Grenderich

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′  N , 7 ° 14 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Cochem cell
Association municipality :	Zell (Moselle)
Height :	400 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.51 km 2
Residents:	376 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	44 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56858
Area code :	02673
License plate :	COC, ZEL
Community key :	07 1 35 037
Association administration address:	Corray 1 56856 Zell (Moselle)
Website :	www.zell-mosel.de
Local Mayor :	Wolfgang Wallrath
Location of the local community Grenderich in the district of Cochem-Zell

Grenderich is a municipality in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Zell (Mosel) . The place is not to be confused with the submerged Grenderich on the Gusenburger district.

geography

The municipality Grenderich is located on a to Mosel abdachenden Riedel of northern Mosel Hunsrück at a height of 420 m around 5 km from the Moselle. It is connected there with the state road L 98 to Senheim or the L 199 through Mühlental to Merl (Zell). Parallel to the L 98, the place can also be hiked on a section of the Keltenweg Nahe-Mosel .

The Vogthof and Zirweshof residential areas also belong to Grenderich .

history

In 1238 Grenderich was first mentioned in a document. Until 1780 the place belonged to the bailiwick of Senheim in the " Dreiherrischen Territory ". As in the Beltheim court , Kurtrier , Sponheim and Braunshorn (later Winneburg and Metternich) shared sovereignty. From 1794 Grenderich was under French rule and belonged to the canton of Zell from 1798 to 1814 . In 1815 the region and with it the place Grenderich was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna .

The foundation stone for the Grenderich church was laid in 1870. The new building was completed in 1872 according to plans by the district architect Schmitt from Cochem .

Since 1946 Grenderich has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate . By the 8th Administrative Simplification Act of July 18, 1970 with effect from November 7, 1970, the municipality of Grenderich was assigned to the Verbandsgemeinde Zell (Mosel) after the dissolution of the Verbandsgemeinde Senheim .

At the same time as the Pydna (missile base) was built in the 1980s, a MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile position was built in the district near Grenderich . This position was given up in 1990 and the unit was relocated to the Middle East for use in the Iraq war .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 402 1835 661 1871 647 1905 525 1939 463 1950 424

year Residents 1961 444 1970 452 1987 393 2005 440 2017 384

Municipal council

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

traffic

Grenderich is connected to the regional traffic via the federal highway 421 located about five kilometers to the south . The nearest train station is Bullay on the Moselle route , about eleven kilometers to the west. The nearest airport is Frankfurt-Hahn , which can be reached in around 25 km via the B 421 to Kappel and the Hunsrückhöhenstrasse .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Grenderich
• List of natural monuments in Grenderich

Others

Between the places Grimburg and Gusenburg in the district of Trier-Saarburg there was also a village called Grenderich until the Thirty Years War .

Web links

Commons : Grenderich  - Collection of Images

• Brief portrait of Grenderich at Hierzuland , SWR television
• Literature about Grenderich 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. ↑ | Grenderich has a new municipal council - Grenderich municipality - entry from June 29, 2019
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 23 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections