Wagenhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate

Wagenhausen is a municipality in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality elms and is the smallest area of ​​Eifel community

Geography

Wagenhausen located 13 kilometers west of the town of Cochem and seven kilometers south of the city of elms. The village extends on a north- south to the V-shaped valley of the Uessbach sloping ridge and covers altitudes between 350 m above sea level. Sea level and 380 m above sea level. NN. Geographically, can the be around 60% of agricultural municipality assign the Middle Üßbachtal.

Wagenhausen bordered (clockwise ) to the local communities Wollmerath, Gillenbeuren, Lutzerath and ( in the district of Eifel ) Immerath and angle ( Eifel).

History

Wagenhausen belonged together with felt to rule Wollmerath, which was a fief of the Electorate of Trier and was under its sovereignty.

With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops ended the rule Kurtriers. 1815 it to the Congress of Vienna was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

Parish council

The local council in Wagenhausen 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.