Low

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coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 16 '  N , 7 ° 16'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality :	Maifeld
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.94 km 2
Residents:	412 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	140 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56751
Area code :	02654
License plate :	MYK, MY
Community key :	07 1 37 029
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 4 56751 Polch
Website :	nied-maifeld.de
Local Mayor :	Thomas Welter
Location of the local community of Gering in the Mayen-Koblenz district

Gering 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

Little is about five kilometers southwest of the city of Polch . In terms of natural space, the majority of the municipal area with the main town can be assigned to the flat, undulating Obermaifeld , while the southern part can be assigned to the Elztal (valley of the Elzbach ). There the municipality reaches the Elzbach with almost 215  m above sea level. NHN its deepest, on the northwestern border on the slope of the Einiger Höhe with 360  m above sea level. NHN its highest point on the ground . The Geringermühle residential area on the Elzbach belongs to Gering .

history

Gering was first mentioned in a document as Girreke in 1257 , later as Girniche , Gyrneke or Jerrich .

In 1563 the village counted 13 under the name Gerink and 15 fire places in 1684 . Wonderfully country they belonged to the late 18th century to the Electorate of Trier and the administration was under the Office Münster-Maienfeld . Little was the seat of a Heimburger in the Münster-Maienfeld High Court.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 146 1835 229 1871 241 1905 274 1939 273 1950 308

year Residents 1961 263 1970 265 1987 274 1997 367 2005 407 2019 412

politics

Municipal council

The council in Gering consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The previous council had eight councilors.

mayor

Thomas Welter became the local mayor of Gering in 2019. Since there was no candidate in the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected by the local council. Thomas Welter's predecessors were Klaus Scherer (Mayor 2009–2019) and Walter Pies (1994–2009).

coat of arms

	Blazon : "A raised red rafter in silver, covered with three silver balls, including a blue slate hammer with a black handle."
	Justification for the coat of arms: red and silver are reminiscent of Kurtrier, while the balls refer to the chapel patron Nicholas. Since Gering was long characterized by slate mining, the slate hammer has been included in the coat of arms that has been used since 1978.

church

In the Catholic Nikolauskapelle from 1922 a high altar piece from the end of the 18th century was taken over from the previous building.

House names

A special awareness of tradition in the community is evident from the fact that many homeowners have put up signs next to the house numbers that show the traditional house names .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Gering

photos

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  Lore with coat of arms in memory of the slate mining

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  St. Nicholas Church

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  Sign with the former house name

Web links

Commons : Low  - collection of images

• Page of the Verbandsgemeinde too low
• Brief portrait of Gering on SWR television
• Literature about Gering 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. ↑ 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. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine Province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, pp. 144, 154, 210.
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Maifeld, Verbandsgemeinde, third line of results. Retrieved January 20, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Local community Gering: local mayor. Retrieved January 20, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Local community Gering: Constituent meeting of the community council. July 13, 2009, accessed January 20, 2020 .