Brachtendorf

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Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Brachtendorf within Cochem-Zell district

(2019–24) Eike Gries^[1]Area

• Total2.45 km² (0.95 sq mi)Elevation

300 m (1,000 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total243 • Density99/km² (260/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

56761

Dialling codes02653Vehicle registrationCOC

Brachtendorf is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kaisersesch, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

The municipality lies in the Eifel roughly 5 km north of the river Moselle.

History

Since 1946, Brachtendorf has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.^[3]

Mayor

Brachtendorf's mayor is Eike Gries.^[1]

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:

Saint Lambert’s Catholic Church (branch church; Filialkirche St. Lambertus), Hauptstraße 18 – quarrystone aisleless church, 1848-1849.^[4]

Poetry

In the early 1930s, the village schoolteacher at the time, named Siebenborn, was inspired to set pen to paper with these words:

German	English translation
Brachtendorf im Tal gelegen, an des Brohlbachs muntrem Lauf. Sanfte Hügel Dich umhegen; liebend fällt mein Blick darauf.	Brachtendorf, lying in the dale, on the Brohlbach's lively course. Gentle hills surround you; Lovingly falls my gaze thereon.

Clubs

Brachtendorf has a lively club life. Besides the two registered clubs, namely the Saint Sebastian Marksmen's Brotherhood (St. Sebastianus Schützenbruderschaft 1892 e.V.) with its local Brachtendorf chapter and the sport club (Sportverein Blaue Jungs e.V.), there are also the Möhnen (or “women fools”, a Shrovetide/Carnival tradition), the women's association and the volunteer fire brigade.

References

^ ^a ^b Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Cochem-Zell, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Cochem-Zell district