Sehlem, Rhineland-Palatinate

This article is about the place in Rhineland-Palatinate. For the place in Lower Saxony, see Sehlem, Lower Saxony.
Sehlem

Coat of arms
Sehlem

Coordinates: 49°54′13″N 6°50′17″E / 49.90361°N 6.83806°E / 49.90361; 6.83806Coordinates: 49°54′13″N 6°50′17″E / 49.90361°N 6.83806°E / 49.90361; 6.83806
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Bernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc. Wittlich-Land
Government
 • Mayor Norbert Mehrfeld
Area
 • Total 11.25 km2 (4.34 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 933
 • Density 83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 54518
Dialling codes 06508
Vehicle registration WIL

Sehlem is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Eifel and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is in Wittlich, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.

History

Sehlem was part of the Electorate of Trier. Beginning in 1794, Sehlem lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[2]

  WG Mehrfeld WG Molitor WG Lehnen WG Zehe Total
2009 5 2 4 1 12 seats

Mayors

In the mayoral election, Norbert Mehrfeld defeated Franz-Josef Molitor with a total of 54.9% of the vote to his opponent’s 45.1%.

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: Über grünem Schildfuß, darin zwei silberne Leisten, in Silber ein rotes Balkenkreuz, belegt mit grünem sechsspeichigem Rad.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Argent a cross gules, surmounting the whole a wheel spoked of six vert, in a base of the third two bars of the first.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Sehlem lies on the Autobahn A 1 and has at its disposal a railway station on the Koblenz-Trier line.

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
  2. ↑ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat


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