Kinheim

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality :	Traben-Trarbach
Height :	110 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.07 km 2
Residents:	803 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	89 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54538
Area code :	06532
License plate :	WIL, BKS
Community key :	07 2 31 068
LOCODE :	DE EI9
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Am Markt 3 ; 56841 Traben-Trarbach
Website :	www.kinheim.de
Local Mayor :	Walter Klink
Location of the local community Kinheim in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich

Kinheim, Burgstrasse

Kinheim is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Traben-Trarbach community . Kinheim is a state-approved health resort .

geography

The place Kinheim is on the left side of the Middle Moselle at the height of the Moselle river kilometer 116. The district Kindel on the right side of the Moselle. The two districts are connected by a Moselle bridge. The district of Sengwald is embedded in the Alftal between the village of Kinderbeuern and the Ürziger Bahnhof settlement . Around half of the district area is forested.

climate

The annual precipitation is 706 mm. The precipitation is in the middle third of the values recorded in Germany. Lower values are registered at 41% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is February, with the most rainfall in June. In June there is 1.6 times more rainfall than in February. Precipitation varies only minimally and is extremely evenly distributed over the year. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at only 3% of the measuring stations .

Neighboring communities

Bausendorf	Kinderbeuern	Brat
Urzig		Kröv
Losnich	Kindel	Traben-Trarbach

history

The first written mention of the place name Kinheim took place in 1161. The meaning of the name is uncertain. Presumably the determiner Ken is of pre-Roman origin. The basic word home indicates that Kinheim is an early Franconian settlement. The Kindel opposite Kinheim is already mentioned as a Kennelle in 1069 and is later called Kinelle (1304) or Kinnel (1404). Kindel is certainly a daughter settlement of Kinheim, because Kennelle means "little Kinheim". In addition, Kinheim owned an outlying settlement in the Alftal , today's Kinderbeuern (1296: Kynheymerbüren ), which was incorporated into the Kinheim community until 1740.

From 1794 Kinheim was under French rule , in 1815 the place was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Since 1946 it has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

In the Kindel district, the remains of a Celtic-Roman court from the 3rd century were excavated. A high relief of the flail god Sucellus was discovered. This archaeological find is the oldest evidence of viticulture on the Moselle. The original relief figure is now in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier .

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	673
1835	846
1871	1,017
1905	1,034
1939	1,055

year	Residents
1950	1,100
1961	1,000
1970	932
1987	904
2005	825

politics

Municipal council

The council in Kinheim 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.

Partnerships

The municipality is linked through a partnership with the Belgian city of Harelbeke ( West Flanders ) and with the French municipality of Ambonnay ( Champagne ).

Economy and Infrastructure

Kinheim and the Kinheimer Rosenberg vineyard

The community is characterized by viticulture and tourism . Wines thrive in the individual layers of Rosenberg , Hubertuslay and Römerhang on around 120 hectares of vineyards . All three vineyards belong to the large Schwarzlay site and the Bernkastel area of the Moselle growing region .
The federal highway 53 leads through the village . Federal motorway 1 runs to the west . This is followed by the Wittlich-Mitte exit about 15 km away . Since the completion of the Hochmosel crossing , the four-lane federal highway 50 has been accessible via the Erden-Lösnich junction about four kilometers away. This shortened the travel time to the Autobahn 61 at the Rheinböllen junction from around 50 minutes to around 40 minutes.
In nearby Ürzig there is a train station on the Moselle line .

societies

In Kinheim-Kindel there are the clubs gymnastics and sports club, winemaker Chapel Volunteer Fire Department, village youth Kinheim-Kindel and the carnival club. Throughout the year, these associations also organize and carry out some events in the village.

Sons and daughters of the church

Helmut Mathy (1934–2008), German historian and politician
Alfred Beth (* 1940), German politician and administrative lawyer; State Minister for Environment and Health of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate (1988–1991)