Salmtal is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde , a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany . It became well known countrywide for the football club FSV Salmrohr , who played in the Second Football Bundesliga in the 1986/1987 season.
9-1120: The municipality lies in the Wittlich Depression in the valley of the river Salm ( Salmtal in German – the municipality's namesake) on the Autobahnen A ;1 and A 60 , and on the Koblenz–Trier line . Salmtal belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land , whose seat is in Wittlich , although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde . Salmtal's Ortsteile are Dörbach and Salmrohr. In 1007, Salmrohr had its first documentary mention as Rore bei Seleheim (compare Sehlem ), and in 1250, Dörbach had its first documentary mention as Derinbach . Beginning in 1794, both Dörbach and Salmrohr lay under French rule. In 1814 they were assigned to
18-618: A basin . From a natural region perspective, the Wittlich Depression (252) is one of three major units of the Moselle Valley major unit group Moseltal (25). The Wittlich Depression Cycleway ( Radweg Wittlicher Senke ) runs through the region. The Wittlich Depression runs for about 45 kilometres from Schweich in the southwest almost to the River Moselle northeast of Wittlich . At its widest point it
27-544: A chief Or a demilion gules armed of the first. The charges are all drawn from Dörbach's and Salmrohr's history. Salmrohr and part of Dörbach were once under the lordship of the Knights of Esch, which accounts for the arms’ similarity to those borne by that municipality . However, in Salmtal's arms, the “vair” pattern (called Eisenhutfeh in German , or “iron hat fur ”, a reference to the helmetlike shapes) appears only on
36-773: Is about 7 kilometres across. Its average height is about 180 m above sea level (NN) , its lowest point is near Wengerohr in the vicinity of Wittlich and on the Lieser , a tributary of the Moselle in Rhineland-Palatinate . The depression is bounded to the northwest by the Meulenwald forest, to the southeast by the Moselle Hills and to the east by the Kondelwald . The Wittlich Depression
45-531: Is drained by the Lieser and its tributaries. The jointed rocks below the surface hold a larger amount of groundwater than the area around the depression. The climate is similar to the mild conditions of the Moselle Valley. Due to its sheltered location, tobacco is grown in the valley. The Wittlich Depression is divided into the following natural regions: Lieser (Moselle) The Lieser ( German pronunciation: [ˈliːzɐ] )
54-626: The Regierungsbezirk administration. Salmtal has the following points of interest: Wittlich Depression The Wittlich Depression ( German : Wittlicher Senke or Wittlicher Rotliegend-Senke ), less commonly, the Wittlich Basin , is the continuation of the Trier Valley in a northeasterly direction. It is not only recognisable in the terrain as an elongated depression , but also from its geological structure as
63-581: The Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . From 1947, they were part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate . On 7 June 1969, the new municipality of Salmtal was formed out of the two former municipalities. The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded
72-512: The following results: The Mayor of Salmtal is Markus Peter Meyer. The German blazon reads: Unter goldenem Schildhaupt, darin ein wachsender roter, silberbewehrter Löwe, gespaltener Schild, vorne in Silber ein blauer Anker, hinten Eisenhutfeh in Silber. The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale argent an anchor palewise azure and vair proper, in
81-492: The sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side, with an anchor charge on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side. This is drawn from the arms borne by Abbot Jacobus Otto of Trier, which can be seen on the gable at the Dörbacher Mühle (mill), formerly known as the estate mill of the former Klausen Augustinian Canonical Monastery. The arms have been borne since 3 January 1980, when they were approved by
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