Brohl

Brohl 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.GeographyLocationBrohl is a small village in the Eifel. Through the municipality flows the Brohlbach, which empties into the Moselle at Karden. Nearby lie Treis-Karden on the Moselle, Münstermaifeld, Polch and Mayen. Neighbouring villages are, among others, Roes, Forst and Kaifenheim.HistoryIn 926, Brohl had its first documentary mention as Brula, and was then under the ownership of St. Maximin’s Abbey in Trier. The Brohl high court belonged to the Pellenzgerichte (“Pellenz Courts”), which in 1696 were taken into Electoral-Trier ownership. In 1711, Brohl was granted to the Schenk (a noble title, historically meaning something akin to “steward”) of Schmidtburg. Beginning in 1794, Brohl 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.