Longkamp

Longkamp
Coat of arms of Longkamp Coat of arms
Longkamp
Location of Longkamp within Bernkastel-Wittlich district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.	Bernkastel-Kues
Government
• Mayor	Franz-Josef Klingels
Area
• Total	11.50 km2 (4.44 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	1,151
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	54472
Dialling codes	06531
Vehicle registration	WIL
Website	www.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

Location

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

History

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

Municipal council

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:

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

Mayors

Since 2007, Franz-Josef Klingels has been Mayor of Longkamp. He succeeded Hans Johann Herrmann (CDU).

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

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

Education

In Longkamp are one kindergarten and one primary school.

Transport

Frankfurt-Hahn Airport lies 21 km away.

Further reading

• 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

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (German)