Kesseling

Kesseling is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Altenahr.

  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 associations

Geography

Kesseling located eight kilometers southwest of the town of Bad Neuenahr- Ahrweiler in the valley of the boiler Inger Bach. It occurs in the middle of the village from the confluence of Herschbach and Staffeler Bach and ends four kilometers west at Ahrbrück in the Ahr. Geographically, the municipality can assign the Southern Ahrbergland, which is characterized by deeply incised valleys widely branched. In the south, the municipality's territory extends beyond the boiler Inger forest and reaches to the 583 m above sea level. NN high dog Burgkopf its highest point on the ground. With more than 31 square km area Kesseling is the territorially largest municipality within the municipality Altenahr.

To Kesseling include the districts Kesseling, Relay and Weidenbach and residential places Thomich and house Sun hardware, as well as the deserted village crane Scheid.

History

Records for the first mention of the place 762 This was a gift of the Frankish king Pippin the Younger to the Prüm Abbey. The monastery cell Casleoca was instrumental in the Christianization of the Ahrregion and the northern Eifel. In addition, the monks led a wine cultivation in the region. At that time the monastery cell Casleoca with a forest ( Mellere = Meller Berg) is mentioned as a possession of the monastery of Prüm. In the year 772 the parish church of St. Peter is first mentioned in Kesseling.

By the end of the 18th century, the abbey of Prüm was the only reason Lord Kesseling, since 1576 the Electorate of Trier had the country's sovereignty.

After the invasion of French troops, as a result of the French Revolution, the Rhineland was Kesseling to Mairie bridge in the canton of the arrondissement Ahrweiler Bonn ( Rhine-Moselle department).

Before the Second World War, there were plans to abandon the village for the expansion of the training area Ahrbrück. Due to the Second World War, but these plans were abandoned.

On 1 March 1972, the two congregations Kesseling and Season merged to form local church Kesseling.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Kesseling consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:

Culture and sights

Structures

  • Steiner Berghaus
  • Church of St. Peter and Maternus with its Romanesque choir tower
  • Chapel of St. Lüfthildis in Season

See also: List of cultural monuments in Kesseling

Clubs

  • Marching Band Kesseling e.V.
  • Eifelverein boiler Inger Valley
  • Sponsors Old rectory Kesseling
  • Women and mothers Community Kesseling
  • Volunteer Fire Kesseling
  • Radio Corps Red-White Kesseling
  • Bachelors club Kesseling e.V.
  • VdK Ortsverband Kesseling
  • Sports Association Ahrbrück, Brück, Kesseling 1954 Ahrbrück eV ( ABK )
  • Sports club Kesseling ( SV)
Altenahr (Verbandsgemeinde) Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Left Bank of the Rhine Integrated Authority File Adenau Antweiler Aremberg Bad Breisig Barweiler Bauler, Ahrweiler Berg, Ahrweiler Brenk Burgbrohl Dankerath Dedenbach Dernau Dorsel Eichenbach Fuchshofen Galenberg Glees Grafschaft, Rhineland Harscheid Heckenbach Herschbroich Hoffeld Hohenleimbach Honerath Insul Kalenborn, Ahrweiler Kaltenborn Kempenich Leimbach, Ahrweiler Lind, Ahrweiler Meuspath Niederzissen Oberzissen Ohlenhard Pomster Quiddelbach Rech Reifferscheid Remagen Rodder Schalkenbach Schuld Senscheid Sierscheid Trierscheid Waldorf, Rhineland-Palatinate Wassenach Wehr, Rhineland-Palatinate Weibern Wershofen Wiesemscheid Wimbach Winnerath Wirft
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