Sosberg | |
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Location of Sosberg within Cochem-Zell district  | |
  Sosberg  Sosberg | |
| Coordinates:50°4′40″N7°20′19″E / 50.07778°N 7.33861°E /50.07778; 7.33861 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Cochem-Zell |
| Municipal assoc. | Zell (Mosel) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–24) | Andreas Lehnert[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.91 km2 (1.51 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 370 m (1,210 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 165 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/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.sosberg.de |
Sosberg 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 on a sloped edge in theHunsrück between the riversMoselle,Nahe andRhine on the one hand and the Idarwald and Soonwald (wooded areas of the Hunsrück) on the other. East of the village runs the Mörsdorfer Bach towards the Moselle.
In 1330, Sosberg had its first documentary mention under the nameSoysbergh.
The village was until 1781 part of the “Three-Lord Territory”. As in theBeltheim court, the landlordship was shared among theElectorate of Trier, theCounty of Sponheim and the House of Braunshorn (later Winneburg and Metternich). Beginning in 1794, Sosberg 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. Under theVerwaltungsvereinfachungsgesetz (“Administration Simplification Law”) of 18 July 1970, with effect from 7 November 1970, the municipality was grouped into theVerbandsgemeinde of Zell.
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected bymajority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[3]
Sosberg's mayor is Andreas Lehnert.[1]
The German blazon reads:Der Wappenschild ist zweimal gespalten. Vorn in Silber ein rotes, durchgehendes Kreuz, belegt mit einem silbernen Hifthorn. Das Mittelfeld zeigt in Grün eine linkshin gerichtete, silberne Hellebarde, hinten ein silbern-rotes Schach zu drei Plätzen in elf Reihen.
The municipality'sarms might in Englishheraldic language be described thus: A pale vert charged with a pole-axe argent, the edge to sinister, between argent a cross gules surmounted by a bugle-horn of the second, the bell to sinister, and chequy of thirty-three of the second and third.
The red cross on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side refers to theElectorate of Trier and the horn stands for theImperial lordship of Beilstein. The axe isSaint Matthias’s attribute, thus representing the church’s patron saint. The green fieldtincture on which thischarge appears refers to the municipality’sagricultural structure. The silver and red “chequy” pattern on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side is from the arms formerly borne by the “Hinder”County of Sponheim.
The arms have been borne since 26 October 1971.[4]
The following are listed buildings or sites inRhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
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