Eppenberg Explained

Type:Ortsgemeinde
Eppenberg
Image Coa:DEU Eppenberg COA.svg
Coordinates:50.2486°N 7.0725°W
Image Plan:Eppenberg in COC.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Cochem-Zell
Verbandsgemeinde:Kaisersesch
Elevation:500
Area:4.12
Postal Code:56759
Area Code:02653
Licence:COC
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 1 35 026
Mayor:Nikolaus Braunschädel[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Eppenberg 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 Kaisersesch, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

The municipality lies in the Eifel.

History

Beginning in 1794, Eppenberg lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. 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

Eppenberg's mayor is Nikolaus Braunschädel.[1]

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

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

Youth

Since the summer of 2005, Eppenberg has had a youth centre for all the village's youth, who organize the yearly Walpurgis Night festivities and village festival.

Kermis

The St.-Anna-Kirmes is held each year on the last weekend in July.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1350000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Cochem-Zell
  2. http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/1350202600.html Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  3. http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Cochem-Zell.pdf Directory of Cultural Monuments in Cochem-Zell district