Kleinich

Kleinich

Coat of arms
Kleinich
Location of Kleinich within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Coordinates: 49°53′34.12″N 7°11′9.85″E / 49.8928111°N 7.1860694°E / 49.8928111; 7.1860694Coordinates: 49°53′34.12″N 7°11′9.85″E / 49.8928111°N 7.1860694°E / 49.8928111; 7.1860694
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Bernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc. Bernkastel-Kues
Government
 • Mayor Burkhard Born (CDU)
Area
 • Total 20.30 km2 (7.84 sq mi)
Elevation 450 m (1,480 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 700
 • Density 34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 54483
Dialling codes 06536
Vehicle registration WIL
Website www.kleinich.de
Kleinich from the air

Kleinich is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück between the Hunsrückhöhenstraße (“Hunsrück Heights Road”, a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road on Hermann Göring’s orders) and the Middle Moselle. The nearest middle centres are Bernkastel-Kues and Morbach. Frankfurt-Hahn Airport lies only a few kilometres to the east. Kleinich belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Constituent communities

Kleinich’s Ortsteile are Kleinich, Oberkleinich, Thalkleinich, Fronhofen, Götzeroth, Emmeroth, Pilmeroth and Ilsbach.

History

In 1220, Kleinich had its first documentary mention. Together with the surrounding hamlets, it was part of the County of Sponheim.

On 15 May 1936, the name was changed from Cleinich to Kleinich. Until municipal administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate in 1969, the village belonged to the Bernkastel district, whose seat was at Bernkastel-Kues. On 7 June 1969, the municipality of Kleinich was newly founded out of the dissolved municipalities of Kleinich and Thalkleinich. Today’s municipality arose from a merger of the dissolved municipalities of Kleinich, Emmeroth, Fronhofen, Götzeroth, Ilsbach, Oberkleinich and Pilmeroth on 17 March 1974.

Today, Kleinich is part of the Verbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues. In 1996, Kleinich reached second place in Rhineland-Palatinate in the contest Unser Dorf soll schöner werden (“Our village should become lovelier”).

Population development

1933193913 Sep. 195031 Dec. 197031 Dec. 199030 Jun. 200531 Dec. 2007
225214889779686732699

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The 2004 election was not determined by proportional representation; the council members were elected by majority vote.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[2]

WG BornWG MolzTotal
20097512 seats

The Ortsteile have elected advisory bodies (Ortsbeiräte) and each has a head (Ortsvorsteher). For these purposes, the Ortsteile of Götzeroth and Ilsbach are counted as one.

Further reading

  • Martin Sinemus: Die Geschichte des Kirchspiels Cleinich, Selbstverl., Cleinich 1925.

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

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