Zerf

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Trier-Saarburg
Association municipality :	Saarburg-Kell
Height :	340 m above sea level NHN
Area :	28.87 km 2
Residents:	1522 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	53 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54314
Area code :	06587
License plate :	TR, SAB
Community key :	07 2 35 152
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Schlossberg 6 ; 54439 Saarburg
Website :	www.gemeinde-zerf.de
Local Mayor :	Rainer Hansen ( CDU )
Location of the local community Zerf in the district of Trier-Saarburg

Zerf is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Saarburg-Kell association. Zerf is a state-approved resort and is designated as a basic center according to state planning .

geography

Zerf is located on the Großbach and the Ruwer in the Saar-Hunsrück nature park in a wooded altitude. At Zerf, the Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg runs along the route of the former Hochwaldbahn .

The community is divided into the three districts Niederzerf , Oberzerf and Frommersbach . Zerf also includes the Zerf train station , Rübezahl campsite, Dürrwiese, Forsthaus Zerf, Hirschfelderhof, Kalfertshaus and Konzbachhof residential areas .

history

Finds are bronze vessels and gold jewelry of Etruscan origin from the Zerfer prince's grave and ruins of former country houses ( villa rusticas ) from Roman times as well as Roman coins, jewelry, weapons and other implements.

In the false document of Charlemagne from 802, Zerf Cervia is mentioned. The St. Paulin Abbey in Trier was the largest landlord in Zerf until 1802. In 1816 Zerf came to Prussia with its own mayor's office .

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	576
1835	965
1871	1,033
1905	1.010
1939	1,128
1950	1,156

year	Residents
1961	1,461
1970	1,542
1987	1,400
2005	1,602
2011	1,593
2017	1,486

Municipal council

The local council in Zerf consists of 16 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. Template: future / in 3 years

The distribution of seats in the local council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FBL	BOK	GFZ	NLZ	total
2019	3	8th	-	-	3	2	16 seats
2014	5	4th	2	2	3	-	16 seats
2009	6th	6th	2	2	-	-	16 seats
2004	5	6th	3	2	-	-	16 seats

FBL = Free Citizens List Zerf e. V.
BOK = Citizens' Union for Open Local Policy V.
GFZ = Together for Zerf e. V.
NLZ = New List Zerf e. V.

Culture and clubs

Numerous clubs are active in various areas of society.

Economy and Transport

The federal highways 268 and 407 ( Hunsrückhöhenstraße ) cross near Zerf .

Public facilities

Ruwertalhalle with youth room
primary school
kindergarten

literature

Ernst Wackenroder : The art monuments of the Saarburg district . (= Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz , Volume 15, III. Department). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1939 (reprint of the Academic Bookshop Interbook, Trier 1982), pp. 294–298.

Web links

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

Local community Zerf on the website of the Saarburg-Kell association
To search for cultural assets of the local community Zerf in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
Link catalog on the subject of Zerf at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ ^a ^b State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 126 (PDF; 3 MB).
↑ Engelbert Mühlbacher with the participation of Alfons Dopsch , Johann Lechner and Michael Tangl (eds.): Diplomata 4: The documents of Pippin, Karlmann and Charlemagne (Pippini, Carlomanni, Caroli Magni Diplomata). Hanover 1906, pp. 391–393 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
^ Associations in Zerf

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

[regionaldaten-2] 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 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 126 (PDF; 3 MB).

[4] Engelbert Mühlbacher with the participation of Alfons Dopsch , Johann Lechner and Michael Tangl (eds.): Diplomata 4: The documents of Pippin, Karlmann and Charlemagne (Pippini, Carlomanni, Caroli Magni Diplomata). Hanover 1906, pp. 391–393 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )

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

[6] Associations in Zerf