Bremm | |
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Location of Bremm within Cochem-Zell district  | |
 Location of Bremm | |
  Bremm  Bremm | |
| Coordinates:50°6′5″N7°7′4″E / 50.10139°N 7.11778°E /50.10139; 7.11778 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Cochem-Zell |
| Municipal assoc. | Cochem |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2021–24) | Hermann Oster |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.14 km2 (3.53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 714 |
| • Density | 78.1/km2 (202/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56814 |
| Dialling codes | 02675 |
| Vehicle registration | COC |
| Website | www.bremm-mosel.de |
Bremm (German pronunciation:[bʁɛm]) is anOrtsgemeinde – amunicipality belonging to aVerbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in theCochem-Zelldistrict inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany. It belongs to theVerbandsgemeinde of Cochem, whose seat is in thelike-named town.
The municipality lies at a bow in the riverMoselle betweenTrier andKoblenz, among the slopedvineyards of theCalmont, which with an elevation of 380 m abovesea level and a slope of roughly 65° isEurope’s steepest vineyard location. This stretches along the Moselle fromEdiger-Eller to Bremm, and is part of theMosel wine region.
In 1051, Bremm had its first documentary mention asBrembe.
Nevertheless, Bremm would seem to be considerably older. Many finds at the south slope lying south of Bremm have led to the conclusion that the place was settled as early asRoman times. Possibly in the early centuries of the Christian era, either a small settlement or a great homestead lay there.
While cultivating the land in the 1950s, winegrowers reported problems that arose during ploughing due to foundation walls in the ground. Fragments of typically Roman building materials at this time lent further weight to the supposition of Bremm’s Roman origin.
In theMiddle Ages, Bremm’s most important landholder was until 1802 the StubenAugustinian Convent. The first church was mentioned in 1097. The one that stands now was built in the late 15th century; in 1895 it was remodelled and enlarged. Like all the municipality’s foregoing churches, it is consecrated toSaint Lawrence. The lovelyBaroquealtar from 1630 was sold to Schloss Gondorf at the time of the remodelling, but in 1968 it was bought back forDM 30,000.
Beginning in 1794, Bremm lay underFrench rule. In 1815, it was assigned to the Kingdom ofPrussia at theCongress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly foundedstate ofRhineland-Palatinate.
In 2002, Bremm was awarded the title “Loveliest Village inRhineland-Palatinate” in the contestUnser Dorf hat Zukunft (“Our Village Has a Future”).
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected byproportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman. The 12 seats are shared between two voters’ groups. In the earlier election in 2004, council members were elected bymajority vote.[2]
Bremm's mayor is Hermann Oster.
The German blazon reads:Durch aufsteigende, eingebogene grüne Spitze, darin eine goldene Traube, gespalten; vorne in Schwarz drei goldene Spitzbogenfenster, darunter goldener Wellenbalken; hinten in Silber rotes griechisches Doppelkreuz.
The municipality'sarms might in Englishheraldic language be described thus: Tierced in mantle, dexter sable three ogival windows in fess under which a fess wavy Or, sinister argent a cross patriarchal gules, in base vert abunch of grapes slipped of the second.
Thecharge on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side refers to the picturesque ruin across theMoselle from the village, on the right bank. It is what is left of the StubenAugustinian Convent.
The double cross (Patriarchal cross) on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side was the convent's hallmark and was drawn from a well known cross reliquary whose chest fromConstantinople today belongs to theLimburg Cathedral Treasury. From 1208, the reliquary, whose golden setting for the cross particles are set in the shape of a Patriarchal cross, was in the convent's ownership. Boundary stones marking the convent's former vineyards, landholdings and woodlands still bear this symbol. Remnants of an old winepress and one house door in Bremm also bear the Patriarchal cross.
The bunch of grapes, of course, refers to the municipality's main economic structure, which iswinegrowing.
The arms were designed by Decku inSankt Wendel (Saarland). The arms have been borne since 11 January 1968.[3]
InSaint Lawrence's Church is aBaroquealtar. A ruin is all that is left of the StubenAugustinian Convent. There are in Bremm severaltimber-frame houses, among them theStorchenhaus (“Stork House”) with woodcarving.
The following are listed buildings or sites inRhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
As early as 2,000 years ago, theRomans, having recognized the advantages of the slaty soil on the steep slopes facing the sun, planted here in theBremmer Calmont the first grapevines. They called the hillcalidus mons – the hot hill – for it is a south-facing slope with extremely favourable climatic conditions. The Romans’ name also yields the modern name, “Calmont”. The slopes, set at between 50 and 55°, are Europe's steepestvineyard terraces. Grown here are most outstandingRiesling wines, which at both state and federal levels achieve high awards.
The greatest part of the vineyards and lands formerly belonged to the StubenAugustinian Convent. Winegrowing has been throughout time an important economic activity and still is among the now 970 inhabitants. A considerable rôle is played by themarketing of bottledQualitätswein andPrädikatswein. The roughly 100 ha of vineyards within Bremm's municipal area is shared among five individual vineyard operators –Einzellagen – since the reapportionment: Calmont, Abtei Kloster Stuben, Frauenberg, Schlemmertröpfchen and Laurentiusberg.[5]
For a few years now, thevia ferrata through theBremmer Calmont each year draws many visitors to the municipality.
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