Kalenborn, Cochem-Zell

Kalenborn
Kalenborn

Coordinates: 50°15′41″N 7°4′48″E / 50.26139°N 7.08000°E / 50.26139; 7.08000Coordinates: 50°15′41″N 7°4′48″E / 50.26139°N 7.08000°E / 50.26139; 7.08000
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Cochem-Zell
Municipal assoc. Kaisersesch
Government
  Mayor Werner Arenz
Area
  Total 5.30 km2 (2.05 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 213
  Density 40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56759
Dialling codes 02653
Vehicle registration COC

Kalenborn is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kaisersesch, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Eifel about 4 km northwest of Kaisersesch.

History

Beginning in 1794, Kalenborn lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[2]

Mayor

Kalenborn’s mayor is Werner Arenz, and his deputies are Toni Thelen and Erwin Groß.[3]

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Tierced in mantle, dexter vert three ears of wheat, one palewise surmounted by another bendwise sinister, itself surmounted by another palewise to dexter of the first, all Or, sinister gules a well pump argent, and in base Or a tower masoned sable with a conical roof of the third.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:

References

External links

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