Wagenhausen 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 Ulmen, whose seat is in the like-named town. Wagenhausen is the smallest municipality in the Eifel.

Wagenhausen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Wagenhausen within Cochem-Zell district
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Coordinates: 50°8′40″N 6°59′11″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Cochem-Zell
Municipal assoc.	Ulmen
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Heinz-Werner Hendges[1]
Area
• Total	1.8 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Elevation	360 m (1,180 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	59
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56826
Dialling codes	02677
Vehicle registration	COC
Website	www.wagenhausen.de

Geography

The municipality lies in the Eifel, about 1.5 km south of Wollmerath.

History

With the occupation of the Rhine’s left bank by French Revolutionary troops in 1794, the Electorate of Trier, for centuries the local overlord, fell. In 1815 Wagenhausen 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.

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]

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Vert issuant from base two ears of rye, one bendwise, the other bendwise sinister, crossing each other per saltire in chief Or, between which a waterwheel spoked of seven argent, in base a sinister hand in fess dorsed proper holding two candles per saltire of the second.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

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

• Saint Blaise’s Catholic Chapel (Kapelle St. Blasius) – Baroque aisleless church, marked 1720
• Ringstraße – fire station with fountain; quarrystone building, 19th century
• On the way out of the village – Bildstock, newly plastered[4]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wagenhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate.

• Municipality’s official webpage (in German)

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[ru] Вагенхаузен (Айфель)