Peterswald-Löffelscheid | |
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Location of Peterswald-Löffelscheid within Cochem-Zell district  | |
 Location of Peterswald-Löffelscheid | |
  Peterswald-Löffelscheid  Peterswald-Löffelscheid | |
| Coordinates:50°0′N7°17′E / 50.000°N 7.283°E /50.000; 7.283 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Cochem-Zell |
| Municipal assoc. | Zell (Mosel) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2024–Present) | Claudia Jakobs[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.33 km2 (5.92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 765 |
| • Density | 49.9/km2 (129/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56858 |
| Dialling codes | 06545 |
| Vehicle registration | COC |
| Website | www.zell-mosel.de |
Peterswald-Löffelscheid (German pronunciation:[ˈpeːtɐsvaltˈlœfl̩ʃaɪt]) is anOrtsgemeinde – amunicipality belonging to aVerbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in theCochem-Zelldistrict inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany. It belongs to theVerbandsgemeinde of Zell, whose seat is in the municipality ofZell an der Mosel.
The municipality lies in theHunsrück roughly 8 km east-southeast of Zell.
As the municipality's name implies, there are two centres, orOrtsteile, named Peterswald and Löffelscheid.
In 1233, the municipality had its first documentary mention asSilva s. Petri. A later mention calls itPetrusdorf. The two places both belonged to the “three-lord” territory, As in the Beltheim Court, the lordship was shared by theElectorate of Trier, theCounts of Sponheim and the family Braunshorn (later Winneburg and Metternich). In 1790, the lordship of Peterswald with the villages of Peterswald and Löffelscheid was assigned to the Counts of Metternich. Beginning in 1794, both places lay underFrench rule. In 1814 they were assigned to the Kingdom ofPrussia at theCongress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly foundedstate ofRhineland-Palatinate. On 7 November 1970 came the merger of the two municipalities into one.
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected bymajority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[3]
Peterswald-Löffelscheid's mayor is Kurt Mähser, and his deputies are Leo Jakobs and Joachim Emmel.[4]
The municipality'sarms might be described thus: Tierced in mantle dexter vert two swords in saltire, the hilts to chief, argent, sinister a fleur-de-lis of the second, and in base argent a cross counter-compony argent and gules.
The following are listed buildings or sites inRhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
The festive consecration of the new branch church in Löffelscheid, the Church of theVisitation (Maria Heimsuchung) was held on 5 July 1964. The patron isMary, and a secondary patron isSaint Nicholas. The church is a round building (two cones were set into each other). The architect was Bruno Schönhagen ofKoblenz. The high wall stands along with the oldretable (Holy Trinity) as emblematic of the Mother of God, the Saints andChrist in the tabernacle. The smaller cone “bears”Salvation – theEucharist – thealtar and theconfessionchapel. The church's ceiling surrounds one like the protective mantle of the Mother of God. The pews stand in semicircular rows around the altar, which is a simple table made of redsandstone. The bell tower does not directly adjoin the church and has a height of 28 m.
Today's church in Peterswald was built in 1765 and 1766. The church, built in the middle of the village, is an aisleless church with an offset quire. The former west gable got its current façade through tower construction in 1923. The bell tower's features include sound slats on all sides, a convexity in the upswept roof and a cross. The wall paintings of the very old altar show three versions of theArrest of Jesus and the briefing of fiveDisciples. Worth seeing is an oldbronze bell from 1463.
Peterswald-Löffelscheid is linked toBlankenrath by bus route 761, run by theVerkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (“Rhine-Moselle Transport Association”). The municipality is also served by the Association's routes 321 and 669.
Only 5 km southwest of Peterswald-Löffelscheid liesHahn. The constituent community of Löffelscheid lies within theFrankfurt-Hahn Airport noise protection zone, and is therefore subject to a certain amount of noise.
