Neef

Neef
Neef
Coat of arms of Neef
Neef is located in Germany
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Neef
Coordinates 50°530N 7°821E / 50.09167°N 7.13917°E / 50.09167; 7.13917Coordinates: 50°530N 7°821E / 50.09167°N 7.13917°E / 50.09167; 7.13917
Administration
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Cochem-Zell
Municipal assoc. Zell (Mosel)
Mayor Winfried Scheid
Basic statistics
Area 6.51 km2 (2.51 sq mi)
Elevation 90 m  (295 ft)
Population 469 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 72 /km2 (187 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate COC
Postal code 56858
Area code 06542
Website www.weinort-neef.de
Neef (foreground) and Sankt Aldegund with a weir and a lock on the Moselle

Neef is an Ortsgemeindea municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipalityin 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. Neef is a winegrowing centre.

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Geography

Location

The municipality lies on the river Moselles right bank between Cochem to the north and Zell to the south. Neef lies just downstream from Sankt Aldegund, which is found on the other side of the Moselle.

History

Traces of human habitation reach back to the Middle Stone Age, about 4000 BC. It is believed that Neef had its first documentary mention about 698 in a donation document from Saint Hermine to the Abbey of Echternach, where it was listed as vien-nense. The first unmistakable documentary mention, however, came only in 1049, when Neef was named as vicus Navis iuxta fluvium Moselanum. In 1248, the castle in Neef was mentioned for the first time. Heinrich von Heinsberg traded the castle and holdings in Neef, Kastellaun and Kirchberg with his brother, Simon von Sponheim, making Neef part of thefurtherCounty of Sponheim. In 1299, Eberhard von Sponheim-Kreuznach founded a new branch of the family Sponheim named after Neef. In the mid 15th century, the Electorate of Trier enfeoffed the Lords of Metzenhausen with Castle Neef. Archbishop of Trier Johann III of Metzenhausen was born at the castle. In 1552, the castle was attacked by the troops of Albert of Mainz, who wrought great destruction. The lordship over the village was long shared by the Stuben Monastery, the Electorate of Trier and various noble landholders. Beginning in 1794, Neef lay under French rule. Thereafter, the Stuben Monastery was a ruin. In 1815 Neef 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 8 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[2]

Mayor

Neefs mayor is Winfried Scheid, and his deputies are Harald Franzen and Peter Arens.[3]

Coat of arms

The municipalitys arms might be described thus: Quarterly argent and sable, first a cross gules, second an axe bendwise of the first, third a cramp bendwise sinister of the first, and fourth a cross patriarchal of the third.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinates Directory of Cultural Monuments:

  • Saint Peters and Saint Pauls Catholic Parish Church (Pfarrkirche St. Peter und Paul), Neue KirchstraßeGothic Revival aisleless church, 18901891; whole complex with rectory
  • Alte KirchstraßeRomanesque churchtower, about 1140
  • Alte Kirchstraßecast-iron hand pump, latter half of the 19th century
  • Alte Kirchstraße 31timber-frame house, partly solid, balloon frame, half-hipped roof, essentially from the 16th century
  • Kloster-Stuben-Straße 24timber framing, possibly from the 17th century
  • Kloster-Stuben-Straße 51timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, hipped mansard roof, about 1800
  • Moseluferstraße 6/7former castle house; Late Romanesque plastered building, trefoil window, mid 13th century, conversions in 1545 and early 18th century, additions from latter half of the 19th century
  • Moselle riverside (monumental zone), Moseluferstraße 16-26expansion phase on the Moselle riverside in Moselländisch style
  • Neue Kirchstraße (no number) – former rectory; quarrystone building, oriel turrets, about 1900; whole complex with the church
  • Petersbergstraße 15quarrystone house, hipped mansard roof, about 1910
  • Petersbergstraße/corner of Kloster-Stuben-Straßetimber-frame house, partly solid, front part possibly from the 16th or 17th century, back from the 19th century
  • On the Petersbergchapel, quire possibly from the 13th century, aisleless church, 16th or 17th century; graveyard: grotto, 19th century; grave cross, 19th or 20th century; sandstone wayside cross, 1759, completed 1763; cross, marked 1849; whole complex
  • On the Petersberg, Way of the Cross leading to the chapel
  • Treiser MühleBaroque pietà[4]

Economy and infrastructure

Winegrowing and tourism are the underpinnings of Neefs economy. A side route on the Mosel-Radweg (Moselle Cycle Path), which runs through the municipality, yearly brings thousands of tourists to the village, who often stay overnight. Vineyards can be found from the village itself right up to an elevation of 280 m. One peculiarity is the local vineyards at the bow in the Moselle near Neef: those on the Frauenberg and the Calmont are among Europes steepest vineyards.

Transport

Running through the municipality is a Kreisstraße (District Road) which is linked by bridge on the villages outskirts to Bundesstraße 49. Furthermore, hourly regional trains on the KoblenzTrier railway stop at Neef after passing through the Petersberg Tunnel.

The Moselle itself is plied not only by cargo ships, but also by excursion craft. On the villages outskirts is found the St. Aldegund lock. The nearest major municipality is Bullay, 4 km to the south and on the same side of the Moselle. Structurally more important, however are Zell (10 km) and Cochem (23 km), the district seat.

References

External links


This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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