Tellig

Tellig 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 some 5 km from the river Moselle, near Bundesstraße 421.HistoryIn 1275, Tellig had its first documentary mention as Tellich. Beginning in 1794, Tellig lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. At the Theodor bei Tellig mine in the early 20th century, lead and zinc ore deposits were worked. The settlement of Althaus near Tellig was built in 1937 by the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD). Since 1946, Tellig 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.