Schömerich

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 38 '  N , 6 ° 42'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Trier-Saarburg
Association municipality :	Saarburg-Kell
Height :	438 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.46 km 2
Residents:	122 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	50 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54314
Area code :	06587
License plate :	TR, SAB
Community key :	07 2 35 123
Association administration address:	Schlossberg 6 54439 Saarburg
Website :	www.schoemerich.de
Local Mayor :	Frank Giermann
Location of the local community Schömerich in the district of Trier-Saarburg

Schömerich is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Saarburg-Kell association.

geography

Schömerich is located south of Trier, about ten kilometers northeast of Saarburg and eight kilometers west of the association headquarters of Kell am See . The federal highway 268 (Trier-Saarbrücken) runs about two kilometers west of the village.

Schömerich also includes the Auf Haider-Pfädchen, Kimmlerhof and Wendelinushof residential spaces.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1574 under the name Schombrig . In the 18th century it was called Schönberg and until the end of the 18th century it belonged to the Saarburg office in the Electorate of Trier .

After 1792 French revolutionary troops occupied the left bank of the Rhine and after the Peace of Campo Formio (1797) it was incorporated into French territory . In 1798 the then new French administrative structure was introduced, Schömerich belonged to the Saarburg canton of the Saar Department . Unlike the rest of the left bank of the Rhine, the canton of Saarburg was initially assigned to Austria at the Congress of Vienna (1815) . In the Second Peace of Paris , Austria ceded the canton to the Kingdom of Prussia with effect from July 1, 1816, along with other areas .

Under the Prussian administration of the place was mayor Zerf in county Saarburg the governmental district Trier allocated to that of 1822 for the Rhine province belonged.

On July 18, 1946, Schömerich, together with 80 other municipalities in the districts of Trier and Saarburg , was annexed to the Saar area , which was separated from the rest of the French occupation zone in February 1946 and which at that time was no longer under the Allied Control Council. On June 6, 1947 this territorial outsourcing was withdrawn to 21 municipalities, so Schömerich came to the 1946 newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

In 1962, two coffin-like wooden containers of 3.30 meters in length, probably from the second half of the first century AD, were found in the Schömerich area. In addition to the remains of the corpse fire, additions such as ceramics, black varnish beakers and Roman pottery dishes were discovered.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 94 1835 128 1871 169 1905 167 1939 163 1950 163 1961 145

year Residents 1970 151 1987 132 2005 115 2011 125 2017 126 2018 122

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Schömerich consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Behind the red shield head, a silver scythe iron with a downward cutting edge, in silver a red mountain."

traffic

District roads 44 and 143 run through Schömerich . A signposted local hiking trail leads through the Hardter Forest to Hentern .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Schömerich

Web links

Commons : Schömerich  - collection of images

• Website of the local community Schömerich
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Schömerich in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Link catalog on Schömerich 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. 125 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Accessed July 31, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Accessed July 31, 2019 .