Zell (Mosel)
Zell ( Mosel) is a city in the Zeller Hamm ( Moselle River ) and is situated in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It is the administrative seat of the collective municipality of Zell, who also belongs. Cell is a nationally recognized resort and are shown as means center according to state planning.
- 3.1 City Council
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 3.4 Town twinning
- 3.5 Religion
- 4.1 Viticulture
- 4.2 industry
- 4.3 Trade, craft
- 5.1 offices
- 5.2 educational institutions
- 5.3 traffic
- 6.1 Leisure and sports facilities
- 6.2 walks
- 7.1 theater
- 7.2 Museum
- 7.3 Structures
- 7.4 churches
- 7.5 Regular events
- 7.6 dialect - Zeller Platt
- 8.1 Born in cell
- 8.2 associated with cell
- 8.3 freeman
Geography
Geographical location
Zell ( Mosel) is one hour's drive from Koblenz and Trier almost exactly in the middle between these two cities. Neighboring town in the direction of Koblenz Cochem, Trier neighboring cities are Traben-Trarbach and Bernkastel- Kues. To the airport Frankfurt -Hahn on the Hunsrück and the spa town of Bad Bert Rich in Voreifel: each ½ hour. The lying riverside neighborhoods, Old Town, Kaimt and Merl at a height of about 100 m in a prominent Moselschleife.
Boroughs
Zell ( Mosel) the right of the Moselle belong to the old town and the district Merl and on the Hunsrückhöhenstraße the smallest district Althaus adjacent Tellig directly to the site. West of the River Moselle, in the valley of the district Kaimt and with a height difference of 100 m of altitude district Barl.
History
Zell is a Roman foundation after 70 AD The district Kaimt is 732/33 first mentioned. 1222 cell received city rights. Since 1332 cell was Kurtrierische city and to 1794 Kurtrier top official residence. With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops, the place was French, 1815, the town was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Fires in 1848 and 1857 destroyed a large part of the old town. Since 1946, the city is part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded. In 1950 the incorporation of Kaimt. By the year 1969 cell was the county seat of the eponymous district of Zell (Mosel ). This then was in the Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform of the district Cochem- Zell with its administrative seat in Cochem. With the county seat cell also lost many more seats authorities and other institutions. At the same time was the incorporation of Merl. Compensation managed, the city is the existence of numerous business enterprises especially in the upper borough of Barl.
On June 7, 1969, until then independent municipality Merl was incorporated.
Policy
City council
The city council in Zell ( Mosel) consists of 20 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman city.
Allocation of seats in the elected City Council:
Mayor
Since 2009, Hans Schwarz (CDU), city mayor of the town of Zell (Mosel).
Coat of arms
The Red Cross in the arms of the city cell refers to the historical relations of the city to the Archbishop of Trier and Elector Kurtrierer.
It occurs also in the upper part of the coat of arms of the municipality of Zell, whose lower part shows three silver, gold crowned lion on a red background from the arms of the von Zandt in Merl. The keys in the Zeller coat of arms have the hl. Peter, he is the parish and patron of the town of Zell, also on the Petersberg (now Malbork ) was formerly one of the hl. Peter consecrated church.
The district Merl contributed according to his church patronage a sacred Michael in the arms, this coat of arms is canceled after Merl was annexed to the town of Zell.
Twinning
Religion
The majority of the population is Roman Catholic. The Protestants form the second largest religious denomination, belonging to the parish cell -Bad Bert Rich Blank Rath, which is connected with the parish pastoral officially Würrich. The municipalities are part of the parish of simmering -Trarbach.
Economy
Viniculture
Cell is significantly influenced by the Viticulture and bestockter with 331 hectares of vines to Piesport (413 hectares) largest wine-growing town of Mosel. It is traditionally mainly grown Riesling. Nationally known is the Zeller Schwarze Katz. Viticulture also provides the basis for tourism, which also represents an important economic sector. Cell is, inter alia, the seat of the winery Zimmermann- Graeff & Müller.
Industry
In the cell Zeller Plastik is established as a major employer. ZP is a significant injection molder for plastic closures and packaging elements and Member of the Global Closure Systems, a worldwide network of plastic processing companies. The subsidiary Zeller Engineering manufactures injection molds.
Trade, craft
In the upper borough of Barl, numerous large-scale retail enterprises have settled. In addition, numerous medium-sized wholesale and retail companies, as well as craft shops are located.
