Trittenheim
If home is a municipality in the Mosel valley in the district of Trier -Saar castle in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Schweich on the Roman wine road.
- 2.1 change in the community association Schweich
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 6.1 personalities who were born in Trittenheim
- 6.2 personalities who have worked in Trittenheim
Geography
If home is situated on the gentle slope of a promontory ( slip face ), which is formed by a close Moselschleife. Upstream are located on the left bank of the wine-growing town Klüsserath, on the right bank of the Moselle wine town of Leiwen, downstream of the wine-growing town Neumagen -Dhron lies on the right bank of the Moselle.
Nearest towns
- Schweich about 18 km
- Bernkastel -Kues about 25 km
- Trier about 30 km, nearest regional center
- Wittlich about 30 km
- Border with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 40 km
- Kaiserslautern about 110 km
- Koblenz 120 km
History
Founded from a Frankish settlement, Trittenheim 893 was first mentioned in records in Prüm land register and for a long time Kurtrierisches area. A mention is also found in a document of Pope Eugene III. of 1148, in the Abbey of St. Eucharius a farm and the church were awarded, plus the Zehntrechten in Trittenheim. Beginning in 1794, Trittenheim under French rule, 1815, the place on the Congress of Vienna was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia.
Change in the community association Schweich
Due to the planned restructuring of the Association of Municipalities in Rhineland -Palatinate, the Trittenheimer citizens decided in March 2010 to over 90 % for connection to the community association Schweich on the Roman wine road and so it goes into the district of Trier -Saar castle. The council followed the request and agreed to vote unanimously.
On 14 September 2011 the Rhineland-Palatinate state government agreed to the merger plans, which the municipality January 1, 2012 from the resolved municipality Neumagen -Dhron, which belonged to the district of Bernkastel- Wittlich, in the municipality Schweich on the Roman wine road and thus in could change the district of Trier -Saar castle.
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Trittenheim consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The 16 seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters.
Mayor
The currently reigning mayor called Franz -Josef Bollig.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms shows a golden Abtstab. It stands for the Trittenheimer Johannes Trithemius, who was abbot of Sponheim in the district of Bad Kreuznach in the 15th century. The red cross on a silver is the coat of arms of the Electorate of Trier, the silver T stands for passage home.
Attractions
- Late Baroque parish church of St. Clement with early classical elements
- Five-section Bildstock cycle for pain rich Rosary 1654
- Lawrence Chapel in the vineyards ( extended in 1583 )
- Hinkelstein: ( position → 49.8408193958336.8870329855556 ) The stone was discovered on 16 March 2002 at Gallows Hill ( Galigsberg ) in the immediate vicinity of the impact point of the district border of Klüsserath, running home and Köwerich. He is 155 cm high, 110 cm wide and 40 cm thick.
- The two old ferry towers on both sides of the Moselle bridge are the Fährturmpaar on the Moselle only remaining. They served as Fährleutewohnung and the anchoring of the Fährtaue, where the ferry from the shore was taken to shore, driven by the Mosel flow.
- Roemer trail climbing from the menhir on Trittenheim, Neumagen and Piesport after Minheim
- Viewing platform in the vineyard Trittenheimer Pharmacy
See also: List of cultural monuments in Trittenheim
Economy
If home is significantly influenced by winegrowing and with 236 hectares under vine Piesport, cell, Leiwen, Konz, Neumagen -Dhron, Mehring and Bernkastel -Kues is the eighth largest wine-growing town of Mosel. It is traditionally mainly grown Riesling. Best-known vineyards are the " Trittenheimer pharmacy " and " Trittenheimer Altärchen ". Viticulture also provides the basis for tourism, which also represents an important economic sector.
Personalities
Personalities who were born in Trittenheim
- Johannes Trithemius, born John Zeller, (1462-1516), known humanist
- Quintinus P. Werner ( 1722 - ~ 1800), prior of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Matthias
- Stefan Andres (1906-1970), German writer, was born in the district Dhrönchen
- Lydia Bollig, Trittenheimer wine queen, was crowned the 1991 German Wine Queen 1991/92.
Personalities who were active in Trittenheim
- Togbui Ngoryifia Kosi Olatidoye Céphas Bansah (or short: Céphas Bansah ), King of the Ewe people of 200,000 people in Ghana, was founded in 1999 for the first and only king of wine because the winemaker Trittenheimer found no wine queen.