Gappenach

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Coat of arms of the local community Gappenach
Gappenach
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Coordinates: 50 ° 16 '  N , 7 ° 21'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality : Maifeld
Height : 170 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.51 km 2
Residents: 329 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 94 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56294
Area code : 02654
License plate : MYK, MY
Community key : 07 1 37 027
Association administration address: Marktplatz 4
56751 Polch
Website : www.maifeld.de
Local Mayor : Udo Heinemann
Location of the local community of Gappenach in the Mayen-Koblenz district
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Place view

Gappenach is a municipality in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Maifeld Association , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Polch .

geography

Gappenach is about three kilometers northwest of the city of Münstermaifeld and three and a half kilometers southeast of the city of Polch . The village extends over a gently sloping terrain to the northeast towards the Nothbach . In terms of nature , the municipality can be assigned to the gently undulating Niedermaifelder valley . The residential areas Birkenhof, Gänsmühle, Geismühle, Mehlmühle and Neumühle belong to Gappenach .

history

In 1215 Heinrich von Gappenaco was mentioned . Gappenach was an imperial village that was transferred to the Counts of Virneburg in 1338 .

Extensive research is available on the history of Gappenach. The Celtic name Gappiniacum is said to be derived from the personal name Gappius as a settlement of Gappinius . Roman villas and Franconian graves have been brought to light several times in the district . The first mention dates from 1257, when a sheep farm is inherited in Gappenache . At the beginning of the 13th century a resident knight dynasty (three silver lilies as coat of arms) appears. The name ( Gapinacha , Gabnach , Gappnach , Gabbenach, etc.) can be found in a large number of donation documents throughout the Middle Ages. For centuries, Gappenach was called an “imperial village free from the emperor”, which did not send jury members ( Heimburger ) to a high court because the emperor was the supreme court lord. In 1338, Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian temporarily assigned the site to Count Heinrich von Virneburg.

In the Trier fire book of 1563 , Gappenach is explicitly mentioned with 22 fire places with the addition "emperor-free". It was only after 1589 that the place came under Electoral Trier ownership and under the Münstermaifeld Supreme Court . In 1813 there were 49 houses and 268 people.

The local church, consecrated to St. Maximin , was built in 1670 using older parts and a Romanesque tower. The old altar, known as the “Gappenacher Altar” in art history, is a creation by the Moselle Renaissance sculptor Johannes Gross and, after a changeful fate, has been in the Bantus Chapel in the Bering of the Episcopal Vicariate in Trier since 1957.

In the Middle Ages, there was a not insignificant bell foundry in Gappenach, in which utensils such as jugs and Maifelder pewter dishes were possibly also made.

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 268
1835 291
1871 296
1905 271
1939 245
1950 328
year Residents
1961 248
1970 223
1987 220
1997 304
2005 341
2019 329

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Udo Heinemann became the mayor of Gappenach in 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of 77.97% of the votes. Udo Heinemann's predecessor was Arnold Probstfeld.

coat of arms

Gappenach coat of arms
 Blazon : "Under a silver shield head with a continuous red cross, in black 3 (2: 1) silver lilies."

The local community has had the coat of arms since 1978.

Justification of the coat of arms: The red cross is reminiscent of Kurtrier, while the lilies are taken from the seal of a knight Arnold Hering von Gappenach 1326.

Attractions

The church is essentially Romanesque and has a door from the 13th century.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Gappenach

  • church

  • church

  • Church door from the 13th century

  • Basaltic lava grave crosses on the church

literature

Web links

Commons : Gappenach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 39 (PDF; 3 MB).
  3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  4. ^ Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Maifeld, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .