Moselkern

Moselkern
Municipality
A row of buildings in Moselkern.
Coat of arms
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Hambuch poly 119 12 123 13 130 15 128 22 130 30 130 32 118 32 115 21 120 17 Gamlen poly 118 32 130 32 131 43 127 47 119 49 118 46 120 39 Zettingen poly 129 15 140 14 143 16 142 26 139 30 129 33 Kaifenheim poly 130 32 140 29 142 34 130 42 Brachtendorf poly 20 68 12 45 14 42 16 36 20 34 24 28 32 30 39 41 49 39 52 29 58 29 57 37 63 53 56 58 53 58 48 55 39 53 Ulmen poly 68 52 63 57 57 58 53 58 47 54 40 69 40 73 55 84 58 84 62 73 64 58 Alflen poly 46 54 39 53 24 65 30 70 32 77 39 73 Auderath poly 20 68 21 71 20 79 28 79 33 77 31 70 25 66 Filz poly 21 79 31 78 36 83 25 90 21 90 16 83 Wollmerath poly 31 78 41 73 52 81 45 84 40 80 35 83 Schmitt poly 67 51 73 52 79 57 86 70 79 80 58 84 62 73 63 58 Büchel (municipality) poly 21 89 25 89 29 87 31 93 29 97 23 95 Wagenhausen poly 29 87 30 92 34 96 40 96 55 82 50 81 46 84 39 81 Gillenbeuren poly 51 87 54 84 78 80 80 86 76 91 62 92 56 97 53 88 Gevenich poly 56 97 61 91 76 92 76 95 81 102 80 106 69 107 65 102 57 103 Weiler poly 29 97 31 91 33 95 40 95 51 87 59 104 53 112 48 120 40 124 36 127 35 135 24 132 Lutzerath poly 48 120 47 129 58 146 44 147 36 133 38 125 Bad Bertrich poly 58 102 65 102 68 106 81 106 81 110 68 117 63 115 58 116 53 113 57 108 Urschmitt poly 52 111 55 114 69 116 54 129 50 135 47 128 49 120 Kliding poly 49 134 56 146 72 147 71 142 76 133 73 125 69 127 66 121 60 124 Beuren poly 197 44 198 46 205 49 200 63 195 66 189 56 Moselkern poly 176 57 190 54 197 65 185 67 174 66 Müden poly 166 53 171 53 176 56 174 65 188 67 189 78 192 80 184 85 184 87 170 95 170 98 173 102 166 111 162 112 154 97 155 90 149 83 143 81 144 77 154 77 165 75 162 61 Treis-Karden poly 191 79 183 85 186 91 193 88 197 93 205 84 201 75 Lütz poly 184 87 169 95 178 106 187 106 195 103 199 106 203 102 194 88 187 92 Lieg poly 143 16 143 26 139 30 141 35 144 33 151 33 154 35 160 31 166 30 159 24 Roes poly 156 34 159 30 165 30 172 40 175 41 177 44 173 50 167 49 165 37 Möntenich poly 152 33 153 46 149 45 144 49 142 45 141 35 146 32 Forst (Eifel) poly 141 35 131 42 127 47 131 52 136 50 140 47 142 46 Dünfus poly 153 34 153 47 157 50 159 61 160 62 166 53 166 48 164 37 Brohl poly 131 52 136 50 141 46 144 47 152 45 159 52 159 59 154 58 142 57 134 57 Binningen poly 127 47 134 57 131 63 121 62 119 49 Wirfus poly 160 61 153 75 148 74 149 69 146 57 Brieden poly 133 56 146 57 149 73 136 74 132 65 Kail poly 160 61 155 73 136 74 136 82 142 82 144 76 155 77 164 75 164 62 Pommern poly 91 180 98 166 104 175 105 178 122 199 132 203 148 199 146 206 150 208 152 214 142 225 129 219 126 220 119 209 120 205 106 200 100 201 Briedel poly 148 200 145 205 152 208 152 214 160 217 165 210 163 199 Altlay poly 147 185 148 199 170 199 182 193 184 187 191 184 192 178 189 175 185 175 182 179 173 184 Peterswald-Löffelscheid poly 181 159 173 168 175 176 188 176 Haserich poly 186 129 191 136 188 138 186 149 179 149 176 145 Sosberg poly 176 125 179 128 187 129 174 147 171 138 175 133 Forst (Hunsrück) poly 165 111 177 127 172 139 173 146 166 143 166 135 158 126 158 118 Altstrimmig poly 175 150 167 160 181 158 Reidenhausen poly 159 118 157 123 166 135 166 144 174 146 174 150 166 