Sehlem, Rhineland-Palatinate

Sehlem is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

This article is about the place in Rhineland-Palatinate. For the place in Lower Saxony, see Sehlem, Lower Saxony.
Sehlem
Coat of arms
Location of Sehlem within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Sehlem
Sehlem
Coordinates: 49°54′13″N 6°50′17″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.Wittlich-Land
Government
 • MayorNorbert Mehrfeld
Area
 • Total11.25 km2 (4.34 sq mi)
Elevation
160 m (520 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total969
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
54518
Dialling codes06508
Vehicle registrationWIL

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Eifel and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is in Wittlich, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.

History

Sehlem was part of the Electorate of Trier. Beginning in 1794, Sehlem lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[2]

 WG MehrfeldWG MolitorWG LehnenWG ZeheTotal
2009524112 seats

Mayors

In the mayoral election, Norbert Mehrfeld defeated Franz-Josef Molitor with a total of 54.9% of the vote to his opponent's 45.1%.

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: Über grünem Schildfuß, darin zwei silberne Leisten, in Silber ein rotes Balkenkreuz, belegt mit grünem sechsspeichigem Rad.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Argent a cross gules, surmounting the whole a wheel spoked of six vert, in a base of the third two bars of the first.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Sehlem lies on the Autobahn A 1 and has at its disposal a railway station on the Koblenz-Trier line.

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References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.
  2. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat


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