Monzelfeld

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '  N , 7 ° 4'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality :	Bernkastel-Kues
Height :	430 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.5 km 2
Residents:	1260 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	101 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54472
Area code :	06531
License plate :	WIL, BKS
Community key :	07 2 31 087
Association administration address:	Gestade 18 54470 Bernkastel-Kues
Website :	www.monzelfeld.de
Local Mayor :	Lothar Josten
Location of the local community Monzelfeld in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich

Monzelfeld is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Bernkastel-Kues .

geography

Monzelfeld is located on the southern hill of the Hunsrück , about two kilometers from the Moselle valley near Bernkastel-Kues . The hamlet of Annenberg is located in the Hinterbachtal.

The community also includes the hamlets and residential areas Annenberg, Birkenhof, Lambertymühle, Monzelfelderhinterbach, Olksmühle, Schellhof and Thielenmühle.

Adjacent neighboring communities are (clockwise): City of Bernkastel-Kues , local community Longkamp , community-free community Morbach (district Gonzerath ), local communities Gornhausen , Veldenz and Mülheim an der Mosel .

history

The place was first mentioned in 634 as Munzeluelt , when King Dagobert I confirmed the possessions of the Trier monastery Oeren .

A very old transport route led through the village, as the name of the main street (Alte Poststraße) suggests.

Until the end of the 18th century Monzelfeld belonged to the Electoral Trier office of Bernkastel . After the annexation of the Left Bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops (1794), the place belonged from 1798 to 1814 to the canton Bernkastel , which was part of the arrondissement of Trier in the Saardepartement . After substantial parts of the Rhineland were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 , Monzelfeld belonged to the Bernkastel mayor's office from 1816 onwards .

Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 630 1835 972 1871 927 1905 998 1939 1,031 1950 1,048

year Residents 1961 1.009 1970 1,047 1987 1,142 2005 1,267 2011 1,219 2017 1,256

Municipal council

The local council in Monzelfeld consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. The 16 seats in the municipal council are divided between two groups of voters .

Personalities

• Jens Roth (* 1988), triathlete

Trivia

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is said to have changed horses once in Monzelfeld, as indicated by his servant's entry in his diary.
• Remídio José Bohn (1950-2018) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Cachoeira do Sul. He was the descendant of immigrants from Monzelfeld.

Economy and Infrastructure

Formerly dominated by agriculture, Monzelfeld is now essentially a residential community with a large number of commuters to the nearby Bernkastel-Kues and Morbach . In the small district of Annenberg in the Hinterbachtal, mining used to be carried out, which is reminiscent of the fountain in the center of the village.

See also : List of mines in the Hunsrück

Monzelfeld has its own kindergarten, elementary school and Catholic church (St. Stephanus). Hahn Airport is 24 kilometers away .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Monzelfeld
• List of natural monuments in Monzelfeld

Web links

Commons : Monzelfeld  - Collection of Images

• www.monzelfeld.de
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Monzelfeld in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Link catalog on Monzelfeld 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. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 87 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ Heinrich Beyer : Document book on the history of the Middle Rhine territories now forming the Prussian administrative districts of Coblenz and Trier. Volume 1, Coblenz: Hölscher, 1860, Certificate 7 ( dilibri.de ).
4. ^ Georg Bärsch : Description of the government district of Trier. Volume 2, Trier, Lintz, 1846, p. 1 ( Google Books ).
5. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved May 10, 2020 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.