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	Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '  N , 7 ° 12'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Cochem cell
Association municipality :	Kaisersesch
Height :	350 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.59 km 2
Residents:	498 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	89 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56761
Area code :	02653
License plate :	COC, ZEL
Community key :	07 1 35 033
Association administration address:	Am Römerturm 2 56759 Kaisersesch
Website :	www.gamlen.de
Local Mayor :	Michael Münch
Location of the local community Gamlen in the district of Cochem-Zell

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

geography

Gamlen is five kilometers east of the city of Kaisersesch in the valley and on both sides of the Brohlbach . The village covers altitudes between 340  m above sea level. NN and 380  m above sea level NN . The federal motorway 48 runs around 300 m to the south and runs over a length of over 800 m through the area around the town. In terms of its natural surroundings , around two-thirds of the agricultural area in the Eastern Moselle Eifel can still be largely assigned to the Kaisersescher Eifelrand , a northern section to the Elz Valley . State road 109 (Kaisersesch - Brohl ) leads through the village . Gamlen borders (clockwise) on the local communities Kehrig (district Mayen-Koblenz), Kaifenheim , Zettingen , Hambuch , Eulgem and Düngenheim .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1252 as Gammenheim in a deed of donation. In 1338, Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian granted Count Robert von Virneburg the right to use Schultheissen in Gaemyheim . In the 18th century the landlords in Gamlen were Mayen Abbey, Beilstein Monastery, the Barons von Gymnich , the Counts von der Leyen and the Barons von Clodt. The sovereign was Amt Kaisersesch , which Gamlen assigned to the Amt Kaisersesch. From 1794 Gamlen was under French rule, in 1815 the place was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Since 1946 it has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate . Gamlen has had a new, large community hall since 2004.

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 304 1835 418 1871 485 1905 465 1939 421

year Residents 1950 445 1961 403 1970 409 1987 477 2005 555

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

The local mayor is Michael Münch, he was elected by the local council in 2019 as no direct candidate had run for election.

coat of arms

The coat of arms is split by a fallen point. In it three stones in red. In front a golden rose in red, behind in green a silver basket with five golden ears of wheat.

The three stones indicate the patron saint of the parish of Gamlen, St. Stephen , who has been mentioned as patron along with St. Peter since 1680. The rose is reminiscent of the nearby Rosenthal Abbey . A citizen of Münstermaifeld gave the monastery his grain harvest in Gammenheim in 1278. The basket symbolizes the town's early market rights from 1789. The ears of wheat in the basket indicate the agriculture practiced in the village.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Gamlen

Web links

Commons : Gamlen  - collection of images

• Local community Gamlen on the website of the Kaisersesch association
• Private site about the local community Gamlen
• Brief portrait of gambling on SWR television
• Literature on Gamlen in the Rhineland-Palatinate Landesbibliographie

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections