Haserich

Haserich
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Haserich within Cochem-Zell district
Haserich Show map of Germany Haserich Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°2′12″N 7°19′32″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Cochem-Zell
Municipal assoc.	Zell (Mosel)
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Rudolf Wolfs[1]
Area
• Total	4.45 km^2 (1.72 sq mi)
Elevation	440 m (1,440 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	206
• Density	46/km^2 (120/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.haserich.de

Community centre and chapel in central Haserich

Haserich 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 Zell, whose seat is in the municipality of Zell an der Mosel.

Geography

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück in a sunken valley of the Flaumbach near Bundesstraße 421.

History

In 1504, Haserich had its first documentary mention. On 20 January 1690, during the Nine Years' War (known in Germany as the Pfälzischer Erbfolgekrieg, or War of the Palatine Succession), Haserich was plundered by French troops, and partly burnt. The Counts of Sponheim held the court jurisdiction in the Hasericher Pflege (roughly "Haserich fostering") until 1788. Beginning in 1794, Haserich lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Under the Verwaltungsvereinfachungsgesetz ("Administration Simplification Law") of 18 July 1970, with effect from 7 November 1970, the municipality was grouped into the Verbandsgemeinde of Zell.

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]

View from the west

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

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

• Saint Michael's Chapel (Kapelle St. Michael) – aisleless church, 1932
• Hauptstraße 7 – Quereinhaus (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street); timber-frame building, partly solid, 17th or 18th century, bears year 1784 (renovation)^[4]

References

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

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (in German)