Kirsbach

Kirsbach is a municipality in the volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Kelberg.

Geography

The place is located in the natural park Eifel.

History

Kirsbach belonged to the late 18th century to the office of mayor Which advice of the Electoral Cologne Office Nürburg.

In 1794, French revolutionary troops had occupied the left bank of the Rhine. Under the French administration Kirsbach belonged from 1798 to 1814 for Canton Adenau in the Rhine- Moselle department. Because of the 1815 taken at the Congress of Vienna agreements, the region came to the Kingdom of Prussia. Under Prussian administration, the community Kirsbach was assigned to the circle Adenau in the Region of Koblenz and was managed by the mayor Kelberg. This was in 1927 in the Official Kelberg and 1968 in the municipality Kelberg on. After the First World War the area was under French military administration. Following the dissolution of the circle Adenau in 1932 Kirsbach came to the district of Mayen. Since 1946, the region is part of Rhineland- Palatinate and belonged until 1949 to the French occupation zone.

During the municipal reorganization of Rhineland-Palatinate, the community came on November 7, 1970 by the same resolution Mayen down to the district (now county Volcanic Eifel ).

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Kirsbach 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.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: " From Silver Black split up a continuous black cross down a silver angle with silver, goldgeschäfteter ax crossed ".