Hesweiler

Hesweiler is a municipality in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Zell an (Mosel).

Geography

Hesweiler located in the northern Hunsrück near the B 421 and Blankenrath.

History

The first documentary mention of experiencing the place in the year 1259th The Counts of Sponheim possessed by the year 1788 in the "Rabbit Richer care " the jurisdiction. Beginning in 1794, Hesweiler under French rule and was from 1798 to 1814 in the canton of cell in the Rhine -Moselle department. 1815 it to the Congress of Vienna was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. 1848, the local chapel was built in honor of Saint Joseph by the contractor Binzen from cell. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded. By the 8th Administrative Simplification Act of July 18, 1970 with effect from November 7, 1970, the municipality came from the municipality Senheim to the municipality of Zell (Mosel ).

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

Parish council

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

Traffic

Hesweiler is in the territory of the transport association Rhein-Mosel. The bus 722 provides daily a few links to the next town, Zell ( Mosel), and the nearest train station, Bullay (DB) on the Mosel line between Koblenz and Trier.