161 159 161 155 160 156 158 147 152 160 150 153 129 148 126 Mittelstrimmig poly 180 156 181 159 178 162 173 168 172 172 169 176 162 175 160 170 164 167 164 161 171 160 Blankenrath poly 183 175 182 179 172 184 160 183 163 178 160 173 170 175 173 170 175 176 Panzweiler poly 159 168 163 177 161 184 153 185 157 179 157 169 Walhausen poly 149 164 156 168 156 177 154 184 148 186 151 176 151 172 146 168 Schauren poly 147 169 142 173 143 180 152 176 Tellig poly 154 160 166 160 164 165 162 169 154 169 152 165 Hesweiler poly 147 125 153 128 161 149 147 153 144 138 144 129 Liesenich poly 145 142 148 152 156 159 152 166 135 152 Moritzheim poly 145 138 135 138 131 141 127 162 136 161 146 169 150 165 136 152 141 145 146 142 Grenderich poly 111 145 115 150 128 156 127 162 137 162 146 168 143 173 144 178 151 175 151 182 147 186 148 200 133 204 122 200 104 180 103 171 93 158 105 152 104 147 Zell poly 113 145 95 126 93 147 105 148 Neef poly 104 148 92 147 93 158 104 152 Bullay poly 95 131 90 135 76 133 72 140 76 145 94 146 Sankt Aldegund poly 92 144 77 145 74 147 77 152 77 158 93 159 Alf poly 92 158 99 162 92 180 86 172 81 167 81 159 Pünderich poly 79 58 82 52 90 53 107 68 101 72 97 82 90 71 85 71 Greimersburg poly 121 62 131 62 138 73 136 81 128 81 121 87 115 82 112 86 108 87 98 81 103 71 106 68 116 67 Klotten poly 83 73 94 89 91 98 86 99 80 101 76 93 80 86 79 79 Faid poly 91 98 95 103 93 113 85 115 80 110 81 100 Dohr poly 71 115 93 118 94 132 90 134 76 133 74 125 69 128 64 121 Bremm poly 147 83 156 91 154 92 163 112 158 117 154 117 150 112 142 112 136 107 135 101 141 97 138 92 144 89 Bruttig-Fankel poly 144 129 137 133 137 128 132 129 126 131 125 133 121 120 118 121 118 129 125 137 118 138 115 144 112 144 115 151 128 155 131 141 134 139 144 138 Senheim poly 117 129 125 137 117 138 112 137 112 132 Nehren poly 120 107 122 111 119 113 121 120 116 121 117 131 112 131 112 136 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147 57 146 47 147 35 135 25 133 23 125 19 125 18 131 10 136 6 131 Bernkastel-Wittlich poly 63 0 69 1 70 5 88 7 90 5 91 10 101 9 102 6 110 1 119 3 118 12 122 12 128 14 140 13 145 17 152 17 163 27 171 40 177 42 177 45 174 49 168 48 168 53 171 53 176 57 190 56 192 49 197 44 200 48 206 49 199 64 188 68 189 78 201 75 204 83 209 81 214 84 227 71 219 62 223 61 222 54 228 47 228 0 Mayen-Koblenz poly 130 228 125 221 130 219 142 225 148 223 152 216 162 218 166 212 164 199 173 199 186 194 185 188 191 186 191 177 186 174 182 157 175 152 177 147 181 150 186 151 191 135 186 129 181 129 166 113 171 108 174 104 178 109 187 108 196 104 199 107 202 103 204 98 198 94 205 82 208 82 215 85 226 72 219 63 225 63 223 56 228 49 228 228 Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis desc bottom-right </imagemap>
Moselkern Moselkern
Coordinates: 50°11′37″N 7°22′16″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Cochem-Zell
Municipal assoc.	Cochem
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Peter Mayer
Area
• Total	4.73 km2 (1.83 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	563
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56254
Dialling codes	02672
Vehicle registration	COC
Website	www.moselkern.de

Moselkern 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 Cochem.

