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language be described thus: Below a chief countercompony azure and Or, Or a bend gules between a torc and a Gothic letter C, both sable.
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The municipality, a rural residential community, lies in the
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at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
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Kostenz’s mayor is Gerd Schreiner, and his deputy is Klaus Rodenbusch.
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The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by
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Kostenz. Parochially, Ober Kostenz, together with
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Location of Ober
Kostenz within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
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was the landholder. The village church was from 1689 to 1896 a
767:"Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden"
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settlement. A grave field from the 1st century on what is now
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Directory of
Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district
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and handicrafts. East of Ober
Kostenz lies the biggest
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Kostenz in the collective municipality's webpages
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16:Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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523:. Beginning in 1794, Ober Kostenz lay under
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689:church, Osterbahn 3 – mediaeval (?) tower,
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713:The Evangelical church also has a Stumm
361:Municipal building in the village centre
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392:Osterbahn 3: Evangelical church
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435:. It belongs to the
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347:Vehicle registration
278: • Density
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163:49.95722°N 7.35333°E
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102:Show map of Germany
641:County of Sponheim
533:Congress of Vienna
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1395:Raversbeuren
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1345:Niederweiler
1335:Niedersohren
1300:Mutterschied
1270:Metzenhausen
1260:Mengerschied
1235:Lindenschied
1170:Klosterkumbd
1045:Emmelshausen
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371:Metzenhausen
325:Postal codes
49:Coat of arms
33:Municipality
1555:Wiebelsheim
1430:Rödelhausen
1415:Rheinböllen
1400:Rayerschied
1330:Niederkumbd
1230:Liebshausen
1185:Kratzenburg
1105:Heinzenbach
1010:Dichtelbach
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717:from 1891.
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559:Evangelical
517:Evangelical
485:Kreisstraße
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1604:Categories
1580:Zilshausen
1565:Woppenroth
1515:Tiefenbach
1510:Thörlingen
1500:Spesenroth
1495:Sohrschied
1465:Schnorbach
1455:Sargenroth
1450:Sankt Goar
1425:Riesweiler
1420:Riegenroth
1325:Niederburg
1310:Neuerkirch
1305:Nannhausen
1290:Morshausen
1280:Mörschbach
1275:