Schwall

Surge is a municipality in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Emmelshausen.

Geography

The community is located south of the surge Emmelshausen on the Hunsrück plateau. East of the local situation runs Hunsrückhöhenstrasse.

To surge include the residential places Layenmühle and Schwaller mill.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1300 under the name " Swalle ".

The lords of Eltz were in the 16th century elementary and court gentlemen in Leinigen and surge. later it belonged to the rule of the Counts von der Leyen. With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops, the place was French, 1815, he was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. After the First World War at times again occupied by the French, the place is since 1946 part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in surge consists of eight council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Coat of arms

The blazon is: " In a divided shield up in a red gold plow down a silver stake in Blue".

The upper half of the shield refers to the landscape structure of the community. The colors red and gold refer to the lords of Eltz, who were owners of the village surge in the 16th century. The lower half of the shield refers to the former belonging to the rule of the Counts von der Leyen.