Lösnich

Lösnich
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Lösnich
Location of Lösnich within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Coordinates: 49°58′26″N 7°02′38″E / 49.9739°N 7.04376°E / 49.9739; 7.04376Coordinates: 49°58′26″N 7°02′38″E / 49.9739°N 7.04376°E / 49.9739; 7.04376
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.	Bernkastel-Kues
Government
• Mayor	Norbert Franz
Area
• Total	2.53 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Elevation	120 m (390 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	440
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	54492
Dialling codes	06532
Vehicle registration	WIL
Website	www.loesnich.de

Lösnich is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues, whose seat is in the like-named town.

In 1066, Lösnich had its first documentary mention.

The council is made up of 8 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 the following results:

Besides the many old timber-frame houses, the Kesselstatt Amt building, the Late Gothic graveyard chapel and the Gothic Revival parish church from 1869 are all worth seeing.

For centuries, Lösnich has been characterized by winegrowing and tourism. There are plans to build the High Moselle Crossing (Hochmoselübergang – a highway link whose centrepiece will be a long, high bridge over the Moselle) on Bundesstraße 50 right near Lösnich.