Kötterichen

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

Geographical location

Kötterichen is located in the Natural Park of Volcanic Eifel as well as in the conservation area Kelberg. Northwest of the town rises the Gallows ( 554.5 m) and south of Jacob Berg ( 549 m). The city of elms is located about 3 km south-west.

History

Gorgeous country belonged Kötterichen, formerly called Köttrichen or Kottrichen until the late 18th century to the Electorate of Cologne and was under the administration of the school Theissen Office Uersfeld in the Official Nürburg. After the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops (1794 ) and the introduction of new administrative structures according to the French model (1798 ) was Kötterichen from the Mairie elm managed in the same canton. Following the decisions of the Congress of Vienna in 1816, the town of the newly formed Mayor's Kelberg (from 1927 " Official Kelberg " ) has been assigned in the Prussian district Adenau.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Kötterichen 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: "shield half right and left diagonally divided up into gold, a red lily, the front in red with a silver chalice, next to the left a golden wake, back in blue an erect golden sword, left next to a standing golden crosier ."