Geography

The municipality lies at the mouth of the Elzbach, where this river empties into the river Moselle.

Neighbouring municipalities

Moselkern's neighbours are Müden in the west, the Münstermaifeld Stadtteil of Lasserg and Wierschem in the north and Burgen and Hatzenport in the northeast.

History

A villa Kerne was listed about 1100 in the directory of holdings at Saint Castor's Foundation in Karden. In 1097, Kerne was named as the only village in the district that in the Middle Ages was subject to the rural chapter of Ochtendung. In 1280, Sir Hermann von Löf, a knight, forwent one third of the tithes gathered from winemaking and cereal yields in Moselkern in favour of the Münstermaifeld Foundation. In 1337, Johann von Eltz, Burgrave at Baldeneltz, held a fief in Moselkern from the Electorate of Trier. In 1424, Johann von Eltz was enfeoffed by the Electorate of Trier with his father Richard's fief, which comprised, among other things, vineyards in Moselkern. In 1442, he was enfeoffed with benefits from winemaking, an estate and taxes out of his wife Agnes von Kobern's holdings by the Electorate of Trier. By 1794, the estate was still held by the Counts of Eltz, albeit jointly with the Counts of Leyen. A priest in Kerne was mentioned in Rudolf von Polch's will. In the Taxa generalia, which came into being about 1330, Moselkern was listed as “capella sive plebania” (“chapel or presbytery”) with a priest who celebrated Early Mass. In the 16th century it is likely that the church was granted full parochial rights to the veneration of Saint Valerius. It is from this time, too, that the figure of the holy bishop Valerius on the side altar to the right comes. Today's church building was built to plans by Electoral-Trier master builder Wirth in 1789.

Trier's lordship ended only a few years later with the occupation of the lands on the Rhine’s left bank by French Revolutionary troops in 1794. In 1814 Moselkern 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 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Mayor

Moselkern’s mayor is Peter Mayer.

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: In schwarz eine silberne wellenförmige Deichsel, oben ein rotbewehrter und -gezungter goldener Löwenkopf, vorne ein goldener Grabstein, hinten eine goldene Mitra.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Sable a pall wavy argent between, in chief a lion rampant erased below the shoulders Or armed and langued gules, in dexter the Moselkern Merovingian gravestone of the third and in sinister a mitre of the same.

The wavy pall (the Y-shaped ordinary) refers to the municipality’s location at the mouth of the Elzbach, where it flows into the Moselle. The gravestone charge is an image of one unearthed about 1800 in Moselkern. It is of Merovingian origin and dates from the 7th century. It is one of the Western World’s earliest monumental Christian images. The mitre recalls the church’s patron saint, Valerius. His image can be found on the seals used by the court and Schöffen (roughly “lay jurists”) from 1562 and 1765.

The arms were designed by A. Friderichs of Zell and have been borne since 12 February 1982.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

