Brey

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality :	Rhine-Moselle
Height :	98 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.42 km 2
Residents:	1469 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	229 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56321
Area code :	02628
License plate :	MYK, MY
Community key :	07 1 37 204
LOCODE :	DE REY
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 44 ; 56330 Kobern-Gondorf
Website :	www.brey-am-rhein.de
Local Mayor :	Manfred Bier ( SPD )
Location of the local community Brey in the district of Mayen-Koblenz

Brey (left) and Rhens on the Rhine

Historical map of the region around Brey by Gerhard Mercator ( west )

Brey is a municipality in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Rhein-Mosel community .

geography

Brey is located near Koblenz on the Rhine opposite Braubach , where the Marksburg is located. Neighboring towns are Spay (upstream) and the city of Rhens (downhill). The Siebenborn district belongs to Brey .

history

Brey was already settled in the Stone Age, as various archaeological finds, including flint artifacts, show. An elaborate underground aqueduct in qanat construction comes from Roman times , which suggests a greater Roman presence. In fact, a Roman country estate (Villa rustica) has been found in the outskirts of Brey and the location of a Roman fort is suspected on the Tauberbach. Brey was halfway between the Roman forts in Koblenz ( Confluentes ) and Boppard ( Fort Boppard ), near another manor near Spay . It stands to reason that a supply station was built here, but there is no evidence for this.

The first written mention of Breys (Bruone) comes from the year 821, when it appears together with Spay (Speyen) in a deed of gift. The place was owned by various landlords, including the Lords of Eppstein and the Bishop of Worms, but as part of the parish of Niederspay initially belonged administratively to the Boppard Empire , whose northern border ran at Brey, and after its pledging to Archbishop Balduin to the Electorate of Trier Boppard.

Like the other areas on the left bank of the Rhine , Brey was occupied by French revolutionary troops in 1792 and later annexed to France. During this time it became part of the Mairie Rhens in the canton of Boppard . After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the Rhineland became Prussian and Brey part of the new Boppard mayor in the Sankt Goar district . The place remained there until the administrative reform in 1969, when the St. Goar district was dissolved and Brey was spun off from Boppard together with Spay. After it was initially directly connected to the Koblenz district , in 1970 it became part of the new Rhens Association in the Mayen-Koblenz district.

Since June 2005, numerous sights in the Breyer area have been provided with information plaques as part of the reopening of the Brey-Spay-Jakobsberg cultural trail . In addition to the Iron Age barrows, the Roman aqueduct is also integrated, which was located in the 19th century, but was not scientifically processed until after 1963.

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	271
1835	376
1871	410
1905	569
1939	627
1950	810

year	Residents
1961	890
1970	1.009
1987	1,245
1997	1,295
2005	1,605
2017	1,495

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Brey consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	total
2019	7th	3	6th	16 seats
2014	7th	3	6th	16 seats
2009	4th	3	9	16 seats
2004	4th	4th	8th	16 seats

FWG = Free Voter Group Brey e. V.

Local mayor

The local mayor is Manfred Bier, SPD . He is Dr.-Ing. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 82.87% of the vote, making him the successor to Hans-Dieter Gassen (SPD).