Mosel core

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 12 '  N , 7 ° 22'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Cochem cell
Association municipality :	Cochem
Height :	90 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.73 km 2
Residents:	549 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	116 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56254
Area code :	02672
License plate :	COC, ZEL
Community key :	07 1 35 065
Association administration address:	Ravenéstrasse 61 56812 Cochem
Website :	www.moselkern.de
Local Mayor :	Peter Mayer
Location of the local community Moselkern in the district of Cochem-Zell

Moselkern is a municipality in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It has been part of the Cochem community since July 1, 2014 and is located at the confluence of the Elzbach and the Moselle .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Müden (Mosel) in the west, Lasserg and Wierschem in the north, and Burgen (Mosel) and Hatzenport in the northeast.

history

A villa Kerne is mentioned around 1100 in the inventory of the St. Kastor Abbey in Karden . With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops in 1794, the rule of Kurtrier ended , from 1798 to 1814 Moselkern belonged to the canton of Münstermaifeld . In 1815 the place was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Moselkern wool factory

Wool factory and villa in Moselkern

In 1813, the C. Haan & Sons blanket and flannel factory was founded on the site of an old Lohmühle on the Elz. In 1892 the owners built a representative manufacturer's villa. The wool factory operated well into the 20th century and finally went bankrupt in 1993. Since 2012, a support association has been trying to fill the listed building with cultural life.

politics

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

The municipality has had the following coat of arms since 1982 :

Blazon : "In black a silver wave-shaped drawbar, above a red armored and tongued golden lion head, in front a golden gravestone, behind a golden miter."

Justification of the coat of arms: The wave-shaped drawbar indicates the confluence of the Elz and the Moselle, where the town of Moselkern is located. The tombstone is an image of the Merovingian stone excavated around 1800 from the 7th century, one of the earliest monumental Christian representations in the West. To the patron saint, St. Bishop Valerius recalls the miter. His portrait is on the court and jury's seal from 1562 and 1765.

education

The children attend primary school in Müden. Secondary schools are located in Treis-Karden, Cochem, Münstermaifeld and Koblenz.

Attractions

Merovingian Cross

• In the immediate vicinity of the village is Eltz Castle ( Wierschem district ).
• The Moselkern town hall from 1535 is the oldest town hall on the Moselle, which is (again) used as a town hall. In its almost five hundred year history it also served as a school. In 1909 a small monastery with a daycare center was established in the building, which lasted until 1969. Since 2002 the building has been used as a town hall again. A small curiosity is the metal ring set in the ground floor, to which criminals were tied up until the French Revolution and exposed to the ridicule of the villagers.
• A replica of the so-called Merovingian Cross from Moselkern from the 7th century found in Moselkern in 1915 is on the forecourt of St. Valerius Church. It is considered the oldest representation of the crucified Christ in monumental art north of the Alps. The original is in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Moselkern

The Elzbach and Eltz Castle

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Paul Gibbert (1898–1967), politician ( Center Party , CDU )

Web links

Commons : Moselkern  - Collection of images

• Website of the municipality of Moselkern
• Historic town hall Moselkern
• Literature about the Moselle core 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. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ↑ Ernst Wackenroder: The art monuments of the district of Cochem, part 2, p. 602f. Berlin 1959