Kinheim, Germany
Kinheim is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel -Wittlich, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Kröv - Bausendorf. Kinheim is a nationally recognized resort.
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 partnerships
Geography
The place Kinheim is located on the left side of the middle Mosel at the level of the Mosel river kilometer 116 The district Kindel on the right side of the Moselle. The two districts are connected to a bridge over the Moselle. The district Seng forest is embedded in Alftal between the place Kinderbeuern and the settlement Ürziger station. About half of the district area is forested.
Climate
The annual rainfall is 706 mm. The deposits are located in the middle third of the detected values in Germany. At 41% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values are registered. The driest month is February, the most rainfall comes in June. In June, falling 1.6 times more precipitation than in February. Precipitation varies only slightly and are distributed extremely evenly throughout the year. At only 3% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.
Neighboring communities
History
The first written mention of the name Kinheim place in the year 1161st The meaning of the name is uncertain. Probably the determining word Ken is pre-Roman origin. The basic word home suggests that Kinheim is an early Frankish settlement. The Kinheim opposite Kindel is called already in 1069 as a characteristic radius and is later called Kinelle (1304 ) or Kinnel ( 1404). Kindel is certainly a daughter settlement Kinheims because characteristic Elle means "little Kindel ". In addition Kinheim had an outside settlement in Alftal, today Kinderbeuern ( 1296: Kynheymerbüren ), which was incorporated the community Kinheim to 1740.
Beginning in 1794, Kinheim under French rule, 1815, the place on the Congress of Vienna was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. Since 1946 he is part of Rhineland- Palatinate.
In the district Kindel the remains of a Celtic-Roman court were excavated from the 3rd century. It is also a high relief of the flail of God Sucellus was discovered. This is the oldest archaeological evidence of a viticulture on the Mosel. The original relief figure is now at the Rheinische Landesmuseum Trier.
The development of the population of the municipality Kinheim, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Kinheim consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Partnerships
The municipality is twinned with the Belgian city of Harelbeke (West Flanders ) and the French community Ambonnay ( Champagne).
Economy and infrastructure
- The community is dominated by viticulture and tourism. At about 120 hectares of vineyards thrive wines in the individual layers Rosenberg, Hubertuslay and Römerhang. All three vineyards are Großlage Schwarzlay and to the area of the growing region Mosel Bernkastel.
- Through the village leads the federal highway 53 in the west, the Federal Highway 1 connection runs it has one of the approximately 15 km from the exit Wittlich -Mitte. After completion of the Hochmosel transfer is from the year 2016, the four-lane federal highway 50 through the four kilometers distant junction earth Loesnich accessible. Thus, the travel time to the motorway at junction 61 Rheinboellen of about 50 so far on expected about 40 minutes shorter.
- In nearby Ürzig is a station of the Mosel route.
Clubs
In place Kinheim -Kindel there are the clubs gymnastics and sports club, winemaker chapel volunteer fire department, village youth Kinheim -Kindel and the carnival club. Of these clubs are distributed throughout the year, some events in the village organized and carried out.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Helmut Mathy (1934-2008), German historian and politician
- Alfred Beth ( b. 1940 ), German politician and jurist; Minister of State for Environment and Health of the State of Rhineland -Palatinate (1988-1991)