Brieden | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Brieden within Cochem-Zell district  | |
  Brieden  Brieden | |
| Coordinates:50°11′22″N7°15′53″E / 50.18944°N 7.26472°E /50.18944; 7.26472 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Cochem-Zell |
| Municipal assoc. | Kaisersesch |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–24) | Erwin Thönnes[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.40 km2 (1.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 277 m (909 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 147 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (87/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56829 |
| Dialling codes | 02672 |
| Vehicle registration | COC |
| Website | www.brieden-eifel.de |
Brieden is anOrtsgemeinde – amunicipality belonging to aVerbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in theCochem-Zelldistrict inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany. It belongs to theVerbandsgemeinde of Kaisersesch.
The municipality lies near the edge of theEifel, just north of the riverMoselle.
In 1231, Brieden had its first documentary mention, and at this time it was subject toElectoral-Trier overlordship. Between 1698 and 1701, the localchapel, consecrated toSaint Joseph, was built by the Abbot ofHimmerod, Robert Bootz. It belonged as a branch church to the parish of Pommern. Beginning in 1794, Brieden lay underFrench rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom ofPrussia at theCongress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly foundedstate ofRhineland-Palatinate.
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]
Brieden's mayor is Erwin Thönnes.[1]
The German blazon reads:Schräggeviert von Silber und Grün. Im ersten Feld eine schwarze Säge, im zweiten Feld pfahlweise zwei goldene Rosen, in Feld 3 pfahlweise zwei ineinandergeschlungene silberne Ringe und in Feld 4 eine grüne Urne.
The municipality'sarms might in Englishheraldic language be described thus: Per saltire in chief argent a saw fesswise sable, dexter vert two roses in pale Or, sinister two annulets in pale, the upper surmounting the lower, of the first, and in base argent an urn of the third.
The saw isSaint Joseph’s attribute, thus representing the municipality's and the church's patron saint since the time when the branch chapel was built in 1698. The roses are meant to refer to the Rosenthal Convent, which once had a great deal of holdings in the village.Himmerod Abbey, too, quite early on held an estate in Brieden, and drew tithes, thus explaining thecharge consisting of two rings, drawn from the Abbey's arms. The urn is an actualartefact from the 8th or 9th century that was unearthed in 1959 in the traditional cadastral area known as Steinreich.
The arms have been borne since 1994.[4]
The following are listed buildings or sites inRhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
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