Brachtendorf

Brachtendorf 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 Kaisersesch, whose seat is in the like-named town.GeographyLocationThe municipality lies in the Eifel roughly 5 km north of the river Moselle.HistorySince 1946, Brachtendorf has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.PoliticsMunicipal councilThe 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.MayorBrachtendorf’s mayor is Leo Kaiser, and his deputy is Ernst Gräf.Culture and sightseeingBuildingsThe following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: Saint Lambert’s Catholic Church (branch church; Filialkirche St. Lambertus), Hauptstraße 18 – quarrystone aisleless church, 1848-1849.