Moritzheim

Moritzheim 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 Zell, whose seat is in the municipality of Zell an der Mosel.

Moritzheim
Coat of arms
Location of Moritzheim within Cochem-Zell district
Moritzheim Show map of Germany Moritzheim Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°2′53″N 7°15′44″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Cochem-Zell
Municipal assoc.	Zell (Mosel)
Government
• Mayor	Adelbert Reis
Area
• Total	4.02 km^2 (1.55 sq mi)
Elevation	415 m (1,362 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	130
• Density	32/km^2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56865
Dialling codes	06545
Vehicle registration	COC

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück at an elevation of some 500 m above sea level. The river Moselle lies roughly 12 km away.

History

After a great fire in Senheim on 13 August 1839, thirty families who had been left homeless founded the Kolonie Hoch-Senheim (hoch means “high” in German). The new village was given a new name soon after building work was finished. It was named after the Prussian Landrat (roughly, “district chairman”), Moritz.

Soon thereafter came lean years, and between 1846 and 1852, 23 families from the municipality emigrated to the United States for a better life, leaving only five people living in Moritzheim.

Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Under the Verwaltungsvereinfachungsgesetz (“Administration Simplification Law”) of 28 July 1970, with effect from 7 November 1970, the municipality was grouped into the Verbandsgemeinde of Zell.

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

Moritzheim's mayor is Adelbert Reis, and his deputies are Dieter Schug and Alfred Kaspari.[3]

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per fess sable two lions rampant argent armed and langued gules and Or in base gules emerging from which four flames of the same.

Economy and infrastructure

Public institutions

• Volunteer fire brigade

References

1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.
2. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
3. Moritzheim’s council Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Hunsrückreise: Moritzheim (in German)