Greimersburg

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 11 '  N , 7 ° 8'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Cochem cell
Association municipality :	Cochem
Height :	420 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.16 km 2
Residents:	690 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	68 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56814
Area code :	02671
License plate :	COC, ZEL
Community key :	07 1 35 036
Association administration address:	Ravenéstrasse 61 56812 Cochem
Website :	www.greimersburg.de
Local Mayor :	Hans-Werner Junglas
Location of the Greimersburg community in the Cochem-Zell district

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

geography

Greimersburg is located in the East Eifel between Trier and Koblenz near the cities of Cochem on the Moselle and Kaisersesch . Greimersburg also includes the residential areas Browels-Mühle, Fahrendeierhof, Göbels-Mühle, Kaus-Höfe, Maxmehrmühle, Osters-Mühle, Schneiders-Mühle, Thönnesgens-Mühle and Weißmühle.

history

Greimersburg was first mentioned in 1446 under the name "Greimersbeuren".

Up to the end of the 18th century, Greimersburg belonged to the rulers of Kurtrier and was assigned to the high court of Klotten in the office of Cochem . In the Trier fire book from 1563 there were 26 fireplaces (households) in Greimersburg ( Grimmersburg ), in 1684 there were 22.

In 1794 French revolutionary troops annexed the Left Bank of the Rhine , from 1798 to 1814 Greimersburg belonged to the canton of Cochem in the Koblenz arrondissement of the Rhine-Mosel department . Munizipalräte (Greimersburg community representatives in the Mairie Cochem) were the citizens of Gilles, Münch and Schuwerak in 1808.

Due to the resolutions at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia . Under the Prussian administration the community Greimersburg to come mayoralty Cochem in the district Cochem , of the new Region of Koblenz and from 1822 to the Rhine province belonged.

Greimersburg has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 , since 1968 the local congregation has belonged to the Verbandsgemeinde Cochem-Land (since 2009 Verbandsgemeinde Cochem ) and since 1969 to the district of Cochem-Zell .

Population development

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

Population development of Greimersburg from 1815 to 2017 according to the table below

year Residents 1815 225 1835 470 1871 515 1905 557 1939 539 1950 501 1961 492

year Residents 1970 585 1987 629 1997 680 2005 711 2011 692 2017 693

religion

Greimersburg was ecclesiastically assigned to the Catholic parish of Klotten until 1728 . Today Greimersburg and Landkern form a parish.

politics

Municipal council

The local council Greimersburg 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. In the elections before 2014, personalized proportional representation took place in which two groups of voters were represented.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In silver, a continuous red cross covered with a black shield, inside a golden cross staff with hanging silver bells."

Attractions

• "Valley of the Wild Endert" with its former mills

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Greimersburg
• List of natural monuments in Greimersburg

Web links

Commons : Greimersburg  - Collection of Images

• Website of the local community Greimersburg
• Literature about Greimersburg 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. 32 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ Elmar Rettinger: Historical local dictionary Rhineland-Palatinate. Volume 1: Former district of Cochem , Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1985. ISBN 3-515-04173-7 , p. 19 ( Google Books )
4. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine Province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, pp. 117, 146.
5. ↑ Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , Koblenz: Prefecture-Buchdruckerey, 1808, p. 60 ( www.dilibri.de )
6. ↑ Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Coblenz , Coblenz: Hölscher, 1843, p. 36 ( www.dilibri.de )
7. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
9. ↑ A. Friderichs: Book of arms of the district of Cochem-Zell. Darmstadt 2001, pp. 48/49.