Longuich
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Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ' N , 6 ° 46' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Trier-Saarburg | |
Association municipality : | Schweich on the Roman Wine Route | |
Height : | 130 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 8.82 km 2 | |
Residents: | 1309 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 148 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 54340 | |
Area code : | 06502 | |
License plate : | TR, SAB | |
Community key : | 07 2 35 078 | |
Association administration address: | Brückenstrasse 26 54338 Schweich |
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Local Mayor : | Manfred Wagner | |
Location of the local community Longuich in the district of Trier-Saarburg | ||
Longuich is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Schweich on the Roman Wine Route . The place is on the right bank of the Moselle in the Moselle Franconian language area.
Districts
The community consists of the districts Longuich, Kirsch and Sang-Neuhaus (on Landesstrasse 151 , formerly Bundesstrasse 52 ).
history
Longuich is a Gallo-Roman (more precisely: Moselle -Roman ) place name , which is derived from a foundation in the 1st century called Longus Vicus (long village, long quarter). The place has been inhabited at least since Roman times, as indicated by various finds, in particular the Villa Urbana , whose reconstructed bathing wing can be viewed.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Prussian mayorship of Longuich emerged from the French Mairie Longuich .
politics
Municipal council
Distribution of seats in the local council:
choice | SPD | CDU | Groups of voters | total |
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2019 | 3 | 6th | 7th | 16 seats |
2014 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 16 seats |
2009 | 2 | 4th | 10 | 16 seats |
2004 | 4th | 5 | 7th | 16 seats |
Local mayor
- 2004 to 2019: Kathrin Schlöder
- from 2019: Manfred Wagner
Attractions
- Villa Urbana in Longuich , residential complex from Roman times
- Old castle : one of three former medieval castles in the town center. Today a large restaurant ( knight's hall ), winery and hotel with a castle cellar from the 12th century
- The Moselle Bridge from Longuich is one of the few bridges in Germany that still has a customs house.
See also:
Events
The St. Laurentius Wine Road Fair takes place regularly in August. Every year the new wine queen is crowned on Saturday evenings.
economy
Today Longuich lives mainly from viticulture , but tourism has also become a strong pillar of the local economy, so there is a hotel and four guest houses with a total of 240 beds. For several years, Longuich has had an industrial park in which 17 companies with around 350 jobs are currently located. A newspaper publisher has also set up shop here with another 150 employees.
Longuich has its own autobahn exit on federal autobahn 1 near the Moselle valley triangle . The closest places are Riol (downstream) and Kirsch (upstream), as well as Schweich and Longen on the other side of the Moselle.
Vineyards
- Maximiner Herrenberg
- Herrenberg
- Hirschlay
Name of the major site: Probstberg
Personalities
- Johannes Reckschenkel (1525–1611), theologian and author, later Carthusian prior in Cologne
- Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (1776–1832), doctor and phrenologist
Web links
- Internet presence of the municipality of Longuich
- To search for cultural assets of the local community Longuich in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
- Link catalog on Longuich at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).