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Wirfus 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 Cochem, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Wirfus
Municipality
Location of Wirfus within Cochem-Zell district
Wirfus
Wirfus
Coordinates: 50°12′6″N 7°12′22″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictCochem-Zell
Municipal assoc.Cochem
Government
  Mayor (201924) Herbert Thönnes[1]
Area
  Total4.65 km2 (1.80 sq mi)
Elevation
342 m (1,122 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total232
  Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56814
Dialling codes02653
Vehicle registrationCOC

Geography



Location


The municipality lies in the Eifel about 1.5 km east of Illerich and roughly 6 km north of the river Moselle.


History


Barrow groups point to early settlement of what is now Wirfus. In 1056, the municipality had its first documentary mention.

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 1814 Wirfus 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 7 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


Wirfus’s mayor is Herbert Thönnes, and his deputies are Resi Henzgen and Reiner Geyermann.[4]


Coat of arms


The German blazon reads: Wappen durch goldenen Stabsparren geteilt, oben rechts in Rot goldene Pflugschar, oben links in Rot goldene Rose, unten in Grün silberne Urne.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Gules a pile transposed Or surmounted by a pile transposed vert charged with an urn argent, in dexter chief a ploughshare affronty and in sinister chief a rose of the second.

The arms were designed by A. Friderichs and J. Junglas.[5]


Culture and sightseeing



Buildings


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


Rosental Chapel


The Rosental Chapel was renovated from the ground up in the 1960s by Johannes Junglas, who was born on 12 February 1898 in Wirfus, and who after the Second World War held various high offices of state (State Secretary, Minister). Today a street in Wirfus is named after him.[7]


References





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[de] Wirfus

Wirfus ist eine Ortsgemeinde im Landkreis Cochem-Zell in Rheinland-Pfalz. Sie gehört der Verbandsgemeinde Cochem an.
- [en] Wirfus

[ru] Вирфус

Вирфус (нем. Wirfus) — коммунав Германии, в земле Рейнланд-Пфальц.



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