Cochem-Zell

District in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Cochem-Zell

District

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Country| Germany
State| Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital| Cochem
Area

• Total| 691.82 km2 (267.11 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2021)[1]

• Total| 61,735
• Density| 89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| COC, ZEL
Website| cochem-zell.de

Cochem-Zell (German: Landkreis Cochem-Zell) is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Mayen-Koblenz, Rhein-Hunsrück, Bernkastel-Wittlich, and Vulkaneifel.

## History[edit]

In 1816 the districts Cochem and Zell were created, after the area went to Prussia. In 1969 the Zell district was dissolved and its northern and middle parts were added to the Cochem district, which was renamed Cochem-Zell. In 2014 the municipalities Lahr, Mörsdorf and Zilshausen were assigned to the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis.

## Geography[edit]

The district consists of three different landscapes. The Moselle valley with its vineyards, and the mountains of the Hunsrück in the east and the Eifel in the north and west. The highest elevation is the Höchstberg at 616 m above sea level, located in the Eifel.

## Coat of arms[edit]

The German blazon reads: Schräglinks geteilt: vorne in Silber ein durchgehendes rotes Kreuz, belegt mit einem silbernem Hifthorn mit goldenem Riemen; hinten in Schwarz ein wachsender, rot bewehrter, gezungter und gekrönter goldener Löwe.

This might in English heraldic language be rendered thus: Per bend sinister argent a cross gules surmounted by a bugle-horn of the first, the bell to sinister, stringed Or, and sable issuant from base a lion rampant, his dexter paw couped at the line of partition, of the third armed, langued and crowned of the second.

The upper part of the coat of arms shows the main charge of the coat of arms of the Zell district, the cross of Trier, as the Bishops of Trier had a castle at Zell. The horn stands for the territory of Beilstein. The lion in the bottom is the symbol of the Electorate of the Palatinate; the Counts Palatine had a castle at Cochem.

## Towns and municipalities[edit]

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Verbandsgemeinden

* 1\. Cochem

1. Beilstein
2. Bremm
3. Briedern
4. Bruttig-Fankel
5. Cochem1, 2
6. Dohr
7. Ediger-Eller
8. Ellenz-Poltersdorf
9. Ernst
10. Faid
11. Greimersburg
12. Klotten
13. Lieg
14. Lütz
15. Mesenich
16. Moselkern
17. Müden (Mosel)
18. Nehren
19. Pommern
20. Senheim
21. Treis-Karden
22. Valwig
23. Wirfus

* 2\. Kaisersesch

1. Binningen
2. Brachtendorf
3. Brieden
4. Brohl
5. Dünfus
6. Düngenheim
7. Eppenberg
8. Eulgem
9. Forst (Eifel)
10. Gamlen
11. Hambuch
12. Hauroth
13. Illerich
14. Kaifenheim
15. Kail
16. Kaisersesch1, 2
17. Kalenborn
18. Landkern
19. Laubach
20. Leienkaul
21. Masburg
22. Möntenich
23. Müllenbach
24. Roes
25. Urmersbach
26. Zettingen

* 3\. Ulmen

1. Alflen
2. Auderath
3. Bad Bertrich
4. Beuren
5. Büchel
6. Filz
7. Gevenich
8. Gillenbeuren
9. Kliding
10. Lutzerath
11. Schmitt
12. Ulmen1, 2
13. Urschmitt
14. Wagenhausen
15. Weiler
16. Wollmerath

* 4\. Zell

1. Alf
2. Altlay
3. Altstrimmig
4. Blankenrath
5. Briedel
6. Bullay
7. Forst (Hunsrück)
8. Grenderich
9. Haserich
10. Hesweiler
11. Liesenich
12. Mittelstrimmig
13. Moritzheim
14. Neef
15. Panzweiler
16. Peterswald-Löffelscheid
17. Pünderich
18. Reidenhausen
19. Sankt Aldegund
20. Schauren
21. Sosberg
22. Tellig
23. Walhausen
24. Zell (Mosel)1, 2

1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Official website (German)

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* Frankenthal
* Kaiserslautern
* Koblenz
* Landau
* Ludwigshafen
* Mainz
* Neustadt
* Pirmasens
* Speyer
* Trier
* Worms
* Zweibrücken

Rural districts|

* Ahrweiler
* Altenkirchen
* Alzey-Worms
* Bad Dürkheim
* Bad Kreuznach
* Bernkastel-Wittlich
* Birkenfeld
* Bitburg-Prüm
* Cochem-Zell
* Donnersbergkreis
* Germersheim
* Kaiserslautern
* Kusel
* Mainz-Bingen
* Mayen-Koblenz
* Neuwied
* Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
* Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
* Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
* Südliche Weinstraße
* Südwestpfalz
* Trier-Saarburg
* Vulkaneifel
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