Saffig Explained

Image Coa:Wappen_saffig.svg
Coordinates:50.38°N 7.4158°W
Image Plan:Saffig in MYK.PNG
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Mayen-Koblenz
Verbandsgemeinde:Pellenz (Verbandsgemeinde)
Elevation:130
Area:6.96
Postal Code:56648
Area Code:02625
Licence:MYK
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 1 37 096
Website:www.saffig.de
Mayor:Dirk Rohm[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Saffig is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

The emblem

The organ pipes and the ear show St. Cäcilia, the patron saint of the Catholic church of Saffig. The lava dome shows the territory of volcanos, where Saffig is.

History

The village was first referenced in 1258 as "Saffge". Saffig was a fiefdom of Cologne until 1481, when it became a fiefdom of the family von der Leyen. After the annexation of sinistral territory of the Rhine during the French Revolutionary Wars (1794–1815), Saffig was a "Mairie" of France.Saffig has been part of the Pellenz Verbandsgemeinde since 1992.

Buildings and sights

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1370000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz