Urschmitt

Urschmitt
Coat of arms
Urschmitt
Location of Urschmitt within Cochem-Zell district
Coordinates: 50°7′07″N 7°3′46″E / 50.11861°N 7.06278°E / 50.11861; 7.06278Coordinates: 50°7′07″N 7°3′46″E / 50.11861°N 7.06278°E / 50.11861; 7.06278
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Cochem-Zell
Municipal assoc.	Ulmen
Government
• Mayor	Peter Jahnen
Area
• Total	6.61 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Elevation	390 m (1,280 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	189
• Density	29/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56825
Dialling codes	02677
Vehicle registration	COC
Website	www.urschmitt.de

Urschmitt 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 Ulmen, whose seat is in the like-named town.

The municipality lies in the Eifel about 5 km northwest of Bremm on the river Moselle.

In 980, Urschmitt had its first documentary mention under the name Ursmadia. Electoral-Trier overlordship came to an end when the French occupied the Rhine’s left bank between 1794 and 1796. In 1815 Urschmitt was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Urschmitt and Kliding, which had formed a single municipality, were split into two in 1848. Since 1946, it 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.

Urschmitt’s mayor is Peter Jahnen, and his deputy is Walter Sossong.

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Tierced in mantle reversed, dexter gules issuant from base a cross patriarchal Or, in chief Or a broadsword palewise sable, the point to base, and sinister vert three ears of wheat bendwise sinister of the second surmounted in base by a sickle argent.