Schmitt (Eifel)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 10 '  N , 7 ° 1'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Cochem cell
Association municipality :	Elms
Height :	420 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.71 km 2
Residents:	115 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	42 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56825
Area code :	02677
License plate :	COC, ZEL
Community key :	07 1 35 078
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 1 56766 Ulmen
Website :	www.schmitt-eifel.de
Local Mayor :	Wilfried Linden
Location of the local community Schmitt in the district of Cochem-Zell

Catholic branch church of St. Mauritius

Schmitt is a municipality in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Ulmen community and is located in the southern Eifel .

history

The place name Schmitt is derived from the old job title blacksmith . In the period before 1750 there was significant iron ore mining in the greater southern Eifel region . The rivers and streams supplied the necessary water power for the bellows of the forges. The forests of the Eifel provided the necessary firewood.

With the occupation of the Left Bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops , the place was assigned to French and in 1815 at the Congress of Vienna to the Kingdom of Prussia . Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 89 1835 109 1871 117 1905 109 1939 129 1950 116

year Residents 1961 125 1970 129 1987 126 1997 164 2005 157 2019 115

Municipal council

The council in Schmitt 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.

Culture and sights

• In the middle of the village is the 900 year old Mauritius Church.
• Every two years there is a tractor meeting, attended by many tractor enthusiasts from Germany, but also from neighboring Belgium and the Netherlands.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Schmitt

societies

• Church choir Gillenbeuren - Schmitt: 30 members between the ages of 17 and 87, the repertoire includes traditional and modern hymns as well as gospels and spirituals in German and English.
• Bachelor club Schmitt
• Schmitt volunteer fire department

Web links

Commons : Schmitt  - Collection of Images

• Website of the local community Schmitt
• Local community Schmitt on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Ulmen
• Literature about Schmitt 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 - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections