Filz

Filz
Filz
Location of Filz within Cochem-Zell district
Coordinates: 50°10′12″N 6°58′52″E / 50.17000°N 6.98111°E / 50.17000; 6.98111Coordinates: 50°10′12″N 6°58′52″E / 50.17000°N 6.98111°E / 50.17000; 6.98111
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Cochem-Zell
Municipal assoc. Ulmen
Government
 • Mayor Alfons Hieronimus
Area
 • Total 3.11 km2 (1.20 sq mi)
Elevation 450 m (1,480 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 89
 • Density 29/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56766
Dialling codes 02677
Vehicle registration COC

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

Location

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.[2]

Mayor

Filz’s mayor is Alfons Hieronimus, and his deputy is Günther Maier.[3]

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. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  3. ↑ Filz’s mayor
  4. ↑ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Cochem-Zell district


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