Hesweiler

Hesweiler 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 Zell, whose seat is in the municipality of Zell an der Mosel.GeographyLocationThe municipality lies in the northern Hunsrück near Bundesstraße 421 and Blankenrath.HistoryIn 1259, Hesweiler had its first documentary mention. The Counts of Sponheim held the court jurisdiction in the Hasericher Pflege (roughly “Haserich fostering”) until 1788. Beginning in 1794, Hesweiler lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. In 1848, the local chapel, consecrated to Saint Joseph, was built by the master builder Binzen from Zell. Since 1946, Hesweiler 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.