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

• Saint Valerius’s Catholic Parish Church (Pfarrkirche St. Valerius), Oberstraße 57 – aisleless church, 1788-1790, Romanesque west tower, gate portal marked 1781; above the gate portal a pietà, marked 1681; Merovingian gravestone (cast); missionary cross, 18th century; attendant figures of the old high altar, 18th century; grave cross, 1755; basalt cross, 1766; tomb slab, 1791; Coronation of the Virgin, early 18th century; tomb with vase; warriors’ memorial, Baroque Revival pylon with relief
• Am Bahnhof – railway station; one-floor reception hall, timber-frame goods shed, two-floor commercial wing with dwelling, Swiss chalet style, 1909; whole complex with tracks
• Bergweg 1 – quarrystone building, about 1900/1910
• Elztalstraße – Alte Lohmühle (“Old Dyeing Mill”); 19th century; Late Historicist quarrystone villa, late 19th century; two quarrystone mill buildings; factory building; whole complex with garden
• Fährstraße 2 – Hotel “Burg Eltz”; three-floor quarrystone building, marked 1902
• Kirchstraße 2 – building with half-hipped roof, marked 1767
• Kirchstraße 5 – timber-frame house, partly solid, marked 1629
• Kirchstraße/corner of Moselstraße – garden with corner pavilions
• Moselstraße – two-arch bridge, marked 1892
• Moselstraße 5 – former Halfenhaus (house for a tenant who owed the landlord half his earnings); timber-frame building, partly solid, half-hipped roof, marked 1738
• Moselstraße 10 – niche figure, 19th or 20th century
• Moselstraße 13 – three-floor Classicist timber-frame house, plastered, half-hipped roof, addition with cast-iron loggia, about 1900
• Moselstraße 15 – wayside cross, 19th century
• Moselstraße 31 – Late Historicist quarrystone villa, partly timber-frame, Moselle style, about 1900
• Moselstraße 33 – Late Historicist quarrystone villa, partly timber-frame, with several wings, about 1900; whole complex with garden
• Graveyard, Oberstraße (monumental zone) – chapel: building with central plan with ridge turret, 1910, architects Franz Schenk and K. Frank, Saarbrücken; Knorpelstil cartouche marked 1707; graveyard cross with place for clergy burials; in the surrounding wall (inside) 19 grave crosses from the 16th to 18th centuries, outside, niches with, among other things, a Baroque Revival pietà, 20th century; portal marked 1916
• Oberstraße 7 – winemaker's villa; quarrystone building with mansard roof; whole complex of buildings with commercial building
• Oberstraße 14 – quarrystone building, partly timber-frame, earlier half of the 16th century
• Oberstraße 21 – former Gräflich von Eltzsches Oberrentamt (High Office of Eltz Comital Revenue”); broad plastered building, marked 1709; Historicist staircase, 19th century; whole complex with garden
• Oberstraße 22 – slate quarrystone winemaker's house, 19th century
• Oberstraße 33 – door with skylight, marked 1821
• Oberstraße 43 – door lintel, marked 1722
• Oberstraße 47 – town hall; three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, marked 1535; back possibly from the latter half of the 16th century
• Oberstraße 60 – timber-frame house, plastered, early 19th century
• Oberstraße 62 – Late Historicist-Romanticist quarrystone house, marked 1897; whole complex with garden
• Oberstraße/corner of Fährstraße – timber-frame barn, partly solid, about 1800
• Seilerstraße 1 – timber-frame house, partly solid, marked 1717
• On Kreisstraße 33 going towards Münstermaifeld – quarrystone chapel, 1876/1880; three quarrystone Stations of the Cross, Bildstock or stele types with reliefs
• Heiligenhäuschen (a small, shrinelike structure consecrated to a saint or saints) with cross; oak and basalt, marked 1689 and 1733
• Vineyard chapel, Gothic Revival quarrystone building with central plan, 1891

Other buildings

The Elzbach and the Burg Eltz

• Right near Moselkern, although within Wierschem’s municipal limits, is Burg Eltz, a still-inhabited mediaeval castle.
• Moselkern's town hall – Rathaus – from 1535 is the oldest town hall on the Moselle that is actually used as such, although admittedly, since it was built, it has at times been given over to other purposes. Over the almost five hundred years through which it has stood, it has also been a school. In 1909, a small convent with a daycare centre was set up in the building and that stayed until 1969. Since 2002, the building has once again been used as a town hall. One curiosity at this building is the metal ring mortised into the ground floor, to which, until the French Revolution, wrongdoers were fastened and exposed to public ridicule.
• A replica of the so-called Merovingian Cross from about 700, unearthed in Moselkern in 1915, stands on the church square at Saint Valerius's. It is said to be the oldest representation of a crucified Christ in monumental art north of the Alps. The original is found at the Rhenish State Museum (Rheinisches Landesmuseum) in Bonn.

Famous people

Sons and daughters of the town

• Paul Gibbert (1898–1967), German politician (Centre Party, CDU)
• Ramona Sturm (1989), wine queen of Moselle 2010/2011, German wine princess 2011/2012

External links

• Municipality's official webpage (in German)