Kröv

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 59 '  N , 7 ° 5'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality :	Traben-Trarbach
Height :	120 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.74 km 2
Residents:	2210 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	150 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54536
Area code :	06541
License plate :	WIL, BKS
Community key :	07 2 31 072
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Am Markt 3 56841 Traben-Trarbach
Website :	www.kroev.de
Local Mayor :	Thomas Martini
Location of the local community Kröv in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich

Panoramic view of the local community

Kröv , official spelling until July 16, 1936: Cröv, is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . It has been part of the Traben-Trarbach community since July 1, 2014 . Until then, Kröv was the administrative seat of the Kröv-Bausendorf association, which was dissolved at the same time . Kröv is a state-approved resort and designated as a basic center according to state planning .

geography

Kröv is located on the Moselle between the city of Traben-Trarbach and Kinheim . The community consists of the main town and the much smaller district of Kövenig , which lies east of Kröv and is separated from it by the ridge of the Mont Royal .

history

The place name is derived from the originally Gallo-Roman croviacum , which later became a Merovingian royal estate. The place was first mentioned in a document under the Carolingian King Lothar II in 862 . Kröv was part of the Kröver Empire , a former royal estate of the Carolingians , which was able to maintain certain privileges until the French Revolution . The French Revolution ended the existence of the Kröver Empire. The place belonged to the French department de la Sarre until 1814 , after the final defeat of Napoleon I to Prussia . Since 1946 the place has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Baldur von Schirach

After his release from prison in 1966, the National Socialist and Reich Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach retired to Kröv, where he died a few years later (1974) and was also buried. Schirach's tombstone in the Kröver cemetery bore the inscription "I was one of you". The grave was leveled in 2015.

Rock fall 1992

On the ridge of the Moselle slope opposite Kröv, a rock body totaling 90,000 m ^{3 was found} in motion in December 1991 . Despite a period of little precipitation, the gaps and crevices increased. On May 23, 1992, the rock was blasted and brought to a controlled fall.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Kröv consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the chairman.

Distribution of seats

choice	SPD	CDU	FDP	FWG (*)	total
2019	4th	7th	5	-	16 seats
2014	2	8th	5	1	16 seats
2009	2	7th	6th	1	16 seats
2004	2	8th	5	1	16 seats

^(*)Free voter group Kövenig e. V.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In gold, a red-armored and red-tongued black double-headed eagle , covered with a red and silver heart shield, floating above it a red-lined golden imperial crown ."

Culture and sights

Wine and traditional costume festival, July 4, 1959

Weinbrunnenhalle on the banks of the Moselle

• Castle building St. Josef
• Parish Church of St. Remigius
• Rectory
• Kesselstatt burial chapel
• Dreigiebelhaus (former town hall)
• Echternacher Hof
• Gray Sisters Courtyard
• Karolingerhof
• Staffelter Hof (derives its name from Stavelot in the Imperial Abbey of Stablo-Malmedy , to which it belonged for centuries and to which it was subject to tax)
• Weinbrunnenhalle "Kröver Nacktarsch" (festival hall inaugurated in 2003)

See also: List of cultural monuments in Kröv

Viticulture

The wine-growing is an important economic Krövs. The vines are cultivated in the districts of Kröv and Kövenig on around 350 hectares, partly on the steep slope . Riesling is predominantly grown here; Müller-Thurgau , Kerner and Dornfelder are also produced in the flatter locations .

The Krövs vineyards are part of the Kröver Nacktarsch site .

Infrastructure

There is a kindergarten and a primary school in Kröv.

The federal highway 53 leads through the village . In the Kövenig district there is a stop on the Moselwein-Bahn , the Traben-Trarbach - Bullay route .

Personalities

Associated with Kröv

• Nicolaus Schienen (* around 1490 in Zell (Mosel); † August 31, 1556 in Kröv) Vicar General, Titular Bishop of Azot and Auxiliary Bishop of Trier

• Baldur von Schirach (born May 9, 1907 in Berlin; † August 8, 1974 in Kröv on the Moselle, Rhineland-Palatinate), politician during the time of National Socialism and youth leader of the NSDAP

Web links

Commons : Kröv  - collection of images

• To search for cultural assets of the local community Kröv in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Link catalog on the topic of Kröv 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. ↑ Statistics of the German Reich, Volume 450: Official municipality directory for the German Reich, Part I, Berlin 1939; Page 268
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ↑ http://www.geo-international.info/Krov_Sprengung_1991_GLOTZL.pdf
5. ↑ Spies in the Rock . In: Der Spiegel . No. 27 , 1992, pp. 65 f . ( online - June 29, 1992 ).