# Sosberg

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**Sosberg** 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

The municipality lies on a sloped edge in the [Hunsrück](/source/Hunsr%C3%BCck) between the rivers [Moselle](/source/Moselle), [Nahe](/source/Nahe_(Rhine)) and [Rhine](/source/Rhine) on the one hand and the Idarwald and Soonwald (wooded areas of the Hunsrück) on the other. East of the village runs the Mörsdorfer Bach towards the Moselle.

## History

In 1330, Sosberg had its first documentary mention under the name *Soysbergh*.

The village 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, Sosberg 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). 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)).

## Politics

### Municipal council

The council is made up of 6 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

Sosberg's mayor is Andreas Lehnert.[1]

### Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: *Der Wappenschild ist zweimal gespalten. Vorn in Silber ein rotes, durchgehendes Kreuz, belegt mit einem silbernen Hifthorn. Das Mittelfeld zeigt in Grün eine linkshin gerichtete, silberne Hellebarde, hinten ein silbern-rotes Schach zu drei Plätzen in elf Reihen.*

The municipality's [arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) might in English [heraldic](/source/Heraldry) language be described thus: A pale vert charged with a pole-axe argent, the edge to sinister, between argent a cross gules surmounted by a bugle-horn of the second, the bell to sinister, and chequy of thirty-three of the second and third.

The red cross on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side refers to the [Electorate of Trier](/source/Electorate_of_Trier) and the horn stands for the [Imperial](/source/Holy_Roman_Empire) lordship of Beilstein. The axe is [Saint Matthias](/source/Saint_Matthias)’s attribute, thus representing the church’s patron saint. The green field [tincture](/source/Tincture_(heraldry)) on which this [charge](/source/Charge_(heraldry)) appears refers to the municipality’s [agricultural](/source/Agriculture) structure. The silver and red “chequy” pattern on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side is from the arms formerly borne by the “Hinder” [County of Sponheim](/source/County_of_Sponheim).

The arms have been borne since 26 October 1971.[3]

## Culture and sightseeing

### Buildings

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

- [Saint Matthias](/source/Saint_Matthias)’s [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) Church (branch church; *Filialkirche St. Matthias*), An der Kirche – [aisleless church](/source/Aisleless_church) with [transept](/source/Transept), marked 1769, expansion 1926, vestibule 1947
- Hauptstraße 13 – *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; barn
- Hauptstraße 14 – *Quereinhaus*; timber-frame building, partly solid or slated, 18th or 19th century
- Kirchweg 8 – [cast-iron](/source/Cast_iron) cross, [Rheinböllen](/source/Rheinb%C3%B6llen) foundry, late 19th century
- Mastershausener Weg 1 – *Quereinhaus*; timber-frame building, partly slated, marked 1889
- Steilweg 1 – timber-frame house, 19th century
- Steilweg 3 – *Quereinhaus*; timber-frame building, partly solid, 19th century[4]

### Regular events

- Traditional shooting festival held by the *Schützenverein Sosberg* (marksmen's club)

## 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/1350508000.html)

1. [Description and explanation of Sosberg’s arms](http://www.sosberg.de/wappen.htm)

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.sosberg.de/) (in German)
- [Sosberg](http://www.swr.de/landesschau-rp/hierzuland/-/id=100766/nid=100766/did=2353104/j7d04v/index.html) in the [SWR](/source/SWR_Fernsehen) programme *Hierzuland* (in German)

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