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State: | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Adm. Region: | Koblenz |
Capital: | Cochem[?] |
Area: | 719.42 km² |
Inhabitants: | 66,777 (2002) |
pop. density: | 93 inh./km² |
Car identification: | COC |
Website: | http://www.cochem-zell.de | Map |
Cochem-Zell is a district (Kreis) in the north-west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Mayen-Koblenz, Rhein-Hunsrück, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Daun.
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The district constists of three different landscapes. The Moselle River valley with its wine hills, and the mountains of the Hunsrück in the east and Eifel in the north and west. The highest elevation is the Höchstberg with 616 m, located in the Eifel.
The upper part of the coat of arms show the main feature of the coat of arms of the Zell district, the cross of Trier, as the bishops of Trier had a castle in Zell. The horn stands for the territory of Beilstein. The lion in the bottom is the symbol of the Palatinate, the counts of the Palatinate had a castle in Cochem. |
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