Welling

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality :	Maifeld
Height :	195 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.81 km 2
Residents:	946 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	139 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56753
Area code :	02654
License plate :	MYK, MY
Community key :	07 1 37 112
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 4 ; 56751 Polch
Website :	www.gemeinde-welling.de
Local Mayor :	Manfred Gerner
Location of the local community Welling in the district of Mayen-Koblenz

Welling is a municipality in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Mayen-Koblenz . Welling belongs to the Maifeld community , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Polch .

View of Welling from the south-southwest.

geography

Welling is three and a half kilometers north of Polch above the Nettetal . The village reaches up to 80 meters to the Nette and extends on a ridge sloping to the east and to the Nette to the south, with altitudes between 190 m above sea level. NHN and 235 m above sea level NHN includes. The Horley hill ( 240 m above sea level ) rises south between Welling and Nette . In terms of its natural surroundings , the scarcely forested municipal area can almost entirely be assigned to the Pellenzhöhe , while to the north there is the transition to the Pellenz depression . Welling includes the Hof Hochlayermühl and Erlenberghof residential areas .

history

The name of the community is probably derived from the Latin wallum (German wall). Welling was first mentioned in a document in 1247.

On December 31, 1975, the then independent municipality Trimbs was incorporated as a district in the municipality Welling. On April 1, 1994, this community of Welling, which consisted of two districts, was dissolved and the communities of Trimbs and Welling were newly formed in their previous form.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Welling consists of twelve 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 distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	WGR	total
2019	5	7th	12 seats
2014	5	7th	12 seats
2009	5	7th	12 seats
2004	4th	8th	12 seats

mayor

Manfred Gerner became local mayor of Welling in 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for another five years with a share of the vote of 86.25%. Gerner is the successor to Dieter Eberz.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Divided from silver over gold by blue wavy bars, above a continuous, horizontally and vertically separated red bar cross, below 7 (4: 3) red diamonds in bars."
	Foundation of the coat of arms: Welling belonged to the Counts of Virneburg until 1419 . As an indication of this, the Virneburg diamonds are on the lower shield. As a result, the place belonged to the Electorate of Trier until around 1800 , symbolized by the Electorate of Trier cross in the municipal coat of arms. The wave bar symbolizes the course of the river in the district.

Attractions

Neo-Gothic Catholic parish church of St. Paulinus (built from 1881 to 1883) with a 73 m high tower.
Remains of the former church from the 13th century, which was expanded into a war memorial chapel.
See also List of Cultural Monuments in Welling

literature

Frank Neupert (Ed.), 800 Years of Welling. Contributions to local history , Welling 1997

Web links

Commons : Welling - collection of images, videos and audio files

Homepage of the local parish Welling
Community profile
Literature about welling in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 40 (PDF; 3 MB).
↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 181 (PDF; 2.8 MB; see also footnote 74).
^ Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Maifeld, Verbandsgemeinde, 17th line of results. Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
↑ Coat of arms of the local community Welling on the website of the Maifeld community

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-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. 40 (PDF; 3 MB).

[3] Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 181 (PDF; 2.8 MB; see also footnote 74).

[4] Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections

[5] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Maifeld, Verbandsgemeinde, 17th line of results. Retrieved February 2, 2020 .

[Wappen-6] Coat of arms of the local community Welling on the website of the Maifeld community