Gipperath

Coat of arms

Gipperath

Location of Gipperath within Bernkastel-Wittlich district

Coordinates: 50°02′22″N 6°51′47″E / 50.03944°N 6.86306°ECoordinates: 50°02′22″N 6°51′47″E / 50.03944°N 6.86306°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Hans-Leo Schäfer

Area

• Total

4.87 km² (1.88 sq mi)

Elevation

370 m (1,210 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

246

• Density

51/km² (130/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

54533

06574

WIL

Gipperath is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The municipality lies in the Vulkaneifel. The municipal area is 42% wooded. The nearest forest is called Geisbüch. Gipperath belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land. Its elevation is 370 m above sea level.

To the northeast, about 3 km away, is Niederöfflingen, about 4 km to the southeast is Plein, and lying 3 km to the southwest is Schladt.

In 1098, Gipperath had its first documentary mention as Gevenrothe at Saint Simeon’s Foundation in Trier. The village already had a church at its disposal in the 12th century. Beginning in 1794, Gipperath lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. In June 1908, the first telephone service reached the village, in May 1913 came the watermain and in December 1920, the electrical supply came into service. Since 1947, Gipperath has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The mayor is Hans-Leo Schäfer, who in 1996 succeeded Alfred Oster.

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Tierced in mantle, dexter argent a cross gules, sinister argent a fleur-de-lis of the second, and in base vert an oak sprig bendwise sinister Or fructed of one.

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