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Can City of Conc
	Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 47 " N , 6 ° 33 ′ 15" E
Height :	145 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	2275 (Dec. 31, 2008)
Incorporation :	November 7, 1970
Postal code :	54329
Area code :	06501
Location of Könen in Rhineland-Palatinate
	Könen - the townscape

Könen is located on the Saar and is a district of Konz on the Moselle in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The village has approx. 2275 inhabitants (as of 2008) and in 1970 still had a wine-growing area of approx. 16 hectares. The cultivated areas had decreased to a few hectares by 2005. Könen is on federal highway 51 . Könen, formerly an independent municipality, was incorporated into the city of Konz on November 7, 1970 as part of the administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate. Archaeological finds have shown that Celts and Romans have already settled in the area. First recorded mention was in 980 as Kona.

Culture and sights

Architectural monuments in place

Parish Church of St. Amandus Könen
The “Big House” - former rectory / winery

Synagogue and Jewish cemetery

Southwest view of the Catholic Church in Könen
View of the "Big House"
Cross of roads in the wall of the "Great House"
Quereinhaus town center

Sculptures on the Saar

Sculpture Hoher Dreher on the Saar near the sports field

Three of the sculptures in the context of the sculpture symposia Stones on the River and Sculptures on the River are on the Könener Flur: The Hohe Dreher near the sports field, the Archaic Traces near the Konzerbrück and the triangular sandstone at the mouth of the Saar and the Moselle .

Business location

The commercial area of the village is characterized by the manufacturing facility for construction equipment from the Volvo company , which was taken over by the then Zettelmeyer company in 1994 . The company produces different types of machines at the Konz-Könen location .

History of the Jews

A 258-page book on the history of the Jews of Könen was published in November 2005 for the Konz-Könen district . It provides information about the times of peaceful coexistence between Jews and Christians as well as the destruction of the Jewish community in Könen during the Nazi era . Photos of people and documents illustrate the eventful history of a fairly large Jewish community. Contemporary witness reports on the fate of individual Jewish families convey how the victims learned about the anti-Jewish measures taken by the National Socialists. The book written by Willi Körtels was published by the Förderverein Synagoge Könen e. V.

Former synagogue
Jewish Cemetery

literature

Willi Körtels : History of the Jews of Könen . Friends of the Synagogue Könen e. V., Conc 2005.

Web links

Commons : Könen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

To search for cultural goods in the Könen district of the city of Konz in the database of cultural goods in the Trier region .
Information on Jewish history and the former synagogue in Könen at alemmania-judaica

Individual evidence

↑ Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 183 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.

[1] Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 183 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.