# Grenderich

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**Grenderich** 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 Zell](/source/Zell_(Verbandsgemeinde)), whose seat is in the municipality of [Zell an der Mosel](/source/Zell_(Mosel)).

## Geography

Grenderich lies on an interfluve in the northern [Hunsrück](/source/Hunsr%C3%BCck) some 5 km from the river [Moselle](/source/Moselle_(river)).

## History

In 1238, Grenderich apparently had its first documentary mention. It was until 1781 part of the “Three-Lord Territory”. As in the [Beltheim court](/source/Beltheim), the landlordship was shared among the [Electorate of Trier](/source/Electorate_of_Trier), the [County of Sponheim](/source/County_of_Sponheim) and the House of Braunshorn (later Winneburg and Metternich). Beginning in 1794, Grenderich 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).

The foundation stone for the Grenderich church was laid in 1870. The new building was completed in 1872 to plans drawn up by the district master builder Schmitt from [Cochem](/source/Cochem).

Since 1946, Grenderich has been part of the then newly founded [state](/source/States_of_Germany) of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate). Under the *Verwaltungsvereinfachungsgesetz* (“Administration Simplification Law”) of 18 July 1970, with effect from 7 November 1970, the municipality was grouped into the [*Verbandsgemeinde* of Zell](/source/Zell_(Verbandsgemeinde)).

At the same time as the [Pydna missile base](/source/Pydna_(missile_base)) was being built in the 1980s, a [Patriot missile](/source/MIM-104_Patriot) base was built within Grenderich’s limits. This base was abandoned in 1990 and the unit moved to the [Middle East](/source/Middle_East) to be deployed in the [Gulf War](/source/Gulf_War).

## Politics

### Municipal council

The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by [majority vote](/source/Plurality_voting_system) at the municipal election held on 26 May 2019, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[2]

### Mayor

Grenderich’s mayor is Wolfgang Wallrath, and his deputies are Stefan Korneli and Dennis Kürbis.[3]

### Coat of arms

The municipality’s [arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) might be described thus: Per pale argent a cross gules and gules an axe argent, the edge to sinister, helved Or.

## Culture and sightseeing

### Buildings

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

- Saint Matthew’s [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) Church (*Kirche St. Matthias*), Hauptstraße: [Gothic Revival](/source/Gothic_Revival_architecture) [hall church](/source/Hall_church), 1870-1872; modern campanile
- Graveyard; graveyard cross, from 1860
- Hauptstraße 34: *Quereinhaus* (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street); [timber-frame](/source/Timber_framing) building, partly solid, 19th century[4]

## Economy and infrastructure

### Transport

Grenderich is linked to the long-distance road network by *[Bundesstraße](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe)* 421 about 6 km to the south. The nearest [railway station](/source/Railway_station) is *[Bullay](/source/Bullay) (DB)* on the *Moselstrecke* ([railway](/source/Railway) line), lying roughly 11 km to the west.

## Sundry

Between the villages of [Grimburg](/source/Grimburg) and [Gusenburg](/source/Gusenburg) in the [Trier-Saarburg](/source/Trier-Saarburg) [district](/source/Districts_of_Germany), also in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), once lay another place called Grenderich. It vanished at the time of the [Thirty Years' War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War).

## 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. ["Wahlen in Grenderich am 26. Mai 2019 – Gemeinde Grenderich"](https://gemeinde-grenderich.de/wahlen-in-grenderich-am-26-mai-2019/) (in de-DE). 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2023-10-10.

1. ["Grenderich hat einen neuen Gemeinderat – Gemeinde Grenderich"](https://gemeinde-grenderich.de/grenderich-hat-einen-neuen-gemeinderat/) (in de-DE). Retrieved 2020-09-17.

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

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