Platten, Germany
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Location of Platten within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
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| Coordinates: 49°57′08″N 6°57′17″E / 49.95222°N 6.95472°ECoordinates: 49°57′08″N 6°57′17″E / 49.95222°N 6.95472°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Bernkastel-Wittlich | |
| Municipal assoc. | Wittlich-Land | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Alfons Kuhnen | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 6.63 km2 (2.56 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 130 m (430 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 883 | |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 54518 | |
| Dialling codes | 06535 | |
| Vehicle registration | WIL | |
| Website | www.weinort-platten.de | |
Platten 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 on the river Lieser in a side valley of the Moselle. The nearest middle centres are Wittlich and Bernkastel-Kues. Platten belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is in Wittlich, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.
In 1084, Platten had its first documentary mention as villa Platana. Beginning in 1794, Platten lay under French rule. 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.
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman:
The German blazon reads: Im silbernen Schildhaupt ein rotes Balkenkreuz, darunter in Blau ein silberner Schrägbalken, belegt mit drei goldenbesamten, fünfblättrigen, roten Rosen. In Blau oben ein silberner Forsthaken.
The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Azure a bend argent charged with three roses gules seeded Or, above which a cramp palewise of the second, in a chief of the second a cross of the third.
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