Mayschoss

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 1'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Ahrweiler
Association municipality :	Altenahr
Height :	124 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.66 km 2
Residents:	900 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	159 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53508
Area code :	02643
License plate :	AW
Community key :	07 1 31 049
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Rossberg 3 53505 Altenahr, Germany
Website :	www.altenahr.de
Local Mayor :	Hubertus Kunz
Location of the local community Mayschoss in the Ahrweiler district

Mayschoss [ ˈmaɪ̯ʃɔs ] (also written Mayschoss) is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Altenahr .

geography

View from the red wine hiking trail to Mayschoss

Mayschoss is located in the lower Ahr Valley , about 35 kilometers southwest of Bonn on the edge of the Ahr Mountains .

The municipality of Laach to the west , which has a two-digit population, and the residential areas of Mayschoss train station, Bergischer Hof and Lochmühle belong to the local community .

history

Mayschoss was first mentioned in a document in 1106 under the name Meinscozen. It belonged until the end of the 18th century, most recently together with Laach and the ruins of Saffenburg, to the imperial rule of Saffenburg , the district of Mayschoss covered an area of ​​567  hectares .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 718 1835 793 1871 719 1905 912 1939 1,032 1950 1,044

year Residents 1961 1,045 1970 1.008 1987 966 1997 1,057 2005 981 2019 900

politics

Municipal council

The council in Mayschoß 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. Up to 2014 the council had 16 council members.

mayor

Hubertus Kunz (CDU) became local mayor of Mayschoss again on September 1, 2016, after having held this office from 1989 to 2009. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for a further five years with a share of the vote of 66.99%.

Kunz's successor and predecessor, Hans-Ulrich Jonas (CDU), had held the office since 2009, but resigned on August 31, 2016 for personal reasons.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Saffenburg castle ruins (2016)

• Historical wine cellar and viticulture museum
• Saffenburg castle ruins
• Parish Church of St. Nicholas and St. Rochus
• The oldest wine cooperative in Germany, founded in 1868, with its famous wine cellar.
• St. Anna Bridge in the Laach district, built in winter 2004/2005. It is the largest whole trunk bridge in Germany.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Mayschoss
• List of natural monuments in Mayschoss

Economy and Infrastructure

The main source of income for the municipality is tourism . There are numerous hotels, restaurants, pensions and ostrich taverns . Almost all residents are directly or indirectly involved in viticulture. But there are only a few full-time winemakers left. The largest part are part-time winemakers who are affiliated to the cooperative.

Viticulture

Steep rocks - viticulture above the Ahr

Wine cooperative

Mayschoß is part of the wine field Walporzheim in the region Ahr . 59 wine-growing businesses are active in the village, and the area under vines is 103  hectares . About 70% of the wine grown are red wine grape varieties (as of 2010). In 1979, 89 businesses were still active, the area under vines at that time was 91 hectares.

The oldest, currently still existing wine cooperative in the world is located in Mayschoss . The Mayschoss-Altenahr wine cooperative was founded in 1868 as a winegrowers' association, which was converted into a cooperative with 18 members in 1869. It now has over 400 members from Mayschoss, Altenahr and Walporzheim. The cultivated vineyard area is around 150 hectares, of which about 80% are red grape varieties and 20% white grape varieties. The main grape variety is Pinot Noir followed by Riesling. Frühburgunder , Blauer Portugieser , Domina , Regent (red), and Weißburgunder , Müller-Thurgau , Kerner (white) are grown in small quantities .

Vineyards

• Castle Hill
• Laacherberg
• Mönchberg

These individual layers belong to the greater Klosterberg area .

traffic

Old station building on the Ahr Valley Railway

• The Mayschoss stop is on the Ahrtalbahn ( KBS 477 ) Remagen - Ahrbrück , on which the “Rhein-Ahr-Bahn” (RB 30) runs in local passenger traffic.
• For local public transport on the RB 30, the tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM) and the regional Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS) apply, and the NRW tariff applies to journeys throughout North Rhine-Westphalia . Local rail passenger transport (SPNV) is carried out by DB Regio NRW , which uses DB class 643 diesel multiple units for the RB 30 for speeds of up to 120 km / h.
• Mayschoss is on the federal highway 267 , which crosses the town from west to east and is the only connection to the neighboring towns.

tourism

• The red wine hiking trail, which begins in Altenahr and ends in Sinzig- Bad Bodendorf , leads through Mayschoss.
• Hiking destinations around Mayschoss are u. a. the Saffenburg and the Akropolis mountain hut .

Daughters and sons of the church

• Josef Poppelreuter (1867–1919), archeologist and art historian, born in Laach

Trivia

Mayschoss was the location of the television series Weinberg for the TNT series in 2014 and 2015 . In the series the place is called Kaltenzell.

Mayschoß is the venue of the Cologne-Ahrweiler Rally , which has been held around the wine town since 1971.

Web links

Commons : Mayschoss  - Collection of Images

• Website Verkehrs- und Verschönerungsverein Mayschoß eV
• Literature about Mayschoss in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 8 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, 2nd volume: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 502.
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ↑ Christine Schulze: Conversation with the Mayor of Mayschoss. In: General-Anzeiger. General-Anzeiger Bonn GmbH, October 12, 2017, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer for Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenahr, Verbandsgemeinde, penultimate line of results. Retrieved August 5, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Election of new local mayors. In: Blick Aktuell. Krupp Verlags GmbH, Sinzig, April 18, 2016, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Wooden bridge in Mayschoss in the Ahr valley. Retrieved October 17, 2016 . 
10. ↑ The vineyards on the Ahr. Retrieved November 5, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Querying the course book route 477 at Deutsche Bahn.
12. ^ Akropolis refuge. Eifelverein Mayschoß / Ahr, accessed on October 16, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Hans Hoff: TNT series "Weinberg" - Slightly bloody in the finish. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. December 9, 2014, accessed February 8, 2016 .