Gielert is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Gielert | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Gielert within Bernkastel-Wittlich district  | |
  Gielert  Gielert | |
| Coordinates: 49°46′28.44″N 07°00′9.52″E / 49.7745667°N 7.0026444°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bernkastel-Wittlich |
| Municipal assoc. | Thalfang am Erbeskopf |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–24) | Jannick Jungbluth[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.09 km2 (1.58 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 146 |
| • Density | 36/km2 (92/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 54424 |
| Dialling codes | 06504 |
| Vehicle registration | WIL |
Geography
editGielert belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Thalfang am Erbeskopf, whose seat is in the municipality of Thalfang.
History
editBeginning in the 12th century, Gielert was part of the Mark Thalfang, a territory roughly corresponding to today's Verbandsgemeinde. As a result of the turmoil of the French Revolution, Gielert lay under French rule beginning about 1800. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Until administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate in 1969, the municipality belonged to the Bernkastel district, whose seat was at Bernkastel-Kues. Today Gielert is part of the Verbandsgemeinde of Thalfang am Erbeskopf.
Politics
editMunicipal council
editThe council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 26 May 2019, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[3]
Coat of arms
editThe municipality's arms might be described thus: Vert an oak eradicated argent, in a chief embowed party per pale argent a cross gules and Or a lion rampant of the third couped at the hip by the line of partition, armed and langued azure.[4][5]
Culture and sightseeing
editNatural monuments
edit- Old Huteiche (“Hat Oak”) in Gielert
Clubs
edit- Sport club FC Gielert
Economy and infrastructure
editGielert is a rural residential community. There are small businesses serving local demands.
References
edit- ^ Bekanntmachung des Ergebnisses der Wahl zum Ortsbürgermeister der Ortsgemeinde Gielert am 11.06.2023, Thalfang aktuell − Amtsblatt VG Thalfang, 12 June 2023, accessed 5 August 2023 (in German).
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Der Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz: Kommunalwahl 2019, Stadt- und Gemeinderatswahlen, accessed 5 August 2023 (in German).
- ^ Gielert’s arms at the Verbandsgemeinde website
- ^ Gielert’s arms at Heraldry of the World
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