Schömerich

Schömerich is a municipality in the Trier -Saar castle in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Kell am See.

Geography

Schömerich located south of Trier about ten kilometers north-east of the Saar castle and eight kilometers west of the municipality seat Kell am See. Federal highway 268 (Trier -Saarbrücken ) runs about two kilometers west of the town.

Schömerich to include the residential places on Haider- Pfädchen, Kimmlerhof and Wendelinushof.

History

The place was first mentioned in 1574 under the name Schombrig. In the 18th century it was called Schoenberg and belonged to the late 18th century to the Official Saar castle in the Electorate of Trier.

After the 1792 French Revolutionary troops had occupied the left bank of the Rhine and incorporated after the peace of Campo Formio ( 1797) in French territory. In 1798, the then new French administrative structure was introduced Schömerich belonged to the Canton Saar castle of the Department of the Saar. Unlike the rest of the territory of the left bank of the Rhine, the Canton Saar castle was initially allocated to the Congress of Vienna ( 1815), Austria. In the Second Peace of Paris, Austria joined with effect from July 1, 1816, among other areas, the canton to the Kingdom of Prussia from.

Under the Prussian administration of the place of the mayor's Zerf was assigned in a circle Saar castle of the district of Trier, who belonged from 1822 to the Rhine province.

On July 18, 1946 Schömerich was attached together with a further 80 municipalities in the counties registers and the Saar castle in February 1946 separated from the rest of the French occupation zone Saar, which no longer was under the Allied Control Council at the time. On June 6, 1947 this territorial carve-out was taken back up to 21 communities again so Schömerich came to the 1946 newly formed state of Rhineland -Palatinate.

In 1962, in the field Schömerichs two coffin-like wooden container of 3.30 meters in length, probably from the second half of the first century AD, have been found. In addition to the remains of the corpse fire while also supplements such as ceramics, glaze clay mug and Roman earthen utensils were discovered.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Schömerich consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "Behind a red shield with a silver scythe main iron with cutting down, in silver, a red mountain".

Economy and infrastructure

Some small and medium-sized companies are located in the resort.

By Schömerich run the county roads 44 and 143 A marked local trail leads through the forest to Hardter Hentern.