bremm 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. ↑ ^{a b c d} story. Bremm parish, accessed on June 14, 2018 .