Züsch

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 39 '  N , 7 ° 0'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Trier-Saarburg
Association municipality :	Hermeskeil
Height :	511 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.04 km 2
Residents:	595 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	74 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54422
Area code :	06503
License plate :	TR, SAB
Community key :	07 2 35 153
Association administration address:	Langer Markt 17 54411 Hermeskeil
Website :	www.zuesch.de
Local Mayor :	Ulrich Frohn
Location of the local community Züsch in the district of Trier-Saarburg

Züscher hammer

Church of St. Antonius of Padua in Züsch

Züsch from Neuhütten

Züsch is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Hermeskeil community . Züsch is a state-approved resort .

geography

The place is on the border with Saarland in the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park .

Züsch also includes the Birkenau, Hochwaldhof, Retzenhöhe and Rosenhof residential areas .

Züsch is a national park municipality in the Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park .

Neighboring towns are Neuhütten , Damflos , Hermeskeil , Nonnweiler and Muhl .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document around 1222.

With Züscher fief or rule Züsch one was territory referred that about 6,000 acre contained woods and fields and later to the Züscher Hammer , the melting mill and Neuhütten , smelters, Zinsershütten and Damflosserhütten belonged.

The Züscher fiefdom was a spontaneous man fief , with which the bailiffs Nikolaus and Johann von Hunolstein were first entrusted in 1256. In the 18th century, the rule of Züsch came into the possession of the barons of Dürckheim, who left it to the margrave of Baden in 1780 .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 489 1835 691 1871 648 1905 554 1939 636 1950 675

year Residents 1961 678 1970 702 1987 686 1997 666 2005 660 2017 619

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Züsch 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	Flat share 1	Flat share 2	total
2019	7th	4th	1	12 seats
2014	6th	3	3	12 seats
2009	7th	3	2	12 seats
2004	5	7th	-	12 seats

coat of arms

	Blazon : “In a split shield on top in green two diagonally crossed silver axes above a stylized golden flower; below in gold a raised red bar over three (2: 1) red square stones. "
	Justification for the coat of arms: The axes in the upper half point to the former Walloon forest workers' settlement in Züsch. The flower is said to symbolize the beauty of the landscape. The lower half indicates the former affiliation to the Züsch rule , the colors as well as the bars and stones are taken from the coat of arms of the bailiffs of Hunolstein .

Culture and sights

The Spanish organ in the Evangelical Parish Church

• The oldest Protestant church in the Trier-Saarburg district is in Züsch . It dates from the year 1837. The Protestant parish has its roots in the second half of the 16th century. The organ is one of two Spanish organs in Germany.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Züsch

literature

• Friedrich Toepfer: Supplements XIII. The castle and rule Züsch . In: ders. (Ed.): Document book for the history of the royal and baronial house of the Voegte von Hunolstein , Vol. I. Jacob Zeiser, Nuremberg 1866, pp. 339–341 ( Google Books )

Web links

Commons : Züsch  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Züsch
• Local community Züsch on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Hermeskeil
• To search for cultural goods of the local community Züsch in the database of cultural goods in the Trier region .
• Link catalog on the subject of Züsch at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 75 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
4. ^ ^{A b} Christian von Stramberg , Anton Joseph Weidenbach : Memorable and Useful Rheinischer Antiquarius , Volume 17, Part 2, RF Hergt, 1870, p. 517 ff ( Google Books )
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections