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Longkamp

Coordinates: 49°53′22″N 7°07′01″E / 49.88944°N 7.11694°E / 49.88944; 7.11694
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Longkamp
Coat of arms of Longkamp
Location of Longkamp within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Longkamp is located in Germany
Longkamp
Longkamp
Longkamp is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Longkamp
Longkamp
Coordinates: 49°53′22″N 7°07′01″E / 49.88944°N 7.11694°E / 49.88944; 7.11694
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.Bernkastel-Kues
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Horst Gorges[1]
Area
 • Total11.50 km2 (4.44 sq mi)
Elevation
410 m (1,350 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,110
 • Density97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
54472
Dialling codes06531
Vehicle registrationWIL
Websitewww.longkamp.de

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

Geography

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Longkamp is surrounded with meadows and forests. It lies at the edge of the Hunsrück south of the Moselle and is a state-recognised tourism community. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bernkastel-Kues, whose seat is in the like-named town.

History

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In 1030, Longkamp had its first documentary mention. The name is of Gallo-Romance origin and derives from the Latin longus campus, which means “long field”. Until 1802, Longkamp was united with Kommen into one municipality.

Politics

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Municipal council

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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 the following results:[3]

  SPD CDU Kaiser Total
2009 2 9 5 16 seats
2004 2 10 4 16 seats

Mayors

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Since 2019, Horst Gorges has been Mayor of Longkamp.[1] His predecessor was Franz-Josef Klingels, in office between 2007 and 2019. He succeeded Hans Johann Herrmann (CDU).

Economy and infrastructure

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Economy

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Although there were still 150 farming businesses in the 1950s, agriculture today only plays a very small rôle in the local economy.

Education

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In Longkamp are one kindergarten and one primary school.

Transport

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Frankfurt-Hahn Airport lies 21 km away.

Further reading

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  • Leo Kolz: Longkamp – Historischer Rückblick. ISBN 3-9804218
  • Franz Schmitt: Chronik von Longkamp.
  • Inge Brucker: "Platt geschwätzt un goud gääß" Stories and recipes in Plattdeutsch from Longkamp and Kommen

References

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