Wollmerath

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

Geography

Wollmerath located eleven kilometers southeast of the city down in the foothills of the Nebentals Ueßbachs. The village comprises altitudes between 360 m above sea level. Sea level and 410 m above sea level. NN. Geographically, can the agricultural half of the township area in Südwestsaum the Eastern High Eifel almost entirely assigned to the Middle Üßbachtal, a section on the northwestern border already the Ueßbachbergland. There reaches the municipality with around 435 m above sea level. NN its highest point on the ground, its lowest at 325 m above sea level. Sea level at the southern exit of the Ueßbachs from the district. To Wollmerath include residential places Birkenhof, Gille Beuren mill and Wollmerathermühle.

Wollmerath bordered (clockwise ) to the local communities felt, Schmitt, Gillenbeuren, Wagenhausen, angle ( Eifel) and Demerath (both in the volcanic Eifel ).

History

Wollmerath was first mentioned in 1193. After the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine 1794/96 by French revolutionary troops, the place was French, 1815, the region and thus Wollmerath was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

Parish council

The local council in Wollmerath 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.

Attractions

• Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene with the grave plates of Ernst Carl Anton Joseph Freiherr von width Landsberg and his wife Maria Magdalena, née Steward of Rheinfelden, as well as a built by Balthasar King in 1749 organ.

• Wollmerather Kopp
• The Wollmerather head belongs to the younger, quaternary, volcanoes and consists of welding slag, volcanic lapilli and ash deposits. Until the sixties of the last century mining was operated here since the Wollmerather head has moved out of sight. The Wollmerather head is the same as the Wollmerather Maar directly on the Siegen Main Thrust, one up to the room Gille field ranging from Siegen major geological fault zone.

• The leading through the Üßbachtal, over 33 kilometers, " Maare & Spas path " of Bad Bert Rich by elm is rich in the near future by a path tourist attractions. An excess of about 1.5 km long loop complement to lead the migration of the volcanic Eifel Nature and Geopark conferred title " Geotop of 2013 ".

• The work required for this purpose have already been accomplished. In the near Zukunkt, the signs and signposts follows on this route.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Wollmerath