Masburg

Masburg is a municipality in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Emperor Esch.

Geography

Masburg is located in the Eifel region. The municipality also includes the residential places and hamlets Birkenhof, Breitenbruch, House Constantia, Lindenhof, Masurenhof, Mühlenhof, Pflanzenhof, Präfekturhof, Ball Mill and beautiful views.

The town has a total area of 9.12 km ², of which 3.49 km ² of forest.

History

Around the year 1050 was the first documentary mention Masburgs.

By the end of the 18th century Masburg belonged to the Electorate of Trier and glorious country was assigned to the Office Monreal. Within the Amtsbezirks Masburg was the eponymous capital of a high court, which included also Bermel, Eppenberg, Hauroth, Kalenborn, Laubach and waste stream. The high court Masburg was a fief of the Counts of Virneburg. In Trier fire book from 1563 35 hearths (households) are listed in Masburg ( Maßpurg ).

In 1794, French revolutionary troops had the left bank of the Rhine was annexed, from 1798 to 1814 belonged to the canton Masburg Kaisersesch in the arrondissement of Koblenz in the Rhine -Moselle department. The municipal council Masburger community representatives in the Mairie Emperor Esch) was 1808, the citizens Theobald. There was a school teacher in the village.

Due to the decisions on the Congress of Vienna ( 1815), the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. Under the Prussian administration Masburg the community came to the mayor's Emperor Esch district Cochem, who belonged to the Rhine Province to the new Region of Koblenz and from 1822 on.

Since 1946, the community Masburg is part of Rhineland- Palatinate, since 1968 it belongs to the municipality Emperor Esch and since 1969 the district Cochem- Zell.

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

Parish council

The local council in Masburg consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman location. The 16 seats in the City Council are distributed among five groups of voters.

Attractions

• Bell tower in memory of the 1773-1819 resident here Glockengießer family Meanies

See also: List of cultural monuments in Masburg