# Gamlen

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**Gamlen** is an *[Ortsgemeinde](/source/Ortsgemeinde_(Germany))* – a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) belonging to a *[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)*, a kind of collective municipality – in the [Cochem-Zell](/source/Cochem-Zell) [district](/source/Districts_of_Germany) in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany). It belongs to the [*Verbandsgemeinde* of Kaisersesch](/source/Kaisersesch_(Verbandsgemeinde)), whose seat is in the [like-named town](/source/Kaisersesch).

## Geography

The municipality lies in the [Eifel](/source/Eifel) about halfway between [Eulgem](/source/Eulgem) to the west and [Kaifenheim](/source/Kaifenheim) to the east.

## History

In 1252, Gamlen had its first documentary mention as *Gammenheim* in a donation document. In 1338, Emperor [Ludwig the Bavarian](/source/Louis_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor) granted Count Robert of Virneburg the right to appoint *[Schultheißen](/source/Schulthei%C3%9F)* in *Gaemyheim*. The landholders in Gamlen in the 18th century were the Mayen Foundation, the Beilstein Monastery, the Barons of Gymnich, the Counts of [Leyen](/source/House_of_Leyen) and the Barons of Clodt. Beginning in 1794, Gamlen lay under [French](/source/France) rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of [Prussia](/source/Prussia) at the [Congress of Vienna](/source/Congress_of_Vienna). Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded [state](/source/States_of_Germany) of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate). Since 2004, Gamlen has had a new, big town hall.

## Politics

### Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by [majority vote](/source/Plurality_voting_system) at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[2]

### Mayor

Gamlen's mayor is Michael Münch.[1]

### Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: *Das Wappen wird durch eine gestürzte Spitze gespalten. Darin in Rot drei Steine. Vorne in Rot eine goldene Rose, hinten in Grün ein silberner Korb mit fünf goldenen Ähren.*

The municipality's [arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) might in English [heraldic](/source/Heraldry) language be described thus: Per pile embowed, gules a rose Or, argent three stones, one and two, of the first, and vert a basket of the third issuant from which five ears of wheat of the second.

The [charge](/source/Charge_(heraldry)) in chief, the three stones, refer to the church's patron saint, [Stephen](/source/Saint_Stephen), who along with [Saint Peter](/source/Saint_Peter) has been mentioned as patron saint since 1680. The rose recalls the nearby Rosenthal Monastery. A townsman from Gammenheim – the village's name at the time – donated his grain harvest to the monastery in 1278. The market rights granted the village very early on are symbolized by the basket, and the ears of wheat refer to the municipality's agricultural activities.[3]

## Culture and sightseeing

### Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate)’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:

- [Saint Stephen](/source/Saint_Stephen)’s [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) Church (branch church; *Filialkirche St. Stephan*), Hauptstraße 31 – [Gothic Revival](/source/Gothic_Revival_architecture) [aisleless church](/source/Aisleless_church), 1878; outside, [crucifix](/source/Crucifix); warriors’ memorial with relief 1914–1918
- Hauptstraße 10 – former [school](/source/School); brick building, about 1900
- On *Landesstraße* (State Road) 109 – wayside cross, 18th or 19th century
- On *Landesstraße* 109 – wayside cross, from 1776
- northeast of Gamlen – wayside cross; pedestal and shaft, 18th century[4]

## References

1. [Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Cochem-Zell](https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1350000000000.html), Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.

1. [Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat](http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/1350203300.html)

1. [Description and explanation of Gamlen’s arms](http://www.muench.netcologne.net/wappen.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110723220444/http://www.muench.netcologne.net/wappen.htm) 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Directory of Cultural Monuments in Cochem-Zell district](http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Cochem-Zell.pdf)

## External links

- [Municipality’s official webpage](http://www.gamlen.de/) (in German)
- [Brief portrait of Gamlen with film](http://www.swr.de/landesschau-rp/hierzuland/-/id=100766/nid=100766/did=2367404/12mxfnn/index.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110820085912/http://www.swr.de/landesschau-rp/hierzuland/-/id=100766/nid=100766/did=2367404/12mxfnn/index.html) 2011-08-20 at the Wayback Machine at [SWR Fernsehen](/source/SWR_Fernsehen) (in German)

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