Klotten is an – a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

belonging to a , a kind of collective municipality – in the

Cochem-Zell 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 In 1816 the di ...

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Cochem, whose seat is in the like-named town. It is a winemaking centre.

Geography

The municipality lies on the river

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; ; ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A sm ...

and is surrounded by steep

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade, regional metamorphism. It is the finest-grained foliated metamorphic ro ...

slopes. Vineyards in Klotten include Burg Coraidelstein, Brauneberg and Rosenberg.

History

In 698, Klotten had its first documentary mention. The

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

queen Richeza, Count Palatine Ezzo's daughter and Emperor Otto II's granddaughter, quite probably stayed with her three children between 1040 and 1049 in Klotten, where she had herself built a

chapel A chapel (from , a diminutive of ''cappa'', meaning "little cape") is a Christianity, Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. First, smaller spaces inside a church that have their o ...

(''Nikolauskirche'', or

Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara (Lycia), Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya ...

's Church) and a dwelling tower, which was linked by a bridge to the chapel. Upon her death on 21 March 1063, she bequeathed all that she owned to the Brauweiler

Benedictine The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...

Abbey near

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

. Her

sarcophagus A sarcophagus (: sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek language, Greek wikt:σάρξ, σάρξ ...

stands today in

Cologne Cathedral Cologne Cathedral (, , officially , English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia belonging to the Catholic Church. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archd ...

, to the left below the High Altar, the "Epiphany Shrine". Electoral-Trier overlordship ended with the French Revolutionary occupation of the

Rhine The Rhine ( ) is one of the List of rivers of Europe, major rivers in Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein border, then part of the Austria–Swit ...

's left bank between 1794 and 1796. In 1814 Klotten was assigned to the Kingdom of

Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...

at the

Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon, Napol ...

. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 26 May 2019, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 26 May 2019 yielded the following results:

Mayor

Klotten's mayor is Uli Oster.

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: ''Von Silber und Blau gespalten. Vorn in Silber ein roter Torturm mit 3 Zinnen, offenem Tor und 3 (2:1) offenen Fenstern. In Blau ein aus dem Schildfuß wachsender goldener Bischofsstab mit Krümme nach außen, darunter im Schildfuß ein schräglinkes, silbernes Wellenbad.'' The municipality's

arms Arms or ARMS may refer to: *Arm or arms, the upper limbs of the body Arm, Arms, or ARMS may also refer to: People * Ida A. T. Arms (1856–1931), American missionary-educator, temperance leader Coat of arms or weapons *Armaments or weapons **Fi ...

might in English

heraldic Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branc ...

language be described thus: Per pale argent issuant from base a gate tower embattled of three gules with three windows and gate of the field, and azure issuant from base a bishop's staff sinister Or surmounted in base by a bendlet sinister wavy of the first. The arms were designed by Decku of

Sankt Wendel St. Wendel (; sometimes spelled in full as Sankt Wendel) is a town in northeastern Saarland. It is situated on the river Blies 36 km northeast of Saarbrücken, the capital of Saarland, and is named after Saint Wendelin of Trier. According t ...

and A. Friderichs of

Zell Zell may refer to: Places Austria * Zell am See, in Salzburg state * Zell am Ziller, in Tyrol * Zell, Carinthia, in Carinthia * in Upper Austria: ** Bad Zell ** Zell am Moos ** Zell an der Pram ** Zell am Pettenfirst Germany * Zell im Fich ...

Town partnerships

Klotten fosters partnerships with the following places: *

Berlaimont Berlaimont () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana i ...

Nord Nord, a word meaning "north" in several European languages, may refer to: Acronyms * National Organization for Rare Disorders, an American nonprofit organization * New Orleans Recreation Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, US Film and televisi ...

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

since 1972

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in

’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: * ''Burg Coraidelstein'' (monumental zone) –

castle A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...

apparently founded by Count Palatine Herman I (last mentioned in 996), important expansion in 1338, “new structure on the fortifications at Klotten” built in 1545, never destroyed, sold for demolition in 1830; still preserved: essentially Romanesque

keep A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word ''keep'', but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residen ...

with Gothic casing, castle house with round tower, side building (in the southeast a manor house built in 1543–1547 with remnants of three round towers), villa from 1905, renovated in 1955 * Am Mühlenberg – wayside

, 17th century; niche cross, 17th century;

basalt Basalt (; ) is an aphanite, aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the planetary surface, surface of a terrestrial ...

wayside cross, from 1683 * Bahnhofstraße –

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

; one-floor quarrystone building, partly timber-frame, early 20th century * Bahnhofstraße 6 –

timber-frame Timber framing () and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs. If the struc ...

house, partly solid, plastered and slated, half-hipped roof, 16th century * Bahnhofstraße 9 – timber-frame house, partly solid, balloon frame, 16th century * Bahnhoftstraße 13 – wayside cross; niche cross, from 1646 * Brauweiler Platz – stone with abbot's staff * Across the street from Fahrstraße 8 – relief, stone with abbot's staff * Fahrstraße 8 – Gothic solid building, 16th century, back wall partly timber-frame * Hauptstraße 19 –

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

chapel, 19th century * Hauptstraße 26 –

school A school is the educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the Educational architecture, building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually under the direction of teachers. Most co ...

