Senheim

Senheim on the Mosel is a municipality in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Cochem. Senheim is a nationally recognized tourist.

Geography

The village lies on both banks of the Moselle. The actual Senheim is located on the right bank, at the foot of the Hunsrück, the much smaller district Senhals on the left Eifel side of the river. Both districts are connected by a bridge since 1967.

History

First records from the year 1067 show the existence of possessions of the Cologne church in Senhals. Senheim was first mentioned in 1140.

Senheim was with Senhals and Grenderich " dreiherrig ", ie its territory divided three sovereigns and exercised the sovereignty of communal:

• The Elector of Trier
• The Count of Sponheim
• The lords of Brown Horn Metternich Beilstein.

Senheim - Senhals was an important river crossing as part of the trade route that led coming from the Netherlands through the Eifel on Senheim, the Hunsrück to Frankfurt and Augsburg in the Middle Ages. Even in the pre-and early history, this track was already in use. The route over the Hunsrück is now advertised as trail Keltenweg near- Moselle and markets ). The Senheimer lived in the Middle Ages from the agriculture and viticulture ( Rottwirtschaft. From kurtrierischen tax statistics from 1702 can be seen that the vineyard property was estimated in the hands of the clergy and the nobility to 300,000 floor. 200,000 floor were Senheimer goods in the possession of the winery. Sponheimische The property is specified with 100,000 floor.

From 1780 Kurtrier was sole ruler. During the Napoleonic Wars, the region is occupied by French revolutionary troops in 1794. Senheim belonged from 1798 to 1814 in the canton of cell in the French Rhine-Moselle department. By redistributing the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the town was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. Senheim was a mayoralty seat in the circle cell.

The Senheim the 17th and 18th century with its ramparts, towers, battlements and gates, with the large number of handsome nobility and cloisters took place on August 13, 1839 to an abrupt end: a big fire lay within a short time the medieval town to rubble and ashes. 106 houses, 22 press houses and 7 barns burned down. The Catholic Church, built in 1075, with the magnificent Baroque altar by Januarius Zick and the vicarage and the residential tower Senheim survived the conflagration. During the reconstruction of the place he was given a more generous place and street plan. This found 30 families in the town itself no longer homestead. For it was founded on the Hunsrückhöhenstraße on the boundary of Grenderich a new settlement, the " colony " high - Senheim. The town was renamed soon after completion in honor of her sponsor, the Prussian District Administrator of the cell, Friedrich Alexander Moritz Moritz home.

Since 1946 Senheim is part of Rhineland- Palatinate newly formed. By the 8th Administrative Simplification Act of July 28, 1970 with effect from November 7, 1970 the place came to the municipality Cochem.

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

Parish council

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