Filz

Filz
Municipality
Location of Filz within Cochem-Zell district
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Location of Filz
Filz is located in Germany
Filz
Filz
Location within Germany
Filz is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Filz
Filz
Location within Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°10′12″N 6°58′52″E / 50.17000°N 6.98111°E / 50.17000; 6.98111
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictCochem-Zell
Municipal assoc.Ulmen
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Helmut Römer[1]
Area
 • Total
3.11 km2 (1.20 sq mi)
Elevation
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
 • Total
81
 • Density26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56766
Dialling codes02677
Vehicle registrationCOC

Filz 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 Ulmen, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

The municipality lies in the South Eifel, south of Ulmen and east of Daun.

History

The municipality's overlord in the Middle Ages was the Electorate of Trier. Beginning in 1794, Filz lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna, becoming part of that kingdom's Rhine Province. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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.[3]

Mayor

Filz's mayor is Helmut Römer.[1]

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Tierced in mantle, dexter azure a sword bendwise sinister, the pommel to chief, argent, sinister gules a bishop's staff bendwise and to dexter a wheel spoked of seven Or, and in base Or an ear of wheat leafed of two vert.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

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

  • Saint Catherine's and Saint Nicholas's Catholic Church (branch church; Filialkirche St. Katharina und Nikolaus), Hauptstraße 25 – aisleless church, about 1730
  • Ringstraße 14: estate complex; building with half-hipped roof, from 1849[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Cochem-Zell, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
  3. ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat. Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Cochem-Zell district


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