Löf

This article deals with the local church in Rhineland-Palatinate. For the Swedish mathematical logician and philosopher see Per Martin-Löf .

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '  N , 7 ° 27'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality :	Rhine-Moselle
Height :	85 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.34 km 2
Residents:	1463 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	274 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56332
Area code :	02605
License plate :	MYK, MY
Community key :	07 1 37 214
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 44 56330 Kobern-Gondorf
Website :	www.loef-kattenes.de
Local Mayor :	Johannes Liesenfeld ( CDU )
Location of the local community Löf in the Mayen-Koblenz district

Parish Church of St. Luzia

Löf is a municipality on the Terrassenmosel in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Rhein-Mosel community , which has its administrative headquarters in Kobern-Gondorf . Löf is a state-approved resort .

Geographical location

Löf and the district of Kattenes further downstream are located on the left bank of the Lower Moselle , the lower section of the Moselle valley . The Schäfereihof and the Kergeshöfe are located on the hill in the direction of Maifeld .

Kergeshof near Löf, aerial photo (2015)

Löf, aerial photo (2015)

history

Today's community emerged on December 31, 1975 from the dissolved communities of Kattenes, Löf and Hatzenport . On June 12, 1994, Hatzenport was again spun off as an independent local church from the municipality of Löf.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Lof consists of 16 council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Until 2009, the council members were elected in a personalized proportional representation.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	CDU	FWG	total
2019	Majority vote		16 seats
2014	Majority vote		16 seats
2009	13	3	16 seats
2004	12	4th	16 seats

mayor

Johannes Liesenfeld (CDU) became local mayor of Löf in 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 85.21% of the vote. Johannes Liesenfeld's predecessor was Rudi Zenz (CDU), who has held the position since the separation from Hatzenport in 1994, after having been the mayor of Löf for five years.

Culture and sights

nature

In the Löfer Kehrbachtal there is one of the rare occurrences of the wild boxwood .

Buildings

see the list of cultural monuments in Löf

church

→ Main article : St. Luzia (Löf)

The parish church in Löf was first mentioned in a document in 1140. Until 1803 it formed the parish center for the surrounding villages of Kattenes , Mörz, part of Moselsürsch , Brodenbach (with the Ehrenburg ) and up to 1616 also Alken (with Thurant Castle ). Since then, Kattenes has been a branch alone. The patron saint of the church was originally Our Lady . St. Luzia was initially a minor patroness to whom a side altar was dedicated, but since 1719 at the latest she has been named as the main patroness.

The Gothic tower shows Romanesque forms in the substructure . The baroque nave of the church was rebuilt in 1738 by order of the Count von der Leyen according to plans by Johann Georg Seitz (1689–1739, father of Johannes Seiz ). In 1883/84, after generous donations and bequests from Löfer citizens, the dilapidated Gothic choir was closed and a new one was built. This also resulted in a neo-Gothic extension of the ship by 2/5 of the length.

Remarkable level of equipment is a late Gothic art historically very valuable Kreuzmonstranz with actors capsule and halo, which in 1427 by the childless spouses Else von Oberstein and knight Johann Schoenberg of Ehrenberg was founded and formerly might as Kreuzreliquiar served. Closely related to this monstrance is a Gothic glass painting : a donor's disc from the second quarter of the 15th century depicting the kneeling knight Johann von Ehrenberg in a Romanesque chapel with coupled windows .

Events

Since 1963, the Löfer Wine Festival has been held on the Moselle on the second weekend in July . In addition, the fair is celebrated every year at the Sonnenringhalle.

In addition, every two years - in the odd years - there is a large carnival parade on the Sunday before Shrove Monday, in the other years the parade takes place in Oberfell .

Sports

The most famous sports club from Löf is SV Hatzenport-Löf, which was founded in 1978 from the previous clubs TuS Löf and SV Hatzenport. The club's greatest successes were winning the district cup in 2002, the associated participation in the Rhineland Cup in the 2002/03 season and qualifying for the district league. Since the 2007 season, the club’s soccer team has officially been playing as SG Löf / Lehmen / Hatzenport after the club entered into a syndicate with TSV Moselfeuer Lehmen.

Economy and Infrastructure

Viticulture

Löf is part of the wine field Cochem in the Mosel region . Only two wine-growing businesses are still active in the village; the planted vineyard area is 9 hectares. About 87% of the wine grown are white grape varieties (as of 2007).

Vineyards (seen downstream from the Moselle)

• Löfer gold flower
• Löfer sun ring

education

The current elementary school in the Bahnhofstrasse has existed in Löf since 1989 and is attended by children from the communities of Löf, Kattenes and Hatzenport. The school replaced the previously existing primary school in Hatzenport, which in turn replaced the primary school that had previously existed in Löfer Dorfstrasse.

In addition, the “Alzbachnest” kindergarten was opened in Löf in 1997 because the kindergarten previously in Kattenes was too small.

traffic

Regional trains on the Moselle route run at the Löfer train station at the end of the village in the direction of Hatzenport . The other side of the Moselle can be reached quickly via the Löf-Alken Moselle bridge , located at the end of the village towards Kattenes. It is the only bridge between Kobern-Gondorf and Treis-Karden that leads to the other side of the Moselle. The Koblenz - Burgen bus route runs here.

Web links

Commons : Löf  - collection of images

• Official website of the local parish of Löf
• Literature about Löf in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

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
3. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 170 (PDF; 2.8 MB; see also p. 184, footnote 38).
4. ^ Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Rhein-Mosel, Verbandsgemeinde, eighth line of results. Retrieved January 13, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Volker Schmidt: After 30 years: Rudi Zenz says goodbye. May 15, 2019, accessed January 13, 2020 . 
7. ^ Volkshochschule Untermosel (Hrsg.) Löfer Bildchronik - Contributions to local history. Kobern-Gondorf 1993.
8. ^ Matthias Liffers: Studies on the history of the parish of Löf and the places Löf and Kattenes. Edited by Tourist and local history association Löf e. V. Löf 1987.
9. ↑ Krieger, Joachim: Terrassenkultur an der Untermosel, Joachim Krieger Verlag, Neuwied 2003