Lösnich

Lösnich

Coat of arms
Lösnich

Coordinates: 49°58′26″N 7°02′38″E / 49.9739°N 7.04376°ECoordinates: 49°58′26″N 7°02′38″E / 49.9739°N 7.04376°E
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Bernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc. Bernkastel-Kues
Government
 • Mayor Norbert Franz
Area
 • Total 2.53 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 423
 • Density 170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 54492
Dialling codes 06532
Vehicle registration WIL
Website www.loesnich.de
Lösnich seen from the Moselle’s north bank

Lösnich is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues, whose seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1066, Lösnich had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 8 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]

  Gassen FB Total
2009 5 3 8 seats

Culture and sightseeing

Church in Lösnich

Besides the many old timber-frame houses, the Kesselstatt Amt building, the Late Gothic graveyard chapel and the Gothic Revival parish church from 1869 are all worth seeing.

Economy and infrastructure

For centuries, Lösnich has been characterized by winegrowing and tourism. There are plans to build the High Moselle Crossing (Hochmoselübergang – a highway link whose centrepiece will be a long, high bridge over the Moselle) on Bundesstraße 50 right near Lösnich.

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2012". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2013.
  2. ↑ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat

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