Wirfus

Wirfus is a municipality in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Cochem.

Geography

Wirfus is located six kilometers southeast of the city Kaisersesch and about two miles north of the Moselle on a west to east to the steep valley of the pending Pommer Bach slowly sloping ridge. The village comprises altitudes between 325 m above sea well. NN and nearly 350 m above sea level. NN. Geographically allows the municipality to two -thirds of agricultural assign the Emperor Escher Eifel edge in the Eastern Moseleifel. To Wirfus include residential places Wirfus settlement, Villa Margaretha, Wirfuserbach and Lesche - yard.

Wirfus bordered (clockwise ) to the local communities Zettingen, Dünfus, Binningen, Kail, Klotten, Illerich and Hambuch.

History

The place was first mentioned in the year 1056.

By the end of the 18th century Wirfus belonged to the Electorate of Trier gorgeous country and the high court Klotten in the Official Cochem was assigned. In Trier fire book from 1563 18 hearths (households) were recorded in Wirfus 1684 there were only 12

In 1794, French revolutionary troops had the left bank of the Rhine was annexed, from 1798 to 1814 belonged to the canton Wirfus Cochem Koblenz district in the Rhine-Moselle department. Municipal councils ( Wirfuser community representatives in the Mairie Pomerania ) were the citizens Thernes and Tönnes.

Due to the decisions on the Congress of Vienna ( 1815), the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. Under the Prussian administration Wirfus the community came to the mayor's office in the Pomerania district Cochem, who belonged to the Rhine Province to the new Region of Koblenz and from 1822 on.

Since 1946, the community Wirfus is part of Rhineland- Palatinate, since 1968 it belonged to the municipality Cochem -Land ( since 2009 municipality Cochem ) and since 1969 the district Cochem- Zell.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Wirfus 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 blazon is: "Through golden staff rafters divided, top right in red golden plowshare, top left in red golden rose, down in green silver urn ."

Personalities

  • Johann Junglas (1898-1963), politician, born in Wirfus
Alf, Rhineland-Palatinate Alflen Altlay Altstrimmig Auderath Bad Bertrich Beilstein, Rhineland-Palatinate Beuren, Cochem-Zell Blankenrath Brachtendorf Bremm Briedel Brieden Briedern Brohl Dohr Ediger-Eller Ellenz-Poltersdorf Eppenberg Ernst, Germany Eulgem Faid Filz Forst (Eifel) Gamlen Gevenich Gillenbeuren Greimersburg Grenderich Haserich Hauroth Hesweiler Kaifenheim Kalenborn, Cochem-Zell Kliding Landkern Laubach, Cochem-Zell Leienkaul Lieg Liesenich Lutzerath Masburg Mesenich Moritzheim Moselkern Neef Nehren, Rhineland-Palatinate Panzweiler Roes Schauren, Cochem-Zell Schmitt, Germany Senheim Sosberg Treis-Karden Ulmen Urmersbach Urschmitt Valwig Wagenhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate Walhausen Weiler, Cochem-Zell Wollmerath
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