Liesenich is an – a

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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 ...

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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 ...

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. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Zell, whose seat is in the municipality of Zell an der Mosel. Liesenich is a state-recognized recreational resort (''Erholungsort'').

Geography

The municipality lies in the

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, and along with Altstrimmig, Forst and Mittelstrimmig is one of the villages that make up the ''Strimmiger Berg''. With a population of roughly 350, Liesenich is considered one of the “somewhat smaller” places in the ''Strimmiger Berg''.

History

Various finds from

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centres bear witness to early settlement in the area. The ''Strimmiger Berg'' belonged until 1781 to the “three-lord territory”. As in the Beltheim court, the landlordship was shared among the

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, the

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and the House of Braunshorn (later Winneburg and Metternich). Beginning in 1794, Liesenich lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of

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at the

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

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Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by

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at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Mayor

Liesenich's mayor is Christian Fischer.

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: ''Schild von Rot und Gold schräggeteilt und quergebrochen. Oben ein grüner Pflug, unten in Rot ein siebenspeichiges, silbernes Richtrad.'' The municipality’s

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might in English

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language be described thus: Per bend fracted per fess in the middle, Or a plough vert and gules a

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spoked of seven argent. The

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placename Liesenich comes from the original form ''strymu'', a word meaning “hanging” or “sloping”, hence the unusual partition in these arms. The

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in chief, the plough, refers to the way that the village arose, namely from an

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homestead. The seven-spoked wheel, the “breaking wheel” (called ''Richtrad'' in the German blazon – execution wheel) is Saint Catherine’s attribute, thus representing the municipality’s and the church’s patron saint. The arms were designed by A. Friderichs of Zell.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in

’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: * Saint Catherine’s

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(''Kapelle St. Katharina'') –

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, towards 1500, marked 1731 (renovation), west tower possibly Romanesque,

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cupola, marked 1731; grave cross, 1811; whole complex with graveyard * Hauptstraße 12 – ''Quereinhaus'' (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street); timber-frame building, partly solid, late 19th century; whole complex with barn * Hauptstraße 18 – former

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; timber-frame building, late 19th century (marked 1838), expansion in the 1920s * Hauptstraße 51 – timber-frame house, partly solid or slated, half-hipped roof, 17th century * Hauptstraße 58 – ''Quereinhaus''; timber-frame building, partly solid or slated, about 1900 Directory of Cultural Monuments in Cochem-Zell district
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References

External links

Municipality's official webpage
{{Authority control Cochem-Zell