Monzelfeld

Monzelfeld is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel -Wittlich, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Bernkastel- Kues.

Geography

Monzelfeld lies on the southern slopes of the Hunsrück, about two kilometers from the Moselle Valley at Bernkastel- Kues. The hamlet is located in the Annenberg Hinterbachtal.

The municipality also includes the villages and habitations Annenberg, Birkenhof, Lambertymühle, Monzelfelderhinterbach, Olksmühle, Schellhof and Thiel mill.

Adjacent neighboring municipalities are (clockwise): town of Bernkastel -Kues, local community of Long Kamp, union free Morbach ( district Gonzerath ), local communities Gornhausen, Veldenz, Mulheim an der Mosel.

History

The town was first mentioned as Munzeluelt documented in the year 634, when King Dagobert I. the possessions of the monastery Trier Oeren confirmed.

A very old transport route led through the village, on the name of the main street suggests ( Old Post Road ).

By the end of the 18th century belonged to the Electoral-Trier Monzelfeld Office Bernkastel. After the annexation of the left bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops (1794 ), the village belonged from 1798 to 1814 in the canton of Bern Kastel, the part of the arrondissement of Trier Saarland Department was. After 1815 the Congress of Vienna essential parts of the Rhineland were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia, Monzelfeld belonged from 1816 to the mayoralty Bernkastel.

Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

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

Parish council

The local council in Monzelfeld 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. The 16 seats in the City Council are distributed among three groups of voters.

Remarkable

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is said to have changed once the horses in Monzelfeld, after the entry of his servant points out in his diary.

Economy and infrastructure

Previously dominated agricultural, Monzelfeld today is essentially a residential community with very many commuters to nearby Bernkastel -Kues and Morbach. In the small village Annenberg in Hinterbachtal earlier mining was what the fountain in the center recalls.

Monzelfeld has its own kindergarten, a primary school and a Catholic church (St. Stephen ). In 24 km away is the Hahn airport.