Osann-Monzel | |
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Location of Osann-Monzel within Bernkastel-Wittlich district  | |
  Osann-Monzel  Osann-Monzel | |
| Coordinates:49°55′18″N6°57′19″E / 49.92167°N 6.95528°E /49.92167; 6.95528 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bernkastel-Wittlich |
| Municipal assoc. | Wittlich-Land |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–24) | Armin Kohnz[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.58 km2 (6.40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,793 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 54518 |
| Dialling codes | 06535 |
| Vehicle registration | WIL, BKS |
| Website | www.osann-monzel.de |
Osann-Monzel is anOrtsgemeinde – amunicipality belonging to aVerbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – and awinegrowing centre in theBernkastel-Wittlichdistrict inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany.
The municipality lies on the MiddleMoselle on a slope set two kilometres back from the river, between the two hills ofHüttenkopf and Rosenberg in a side valley through which a bend in the Moselle flowed in theTertiary. Osann-Monzel's elevation is some 180 m abovesea level. Osann-Monzel belongs to theVerbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is inWittlich, although that town is itself not part of theVerbandsgemeinde.
Osann-Monzel'sOrtsteile are, as the name suggests, Osann and Monzel. They were merged to form today's municipality in 1969.
The Osann-Monzel area is believed to have first been settled inRoman times afterJulius Caesar (100 BC – 44 BC) had absorbed theEifel and theMoselle into theRoman Empire. Within Monzel's limits, rubble was found that was interpreted as having been a Romanvilla rustica, that is, anagricultural homestead. After the end of Roman hegemony, the municipality belonged, beginning in 510, toFrancia, and after that kingdom's division in the mid 9th century toLotharingia. Lotharingia, for its part, switched allegiances between theEast Frankish andWest Frankish kingdoms. In the end, the municipal area belonged, beginning in 925, albeit with interruptions, toGermany's western border area.
No direct documentary mentionings from these times are known. Nevertheless, it is assumed that both Osann and Monzel were founded as early as the 7th or 8th century. At least it's certain that these places arose no later than 950. This follows from an inventory of holdings made at that time by Saint Martin's Abbey inTrier in whichosanna andmuncele villam are named. This first documentary mention has been dated to 1008.[3][4]
ArchbishopBalduin von Trier enfeoffed the Count of Saarbrücken-Nassau with Monzel and Osann in 1323; however, another important landholder in Monzel remainedHimmerod Abbey. In 1412, the fiefholder at the time, Philipp von Nassau-Saarbrücken, further enfeoffed the Count of Daun and at Bruch with Osann and Monzel as a “subfief”, leading to Osann's and Monzel's becoming, through a dowry, part of the possessions held by theCounts of Manderscheid.
From 1794 on, both Osann and Monzel lay underFrench rule. In 1815 they were assigned to the Kingdom ofPrussia at theCongress of Vienna. From 1946, they were part of the then newly foundedstate ofRhineland-Palatinate. In 1969, the two municipalities were dissolved, and out of them was formed the new municipality of Osann-Monzel on 7 June 1969.
The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected byproportional representation at the municipal election held in 2014, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
The municipal election held in 2014 yielded the following results:[5]
| Year | WG Kohnz | Gem.f.OM e.V. | Total |
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| 2014 | 11 | 5 | 16 seats |
The Mayor is Armin Kohnz.[6]
The municipality'sarms might be described thus: Per pale argent a cross gules and per fess Or a fess dancetty of the second and vert abunch of grapes between two ears of wheat, the dexter in bend and the sinister in bend sinister and conjoined on one stem slipped in bend sinister, all of the third.
The cross on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side refers to Osann-Monzel's centuries-long allegiance to theElectorate of Trier. The zigzag stripe (“fess dancetty”) is the arms formerly borne by another of the municipality's old feudal lords, theCounts of Manderscheid-Blankenhein. Also on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side, the stylized bunch of grapes and the ears of wheat stand for the municipality's traditionalwinegrowing andagriculture respectively.
Osann-Monzel was granted the right to bear its own arms on 13 March 1972.[7]
As everywhere in theMosel-Saar-Ruwer wine region, it is mainlyRiesling,Müller-Thurgau andDornfelder that are raised.
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