Landkern

Country core is a municipality in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Emperor Esch. Country core is a nationally recognized tourist.

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 associations

• 5.1 traffic
• 5.2 Education

Geography

The town lies on the eastern edge of Enderttals between Cochem and Kaiser Esch, a few kilometers from the Mosel. 3.55 km ² of the municipality is forested. Land core also includes the residential places Old Forest House, Dreifaltigkeitshof, Esperhof, hunting lodge Jettchen, Jorscheid, Neuhof, sheep farm, the group of houses Beautiful views and the settlement on the milestone.

Neighboring municipalities are Illerich in the east and in the west Greimersburg.

History

The place was ( as "core " ) mentioned in documents for the first time in 1051, later it was called " core field ", since the 18th century, the designation "country core " common. Since 1512, the Holy Mass was celebrated in the local chapel. After Trier fire book of 1563, there were 14 households in the village ( " hearths ", each with 7-10 people on average). 1620 came in place in the context of the Thirty Years' War to looting. The wars with France in 17-18. Century, leaving devastation. Since the 18th century there is a school in town. Beginning in 1794, the country core under French rule in 1815, the region, and thus the place at the Vienna Congress was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. Since 1946 he is part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

In 1778 there were 137 inhabitants,

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in the country core consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The twelve seats in the City Council are distributed among three groups of voters.

Mayor

For the municipality mayor Karl -Heinz Münich elected with 78%.

Coat of arms

The Golden Clog is the attribute of the church's patron saint of St. Servatius; his patronage has been on a medieval chapel in the place out (1511 ). The Abtstab points to the possession of the Brauweiler Abbey, since the gift of the Queen of Poland Richeza ( 1053 ) possessed large estates here. Until 1728, the village belonged to the parish and the high directionality Klotten, the Holy Maximus appears in both seals with the bear. The golden core illustrates the place name. The green box indicates the run today agriculture. The district government Koblenz approved on 16 July 1980, the municipality of the leadership of the coat of arms.

Culture and sights

Structures

Main attraction of the place is the Catholic Church of St. Servatius. It was built 1859-1862 in neo-gothic style on the site of an older church. The plans provided the Cologne architect Vincent Statz ( 1819-1898 ).

See also: List of cultural monuments in the country core

Clubs

• Country Kerner Carnival Club
• Local History and Tourist Office
• Church Choir St. Cecilia
• SV Blau-Weiß 1922
• Volunteer Fire Department
• Woman common land core
• Youth group core country
• FC Neuhof

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

There is a regular bus service to Cochem and Kaiser Esch, where are the nearest railway stations.

Education

The community has a primary school and kindergarten.