Kell by the lake

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 38 '  N , 6 ° 49'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Trier-Saarburg
Association municipality :	Saarburg-Kell
Height :	480 m above sea level NHN
Area :	28.26 km 2
Residents:	1938 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	69 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54427
Area code :	06589
License plate :	TR, SAB
Community key :	07 2 35 058
Association administration address:	Schlossberg 6 54439 Saarburg
Website :	kellamsee.de
Local Mayor :	Markus Lehnen ( CDU )
Location of the local community Kell am See in the district of Trier-Saarburg

Former train station on today's Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg

Kell am See, aerial photo (2016)

Keller reservoir, aerial photo (2016)

Kell am See airfield, aerial photo (2016)

View from the dam over the Keller See in an easterly direction (2016)

Kell am See on Hunsrückhöhenstrasse is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Saarburg-Kell association, which has another administrative seat there. Kell am See is a state-approved climatic health resort and designated as a basic center according to state planning .

geography

Kell am See is located in the southwestern part of the Hunsrück between the Black Forest and the Osburger Hochwald in the Keller Mulde , on the upper Ruwer and on the Keller reservoir .

Kell am See refers to the table sheet No. 6306 (formerly No. 3494) of the topographic map on a scale of 1: 25,000.

Community structure

Districts of Kell am See are Am Reichertsbruch , Farm , Fronhof , Mühlscheid and Wallerplatz .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Osburg , Reinsfeld , Grimburg , Wadern , Waldweiler , Mandern , Schillingen , Schöndorf and Holzerath .

history

The place was first mentioned in the Grimo testament in 634 and appears in the Liber annalium iurium around 1220 . In the Electorate of Trier it belonged to the Grimburg office and was the central place of care for Kell . In French times there was the Mairie Kell and under Prussian rule the mayor's office Kell and the later office of Kell, from which in 1968 the collective municipality of Kell emerged.

Since March 24, 1992, the municipality has had the part of its name “am See”.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 699 1835 889 1871 961 1905 1,026 1939 1,287 1950 1,385 1961 1,606

year Residents 1970 1,709 1987 1,675 1997 1,868 2005 1,891 2011 1.938 2017 1.925

Graphic of the population development

religion

The population is predominantly Roman Catholic . The Catholic parish church bears the patronage of St. Bartholomew . The cellar nativity scene in the church is well known outside the region .

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Kell am See consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. A majority vote had taken place in the 2009 municipal council election .

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	WGR	total
2019	1	9	6th	16 seats
2014	-	9	7th	16 seats
2009	Majority vote			16 seats

Local mayor

The local mayor is Markus Lehnen (CDU).

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In green under a raised silver wavy bar, a golden fallen Celtic dagger ."

Events

• Until 2013 the festival “Highway to Kell” took place every spring.
• The glider site is open on weekends. The air sports club then offers local sightseeing flights over the high forest.
• On the last weekend in August, the traditional St. Bartholomew's fair takes place, with a large Krammarkt and a joint animal show.

economy

The Hochwald industrial park is located on the Hunsrückhöhenstrasse .

Established businesses

• KOMAGE Gellner Maschinenfabrik KG has been based in Kell am See since 1938 and is the municipality's largest employer. It manufactures powder press systems and automation systems.
• Sawmill Franz Lang & Son

Infrastructure

The Hochwaldbahn ( Trier - Türkismühle ), which opened in 1889, had a station in Kell. Today the Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg runs along the former route . Since then, the building has been converted into a cultural center.

In the east, Kell is affected by the Hunsrückhöhenstrasse .

tourism

In 1969 planning began for the construction of the Keller reservoir with 14 hectares of water for boating and fishing with a landscaped environment at the confluence of the Kreidbach, Fronbach and Lehbach rivers. The background to this was the stimulation of tourism, promoted by the "Hochwald Recreation Area" association founded in 1967. The lake forms the tourist center of the place. In 1979, Kell am See became a state-approved climatic health resort . One stage of the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig ends in Kell am See. There is also a Landal GreenPark and the Koala climbing forest on the lake .

education

In Kell am See there is a kindergarten as well as the secondary school plus Kell am See. The district has also been running the Kell am See youth training workshop in the former district youth center since 1989. The house is available to schools, clubs, associations and municipalities for their educational and leisure work and is regularly used by institutions beyond the region.

Personalities

• Johann Lang (1888–1961), lawyer and leading representative of the German cooperative system
• August Justen (* 1923), long-time mayor of the community of Kell am See
• Manfred Lang (1930–2012), entrepreneur and local politician
• Dittmar Lauer (* 1937), architect and local history researcher
• Werner Angsten (* 1948), long-time mayor of the community of Kell am See

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Kell am See

Web links

Commons : Kell am See  - Collection of images

• Website of the local church in Kell am See
• To search for cultural assets of the local community of Kell am See in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Link catalog on the subject of Kell am See at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ ^{A b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved July 17, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Deutsche Fotothek : Mestischblatt No. 3494: Kell, 1887
4. ↑ landkartenarchiv.de: Mes table sheet No. 6306: Kell, 1939
5. ↑ Map Kell am See, edition 2019, DNB 1179808541
6. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 124 (PDF; 3 MB).
7. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 186 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
9. ^ Dittmar Lauer : Historic train station. January 2, 2010, accessed September 23, 2017 (private website). 
10. ↑ The history of the reservoir on the VGV Kell am See website
11. ↑ Hans Muth: With visions and new ideas. In: volksfreund.de. May 17, 2013, accessed May 4, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Axel Munsteiner: The Werner Angsten era is coming to an end. In: volksfreund.de. August 26, 2014, accessed May 4, 2017 .