; quarrystone building, from 1907 * Hauptstraße 56 – sculpture of Saint Nicholas, 19th century * Hauptstraße 69 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, from 1588 * Hauptstraße 72 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, about 1600 * Hauptstraße 75 – former ''Malmedyer Hof'', manor of Brauweiler Abbey; three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, 16th century, spire light from the 19th century * Hauptstraße 80 – timber-frame house, partly solid, from 1632; hearth heating plate, 18th century * Hauptstraße 89/91 – quarrystone double house, from 1896 * Hauptstraße 101 – three-floor timber-frame house, from 1545 * Hauptstraße 102/103 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, from 1545; fountain, from 1463 (or 1863 – inscription unclear) * Hauptstraße 104 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, half-hipped roof, from 1583, 1585 and 1664 * Hohlstraße 4 – timber-frame house, partly solid or sided, possibly from the 16th or 17th century * Hohlstraße 20 – Moselle winemaker's house; quarrystone building, 19th century * Hohlstraße/corner of Schulstraße – handpump, 19th century * Kernstraße/corner of Hauptstraße – wayside cross, from 1772 * Martinstraße 3 – portal, from 1776 * Mittelstraße – '' Bildstock''; solid, plastered, roughly 2.5 m tall, big niche, about 1800 * Mittelstraße 48 – timber-frame house, plastered, 17th century * Mittelstraße 52 – Moselle winemaker's house; big quarrystone building, from 1871 * Mittelstraße 57 – three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered and slated, from 1621 * Mittelstraße 58 – timber-frame house, partly solid, half-hipped roof, 16th or 17th century * Moselstraße – wayside chapel; grave cross fragment; wayside cross, from 1698 * Moselstraße 6 – quarrystone Moselle winemaker's house, about 1850 * Moselstraße 11 – winemaker's villa; three-floor quarrystone building with half-hipped roof * Moselstraße 16 – winemaking estate; big quarrystone building, 19th century * Obere Kirchstraße – wayside cross, from 1809 * Obere Kirchstraße –

sandstone Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...

wayside cross; 17th/18th century * Obere Kirchstraße 6 – two-winged timber-frame house; three-floor part, balloon frame, from 1524, two-floor part, 17th century * Obere Kirchstraße 15 – former rectory; three-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, 17th century; plastered building, partly timber-frame, built onto it, 1901 * Obere Kirchstraße 16 – ''Alte Post''; Late Historicist plastered building, sided, about 1900 * Obere Kirchstraße/corner of Brühlstraße – wayside chapel, 19th century; niche cross, from 1599 * Reuschelstraße 6/7 – two timber-frame houses, partly solid, about 1700, shed; whole complex * Schulstraße – Saint Maximin's

Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

Parish Church (''Pfarrkirche St. Maximin''); Romanesque west tower, built higher in 1564, originally twin-naved, south chapel from the 16th century, in 1868 remodelled into an entrance hall while nave was expanded into a three-naved

hall church A hall church is a Church (building), church with a nave and aisles of approximately equal height. In England, Flanders and the Netherlands, it is covered by parallel roofs, typically, one for each vessel, whereas in Germany there is often one s ...

; bronze door boss, 12th century; at the graveyard 42 grave crosses, earliest from 1507; tomb, 19th century; Late Gothic stone cross, earlier half of the 15th century; warriors’ memorial;

Crucifixion Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual death. It was used as a punishment by the Achaemenid Empire, Persians, Ancient Carthag ...

group, 19th century; whole complex with old graveyard and rectory * Schulstraße – wayside cross, from 1657 * Schulstraße 3 – former tithing house; quarrystone building, partly timber-frame, 18th century * Schulstraße 4 – door lintel with engravings, about 1050 *

Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...

graveyard – 14 gravestones, oldest from 1878 * Chapel with

Way of the Cross The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows or the , are a series of fourteen images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers, These stations are derived from the im ...

–

aisleless church An aisleless church () is a single-nave church building that consists of a single hall-like room. While similar to the hall church, the aisleless church lacks aisles or passageways on either side of the nave and separated from the nave by col ...

with timber-frame porch; two crosses, from 1637 and 1679; grave cross, 18th century; Way of the Cross, steles with reliefs, late 19th or early 20th century * ''Kavelocherhof'' – chapel with relief,

Trinity The Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the Christian doctrine concerning the nature of God, which defines one God existing in three, , consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, thr ...

relief, 18th century * Way of the Cross – steles with reliefs * Northwest of Klotten – wayside crosses, niche cross, from 1652; two cross fragments * Above Klotten – ''Seitskapelle''; vineyard chapel, two-part building; Gothic Revival Christ figure * Below the castle – Way of the Cross, reliefs, 20th centuryDirectory of Cultural Monuments in Cochem-Zell district
/ref> Since 2002, Saint Maximin's Church has housed a

reliquary A reliquary (also referred to as a ''shrine'', ''Chasse (casket), chasse'', or ''phylactery'') is a container for relics. A portable reliquary, or the room in which one is stored, may also be called a ''feretory''. Relics may be the purported ...

of Polish queen Richeza.

Other sites

Nearby on the Moselle heights is found the Klotten Wilderness and Leisure Park (''Wild- und Freizeitpark Klotten''). Also worth seeing is the Dortebachtal Nature Conservation Area (''Naturschutzgebiet Dortebachtal''). File:Klotten_Kirche.jpg, Parish Church File:Klotten_Kirchturm.jpg, Steeple File:Wappen_Klotten.jpg, Plaque with Klotten's and partner municipality Berlaimont's coats of arms File:Seitskapelle im Hang.jpg, Above Klotten: ''Seitskapelle''

References

External links

* {{Authority control Cochem-Zell