Masburg

Masburg 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 2 km northwest of Kaisersesch. Masburg has a total area of 9.13 km², 3.06 km² of which is wooded.Constituent communitiesMasburg’s Ortsteile are Masburg (main centre), Breitenbruch, Präfekturhof and Schöne Aussicht.HistoryAbout 1050, Masburg, long an Electoral-Trier holding, had its first documentary mention. Beginning in 1794, Masburg 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.