Zilshausen

Zilshausen is a municipality in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Treis- carding.

Geography

Zilshausen lies on a high plateau in the northern Hunsrück between the eastern and Lützbachtal Lying west Dünnbachtal. The municipality is part of the hamlet Petershäuserhof.

History

The town originated from a farm that is mentioned in 1346 as Zullinshausen documented. Zilshausen was " dreiherrig ", that is, its territory was shared by three sovereigns, including the Elector of Trier and the lords of brown horn - Metternich Beilstein. The rule went out 1794/96 with the occupation by the French revolutionary army. 1815 it to the Congress of Vienna was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. Since 1946 he is part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Zilshausen 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: " A silver shield head, in a continuous red cross topped with a golden lily, divided into green, the front a silver urn grave hill, behind a golden sheaf of ears ".

Leisure

The Hunsrück -Moselle bicycle route runs through the town.