Kötterichen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '  N , 6 ° 59'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Kelberg
Height :	485 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.31 km 2
Residents:	124 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	95 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56767
Area code :	02657
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 221
Association administration address:	Dauner Strasse 22 53539 Kelberg
Website :	www.koetterichen.de
Local Mayor :	Franz-Josef Jax
Location of the local community Kötterichen in the Vulkaneifel district

Kötterichen is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the association community Kelberg .

Geographical location

Kötterichen is located in the Vulkaneifel nature park and in the Kelberg nature reserve. To the northwest of the village rises the Galgenberg ( 554.5  m above sea  level ) and south of the Jakobsberg ( 549  m ). The city of Ulmen is located about 3 km southwest.

history

Wonderfully country belonged Kötterichen, formerly Köttrichen or Kottrichen called until the late 18th century to the Electorate of Cologne and the administration was subordinate to the mayor office Uersfeld in office Nürburg . After the occupation of the Left Bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops (1794) and the introduction of new administrative structures based on the French model (1798), Kötterichen was administered by the Mairie Ulmen in the canton of the same name . After the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna , the town was assigned to the newly formed mayor's office Kelberg (from 1927 "Amt Kelberg") in the Prussian district of Adenau .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 34 1835 40 1871 45 1905 61 1939 101 1950 112

year Residents 1961 94 1970 98 1987 89 2005 118 2011 111 2017 115

politics

Municipal council

The council in Kötterichen 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.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Shield half right and obliquely divided, above in gold a red lily, in front in red a silver chalice, next to it on the left a golden awakening, behind in blue an upright golden sword, on the left a standing golden bishop's staff."

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Kötterichen

Web links

Commons : Kötterichen  - Collection of images

• Internet presence of the local community Kötterichen
• Local community Kötterichen on the website of the association community Kelberg
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Kötterichen in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, 2nd volume: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 72.
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections