Landkern
Encyclopedia
Landkern 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
.
and Kaisersesch
, a few kilometres from the river Moselle. The municipality’s wooded area totals 3.63 km².
to the east and Greimersburg
to the west.
, had its first documentary mention about 1051 when Richeza, who was a Rhenish count palatine’s granddaughter and former Polish
queen who had been driven from her adopted homeland, and who had been living in nearby Klotten
, made a great many donations to the Brauweiler Monastery near Cologne
, among which was an estate at Kern.
Kern was quite possibly the smallest village of the many that belonged to the Klotten high court region in those days. One by one, Klotten relinquished the parishes of Urschmitt, Kaifenheim
and Hambuch
, thus leaving only the villages of Greimersburg
, Landkern, Illerich
and Wirfus
in the parish by 1335. These four villages, however, found this rather annoying. Thus, they made a petition to Archbishop Richard von Greifenklau in Trier, which was signed by the reeves of Greimersburg, Landkern, Illerich and Wirfus and by the estate holders in Esper, Fahrenday, Neuhof, Kaveloch and Annisch.
On 21 January 1512, the Archbishop granted the request and approved Sunday Mass to be held alternately at the chapel
s in Kern and Illerich. In the document from the Foundation, though, it was expressly stated that all members of these affiliated congregations were to attend Mass, along with their chaplains, at the parish church in Klotten on the following holidays: Good Friday
, Easter
, Whitsun
, the Assumption
, All Hallows
, Christmas
and Candlemas
. It was also set forth that the chaplain was to “have an abode near the chapel at Kern and enough cropland, meadowland and freely from our livestock 50 sheep, 5 swine and 4 cows.” Baptism
s were sometimes held in Kern, but they were recorded in the baptismal register in Klotten.
Kern was not left unscathed by the Thirty Years' War
. In 1620, soldiers stole the holy vessels. The same happened in Greimersburg, and in 1656, the chapel at Illerich lay in rubble. Population figures from the time, shown here together with those for Greimersburg, give some idea of the kind of times that these were:
A “hearth” – or household – contained on average seven persons, but sometimes as many as ten.
In the two centuries that followed, the population grew considerably. In 1717, Landkern had 17 families, and in 1778 there were 137 inhabitants. In 1832, Landkern had 56 families (308 inhabitants). Population figures for 1848 and 1872 were 441 and 589 respectively.
It was this population growth that led to the building of the new parish church, which still stands today. The foundation stone was laid on 14 August 1859.
On 21 June 1726, the four Bergdörfer (“Mountain Villages”) at last got their wish and were split from the parish of Klotten, with that municipality’s agreement. The first Landkern parish priest, Father Franz Wilhelmy, born in Hambuch
, began keeping the baptismal and death registers in 1728. The new parish comprised not only the four Bergdörfer but also the estates of Esper (first mentioned in 1399) and Fahrenday (mentioned in a document from 1431).
The chapel
in Landkern, first mentioned in 1511, whose patron even then was Saint Servatius
, was succeeded by another chapel on 13 August 1737, less than a decade after the first parish priest had arrived. The new church was a small, east-oriented
building with a tall west tower and stood parallel to the road towards Greimersburg. The cost had to be borne by parochial funds while the municipality had to come up with the wherewithal for the tower.
The chapel mentioned in 1511 had two altar
s, whereas the new church had three. This church lasted until it was replaced with yet another, which was consecrated on 22 July 1862. It was also at this time that the organ
was built into the church.
Four times between 1777 and 1860, bells were consecrated, and three new ones were mentioned in 1861. Only one of these survived the Second World War.
In 1630, Kern still had no school
. The villagers brought this subject up at the Visitations that were held from time to time, and eventually a school appeared. The first schoolteacher known to history in Landkern was Peter Schnitzler. He died in 1769. In 1779, 29 boys and 9 girls were attending this school. The tuition for the (agricultural) Winterschule (“Winter School”) was 13 Albus, and for Sunday school
and holiday school it was 3 Albus.
Only once has there ever actually been a priest from Landkern. This was Father Johann Peter Bast, born on 1 May 1881, but he entered the priesthood in the U.S. state
of Kansas
.
Two estates now belong to Landkern. One is Esper, and the other is Dreifaltigkeit (“Trinity”). There are also three outlying centres, Neuhof, Meilenstein and Jorscheid, along with individual houses of Schöne Aussicht. All together, there are just under 900 inhabitants.
Beginning in 1794, Landkern lay under French
rule, and by 1800 it had been assigned to the canton
of Kaisersesch. 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
.
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:
Münich won the mayoralty with 78% of the vote.
might be described thus: Per saltire, first gules a wooden shoe Or, second argent issuant from the line of partition an abbot’s staff sable, third argent a bear’s gambe couped at the shoulder palewise embowed of the fourth armed of the third, and fourth vert a kernel bendwise of the second.
The wooden shoe is Saint Servatius
’s attribute, thus representing the church’s patron saint. The abbot’s staff refers to Brauweiler Abbey, which after Queen Richeza’s bequest in 1053 had extensive holdings in Landkern. The bear’s paw is a legacy from Klotten. The municipality was formerly part of the parish and high court district of Klotten, both of which bore arms charge
d with Saint Maximin
and his attribute, a bear. The golden kernel is a canting
charge, since the word for one of these in German
is Kern, the municipality’s former name. The tincture
vert (green) in this same field refers to agriculture
, which is important in Landkern even today.
The arms have been borne since 16 July 1980.
’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
.
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belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell
Cochem-Zell
Cochem-Zell is a district in the north-west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Mayen-Koblenz, Rhein-Hunsrück, Bernkastel-Wittlich, and Vulkaneifel.- History :...
district
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in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
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, Germany
Germany
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. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kaisersesch
Kaisersesch (Verbandsgemeinde)
Kaisersesch is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Kaisersesch....
, whose seat is in the like-named town
Kaisersesch
Kaisersesch is a town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde, to which it also belongs.- Location :...
.
Location
The municipality lies on the eastern edge of the Endert valley between CochemCochem
Cochem is the seat of and the biggest place in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With just under 5,000 inhabitants, Cochem falls just behind Kusel, in the like-named district, as Germany's second smallest district seat...
and Kaisersesch
Kaisersesch
Kaisersesch is a town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde, to which it also belongs.- Location :...
, a few kilometres from the river Moselle. The municipality’s wooded area totals 3.63 km².
Neighbouring municipalities
Landkern’s neighbours are IllerichIllerich
Illerich is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
to the east and Greimersburg
Greimersburg
Greimersburg is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
to the west.
History
Kern, as the village was called in the Middle AgesMiddle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
, had its first documentary mention about 1051 when Richeza, who was a Rhenish count palatine’s granddaughter and former Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
queen who had been driven from her adopted homeland, and who had been living in nearby Klotten
Klotten
Klotten is a winemaking centre and an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
, made a great many donations to the Brauweiler Monastery near Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, among which was an estate at Kern.
Kern was quite possibly the smallest village of the many that belonged to the Klotten high court region in those days. One by one, Klotten relinquished the parishes of Urschmitt, Kaifenheim
Kaifenheim
Kaifenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
and Hambuch
Hambuch
Hambuch is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
, thus leaving only the villages of Greimersburg
Greimersburg
Greimersburg is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
, Landkern, Illerich
Illerich
Illerich is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
and Wirfus
Wirfus
Wirfus is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
in the parish by 1335. These four villages, however, found this rather annoying. Thus, they made a petition to Archbishop Richard von Greifenklau in Trier, which was signed by the reeves of Greimersburg, Landkern, Illerich and Wirfus and by the estate holders in Esper, Fahrenday, Neuhof, Kaveloch and Annisch.
On 21 January 1512, the Archbishop granted the request and approved Sunday Mass to be held alternately at the chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
s in Kern and Illerich. In the document from the Foundation, though, it was expressly stated that all members of these affiliated congregations were to attend Mass, along with their chaplains, at the parish church in Klotten on the following holidays: Good Friday
Good Friday
Good Friday , is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Jewish observance of...
, Easter
Easter
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, Whitsun
Whitsun
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, the Assumption
Assumption of Mary
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, All Hallows
All Saints
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, Christmas
Christmas
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and Candlemas
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, which falls on 2 February, celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and some Eastern Catholic Churches, it is one of the twelve Great Feasts, and is sometimes called Hypapante...
. It was also set forth that the chaplain was to “have an abode near the chapel at Kern and enough cropland, meadowland and freely from our livestock 50 sheep, 5 swine and 4 cows.” Baptism
Baptism
In Christianity, baptism is for the majority the rite of admission , almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally and also membership of a particular church tradition...
s were sometimes held in Kern, but they were recorded in the baptismal register in Klotten.
Kern was not left unscathed by the Thirty Years' War
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history....
. In 1620, soldiers stole the holy vessels. The same happened in Greimersburg, and in 1656, the chapel at Illerich lay in rubble. Population figures from the time, shown here together with those for Greimersburg, give some idea of the kind of times that these were:
| Year | Hearths in Kern |
Hearths in Greimersburg |
|
| 1563 | 14 | 26 | |
| 1680 | 14 | 18 | |
| 1684 | 12 | 22 |
A “hearth” – or household – contained on average seven persons, but sometimes as many as ten.
In the two centuries that followed, the population grew considerably. In 1717, Landkern had 17 families, and in 1778 there were 137 inhabitants. In 1832, Landkern had 56 families (308 inhabitants). Population figures for 1848 and 1872 were 441 and 589 respectively.
It was this population growth that led to the building of the new parish church, which still stands today. The foundation stone was laid on 14 August 1859.
On 21 June 1726, the four Bergdörfer (“Mountain Villages”) at last got their wish and were split from the parish of Klotten, with that municipality’s agreement. The first Landkern parish priest, Father Franz Wilhelmy, born in Hambuch
Hambuch
Hambuch is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
, began keeping the baptismal and death registers in 1728. The new parish comprised not only the four Bergdörfer but also the estates of Esper (first mentioned in 1399) and Fahrenday (mentioned in a document from 1431).
The chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
in Landkern, first mentioned in 1511, whose patron even then was Saint Servatius
Saint Servatius
Saint Servatius was bishop of Tongeren—Roman Atuatuca Tungrorum the capital of the Tungri—one of the earliest dioceses in the Low Countries. Later in his life he fled to Maastricht, Roman Mosae Trajectum, where he became the first bishop of this city...
, was succeeded by another chapel on 13 August 1737, less than a decade after the first parish priest had arrived. The new church was a small, east-oriented
Orientation of Churches
The orientation of churches is the architectural feature of facing churches towards the east .The Jewish custom of fixing the direction of prayer and orienting synagogues influenced Christianity during its formative years. In early Christianity, it was customary to pray facing toward the Holy Land...
building with a tall west tower and stood parallel to the road towards Greimersburg. The cost had to be borne by parochial funds while the municipality had to come up with the wherewithal for the tower.
The chapel mentioned in 1511 had two altar
Altar
An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices are made for religious purposes. Altars are usually found at shrines, and they can be located in temples, churches and other places of worship...
s, whereas the new church had three. This church lasted until it was replaced with yet another, which was consecrated on 22 July 1862. It was also at this time that the organ
Organ (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
was built into the church.
Four times between 1777 and 1860, bells were consecrated, and three new ones were mentioned in 1861. Only one of these survived the Second World War.
In 1630, Kern still had no school
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
. The villagers brought this subject up at the Visitations that were held from time to time, and eventually a school appeared. The first schoolteacher known to history in Landkern was Peter Schnitzler. He died in 1769. In 1779, 29 boys and 9 girls were attending this school. The tuition for the (agricultural) Winterschule (“Winter School”) was 13 Albus, and for Sunday school
Sunday school
Sunday school is the generic name for many different types of religious education pursued on Sundays by various denominations.-England:The first Sunday school may have been opened in 1751 in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. Another early start was made by Hannah Ball, a native of High Wycombe in...
and holiday school it was 3 Albus.
Only once has there ever actually been a priest from Landkern. This was Father Johann Peter Bast, born on 1 May 1881, but he entered the priesthood in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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of Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
.
Two estates now belong to Landkern. One is Esper, and the other is Dreifaltigkeit (“Trinity”). There are also three outlying centres, Neuhof, Meilenstein and Jorscheid, along with individual houses of Schöne Aussicht. All together, there are just under 900 inhabitants.
Beginning in 1794, Landkern lay under French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
rule, and by 1800 it had been assigned to the canton
Cantons of France
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 arrondissements and 101 departments.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as...
of Kaisersesch. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
at the Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna
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. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state
States of Germany
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of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
.
Name
The municipality’s name was originally Kern, but since the 18th century, the name Landkern has been customary. Landkern was once also called Feldkern.Municipal council
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:
| FWG Münich Free Voters Free Voters is a German concept in which an association of persons participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it is a locally organized group of voters in the form of a registered association . In most cases, Free Voters are active only at the... |
WG Bretz | WG Mohrs | Total | |
| 2009 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 seats |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 | - | 12 seats |
Mayor
Landkern’s mayor is Karl-Heinz Münich, and his deputies are Manfred Franzen and Jürgen Schnitzler.Münich won the mayoralty with 78% of the vote.
Coat of arms
The municipality’s armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
might be described thus: Per saltire, first gules a wooden shoe Or, second argent issuant from the line of partition an abbot’s staff sable, third argent a bear’s gambe couped at the shoulder palewise embowed of the fourth armed of the third, and fourth vert a kernel bendwise of the second.
The wooden shoe is Saint Servatius
Saint Servatius
Saint Servatius was bishop of Tongeren—Roman Atuatuca Tungrorum the capital of the Tungri—one of the earliest dioceses in the Low Countries. Later in his life he fled to Maastricht, Roman Mosae Trajectum, where he became the first bishop of this city...
’s attribute, thus representing the church’s patron saint. The abbot’s staff refers to Brauweiler Abbey, which after Queen Richeza’s bequest in 1053 had extensive holdings in Landkern. The bear’s paw is a legacy from Klotten. The municipality was formerly part of the parish and high court district of Klotten, both of which bore arms charge
Charge (heraldry)
In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon . This may be a geometric design or a symbolic representation of a person, animal, plant, object or other device...
d with Saint Maximin
Maximin of Trier
Saint Maximin was the fifth bishop of Trier, according to the list provided by the diocese's website, taking his seat in 341/342...
and his attribute, a bear. The golden kernel is a canting
Canting arms
Canting arms are heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name in a visual pun or rebus. The term cant came into the English language from Anglo-Norman cant, meaning song or singing, from Latin cantāre, and English cognates include canticle, chant, accent, incantation and recant.Canting arms –...
charge, since the word for one of these in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
is Kern, the municipality’s former name. The tincture
Tincture (heraldry)
In heraldry, tinctures are the colours used to emblazon a coat of arms. These can be divided into several categories including light tinctures called metals, dark tinctures called colours, nonstandard colours called stains, furs, and "proper". A charge tinctured proper is coloured as it would be...
vert (green) in this same field refers to agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, which is important in Landkern even today.
The arms have been borne since 16 July 1980.
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-PalatinateRhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
- Saint ServatiusSaint ServatiusSaint Servatius was bishop of Tongeren—Roman Atuatuca Tungrorum the capital of the Tungri—one of the earliest dioceses in the Low Countries. Later in his life he fled to Maastricht, Roman Mosae Trajectum, where he became the first bishop of this city...
’s Catholic Parish Church (Pfarrkirche St. Servatius), Hauptstraße 9 – Gothic RevivalGothic Revival architectureThe Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
basilica, slate quarrystone, 1859-1862, architect Vincenz Statz (1819-1898), CologneCologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, west tower 1892-1894 replaced by new building; whole complex with graveyard: sandstoneSandstoneSandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
Gothic Revival graveyard cross, latter half of the 19th century; warriors’ memorial, Archangel Michael, 1920s - Bergstraße – Heiligenhäuschen (a small, shrinelike structure consecrated to a saint or saints), 19th century
- Hauptstraße 23 – former rectory; timber-frameTimber framingTimber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...
house, partly solid, from 1668; timber-frame barn, partly solid, from 1780; stable, 19th century - Hauptstraße 37 – L-shaped complex; timber-frame house and timber-frame house, partly solid, essentially from the 18th century, alterations in the 19th century
- Unterer Berg 1 – estate along the street; one-floor timber-frame house, partly plastered, essentially from the 18th century, remodelled in the 19th century
- On Kreisstraße (District Road) 17, going towards Greimersburg – Heiligenhäuschen; plastered building with relief, 18th century
- On Landesstraße (State Road) 107 – milestoneMilestoneA milestone is one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road or boundary at intervals of one mile or occasionally, parts of a mile. They are typically located at the side of the road or in a median. They are alternatively known as mile markers, mileposts or mile posts...
, basaltBasaltBasalt is a common extrusive volcanic rock. It is usually grey to black and fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava at the surface of a planet. It may be porphyritic containing larger crystals in a fine matrix, or vesicular, or frothy scoria. Unweathered basalt is black or grey...
obelisk - Southeast of Landkern – Dreifaltigkeitskapelle (“Trinity Chapel”); six-sided plastered building, pyramidal roof, 18th century, wayside cross inside; four reliefs, 18th century, one from 1787; sandstone grave cross fragment, from 1819
Clubs
- Landkerner Carneval-Club (Shrovetide/CarnivalCarnivalCarnaval is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnaval typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party...
) - Heimat- und Verkehrsverein (local history and transport)
- Kirchenchor St. Cäcilia (church choirChoirA choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
) - SV Blau-Weiß 1922 (sport)
- Volunteer fire brigade
- Frauengemeinschaft Landkern (“women’s association”)
- Jugendgruppe Landkern (“youth group”)
Transport
There is a regular bus link to Cochem and Kaisersesch, where the nearest railway stations are to be found.Education
The municipality has at its disposal one primary school and one kindergartenKindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
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