Oberzissen

Oberzissen is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Brohltal, which has its administrative headquarters in Niederzissen.

Geography

The municipality is located in the conservation area " Rhein- Ahr -Eifel ". To Oberzissen includes the living space Margaretenhof.

History

The name Zissen is returned, on various grounds on Celtic origins.

Zissen is first mentioned in a deed of gift from the Copiarium the Bonner Foundation of St. Cassius and Florentius, which has been dated to the eighth century from Levison. For the first time accurately datable the place name is via an exchange certificate of the Foundation of St. Stephan in Mainz in the year 1008.

By the end of the 18th century, the two towns Zissener belonged to the imperial rule Olbrück the Waldbott of Bassenheim.

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

Parish council

The local council in Oberzissen 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 municipal council are divided into two groups of voters.

Attractions

In the station of Oberzissen the 5.5 km stretch of steep Brohltal Railroad begins on Brenk by angels, which was operated until the 1930s as a cog railway. Later, the rack was expanded and changed the route on adhesion operation.

The Sauerbrunnen in Oberzissen is one for the public accessible known since the Middle Ages drinking source with the characteristics of a sodium - bicarbonate - alkaline- acidulous.

A hilltop castle with a varied history is the ruins of the castle Olbrück above Oberzissen, probably founded around 1050 and 1112 first mentioned.

The blessing stone of 1599 is a created from basalt wayside cross and probably served as a stopping point for the spreading of the ground blessing in Eucharistic processions.