Pünderich
Punderich is a municipality in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Zell an (Mosel). Punderich is a nationally recognized resort.
Geography
The place is located right Punderich the Moselle in the conservation area " Mosel region of Schweich to Koblenz ". The downriver next places are Briedel and cell, upriver Reil ( left of the Mosel ), castle and Enkirch.
To Punderich include the vilage on the beech, residential space in Zinselt and forest peace.
History
The first documentary mention of the place is a document from 1128 in which Pope Honorius II of the Abbey Springiersbach bequeathed a farm in " Pundricho ".
Punderich church was cared for by the church on the Marienburg and was a gorgeous country to the Electorate of Trier. Beginning in 1794, Punderich under French rule. 1815 it to the Congress of Vienna was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. Since 1946 he is part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.
In 1984 the city the title of " Most beautiful village in the administrative district of Koblenz ".
The development of the population of the municipality Punderich, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Parish council
The local council in Punderich consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Culture and sights
Structures
Area attractions include the Pündericher Marienburg, which is the eponym of the local vineyard, and with a length of 786 m longest ( railway ) Hang viaduct in Germany. Also worth seeing are the old ferry house from 1621 and the Old Town Hall of 1548. The town has numerous other half-timbered houses from the 16th century. An interesting observation deck with breathtaking views is the prince Head lookout. The early 80s built wooden observation tower was demolished in September 2008. A new observation tower of steel was opened in June 2009.
Since the summer of 2008, on sunny weekends, the " Old Fährhäuschen " operated on Fährkopf as a refreshment stop. Open this is subject to weather conditions from early May to late October. In principle, wrong in this period during the day and the Moselfähre " Marienburg ".
View from Fährhäuschen
Hang viaduct Punderich
Museums
Above the church in the Düppelstraße, nor is the built of slate rubble " calibration house". There, large and small wine barrels were calibrated oak until 1981.
The barrel Eichstätte is now a museum yet equipped as in ancient times. In the background are two iron boiler with 1200 liters and 150 liters. There are counters to the iron boilers. An old wood stove was used to anglühen the cautery. Thus, as illustrated below original calibration tools can still be seen today.