Greimersburg

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

Geography

Greimersburg is located in the Eifel region between Trier and Koblenz, close to the towns of Cochem on the Moselle and Kaiser Esch. To Greimersburg includes the residential places Browels mill Fahrendeierhof, Goebel's Mill, Kaus - yards, Maxmehrmühle, Oster - mill, cutter mill, Thönnesgens mill and mill white.

History

Greimersburg was mentioned in a document in 1446 for the first time under the name " Greimersbeuren ".

By the end of the 18th century Greimersburg belonged to the Electorate of Trier gorgeous country and the high court Klotten in the Official Cochem was assigned. In Trier fire book from 1563 26 hearths (households) were recorded in Greimersburg ( Grimmersburg ), in 1684 there were 22

In 1794, French revolutionary troops had the left bank of the Rhine was annexed, from 1798 to 1814 belonged to the canton Greimersburg Cochem Koblenz district in the Rhein- Mosel- Departements.Munizipalräte ( Greimersburger community representatives in the Mairie Cochem ) in 1808 the citizens Gilles, Münch and Schuwerak.

Due to the decisions on the Congress of Vienna ( 1815), the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. Under the Prussian administration Greimersburg the community came to the mayor's office in the county Cochem Cochem, who belonged to the Rhine Province to the new Region of Koblenz and from 1822 on.

Since 1946, the community Greimersburg is part of Rhineland- Palatinate, since 1968 it belonged to the municipality Cochem -Land ( since 2009 municipality Cochem ) and since 1969 the district Cochem- Zell.

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

Religion

Greimersburg the Catholic parish church Klotten was assigned to the year 1728. Today Greimersburg and country core form a parish.

Policy

Parish council

The council Greimersburg consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The twelve seats in the Council are divided into two groups of voters.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "In silver, a continuous red cross covered with a black shield, in a golden crosier having pendant silver bell ".

Attractions

• "Valley of Wild Endertplatz " with his former mills

See also: List of cultural monuments in Greimersburg