Public institutions
Offices
Municipal administration, tax office simmering cell.
Educational institutions
Boos - Waldeck of primary school, IGS cell ( comprehensive school with Gymnasium upper level, is under construction ).
Traffic
Connection to the network of Deutsche Bahn with IC maintenance is possible through the approximately 7 km from the train station in the neighboring Bullay. The station is located on the IC route Koblenz - Trier / Luxembourg. Federal Road transport cross east-west state road 53 and north-south state road 421 boat docks for river cruise ships. Major international connectivity via the half an hour drive away from the airport Frankfurt -Hahn.
Leisure, Tourism
Leisure and sports facilities
Water park, sports stadium, wheelhouse, tennis court, camping, caravan sites, Collis ferrata.
Hiking
The observation tower at the Prince head offers a panoramic view of the districts of cell and on Punderich, Bullay and the Marienburg.
Culture and sights
Theater
Theater group " Kitten "
Museum
Local museum in the town hall with numerous exhibits from the town's history, the wine and the traditional crafts of the city.
Structures
Churches
The cath. Parish Church of St. Peter in cell has a reliquary from the period between 1180-1190 from Limoges ( central France ) with a container for a bone relic of St.. Peter. The Mother of God - figure in the left side altar dates from the 15th century. The font on the right side of the choir bears the year 1576th St. Peter has a high altar, and a crucifixion scene. Another feature is a powerful -looking canopy, similar to the Church of Our Lady in Trier.
In the district Kaimt the new parish church " St. was James " built around 1968, the old church tower remained. She was the palace chapel of the former archbishop's court in kurtrierisch Kaimt. Inside a stone foundation deed - the oldest church witness the town of Zell in 1220, with the oldest representation of a winemaker. Side altar and tabernacle with a Christ - torso from the 13th to the 14th century, from the transitional period, Romanesque to Gothic, probably Riemenschneider school.
In the district Merl is the parish church of St. Michael, to 1805 Monastery Church of the affiliated Franciscan convent. The church on the thoroughfare near the banks of the Mosel has on the high altar reredos an Antwerp to 1520. The sacristy is built as einstütziger room with a nearly square floor plan. In the parish hall are remains of medieval murals have received and is not publicly accessible roof of the old dormitory at the monastery wing is one of the few surviving medieval roof structures in Germany. The old Romanesque parish church of St. Michael ( Church Hall ) was canceled in 1823 after the takeover of the monastery church, the old Romanesque tower was not on today's Merler cemetery.
Zell-Mosel, steeple
Regular events
- Wine festival in the Zeller Schwarze Katz, on the last weekend in June. One of the first wine festivals in the year on the Mosel.
- Rooster Coffee in cell
- Long Table in Zell, in July
- St. Jacob's wine fair in cell Kaimt, last weekend in July
- Wine festival in Zell -Merl, second weekend in August
- Celtic banquet of wine in cell Kaimt, last weekend in August
- Roman street festival in mid-August
- Street festival of Zeller tower shooter, second weekend in September
- Public wine tasting in the town hall - Romans banquet of wine, third weekend in September
- Christmas markets of each first and second weekend of Advent
- Cap sessions and Rose Monday parade of cell Kaimt to Zell -Mosel
- Zeller Raiffeisen Bank - Advent run every year on the 3rd week of Advent ( largest sporting event in the Cochem-Zell district )
- Marksmen of Schützengesellschaft cell always on Corpus Christi
Dialect - Zeller Platt
Historically cell is grown from the three villages of Zell Mosel, Kaimt and Merl. In each place a different local dialect of the Moselle Franconian dialect is spoken, which can vary considerably in individual words.
Personalities
Born in cell
- Karl Hammes (1896-1939), opera singer and fighter pilot
- Werner Grill (1920-2014), a specialist in abdominal surgery
- Klaus Bremm (1923-2008), winemaker and politician
- Peter- Erwin Jansen ( born 1957 ), journalist
- Mirko Casper ( b. 1982 ), football player
- Catherine Binz ( * 1983), German politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens )
- Dennis Prince ( born 1984 ), actor
Associated with cell
- Theo Champion ( * 1887 in Dusseldorf, † 1952 in Zell), German landscape painter
- Mary Reese (1889-1958), writer, journalist and member of parliament; died in cell
Freeman
- George Weimer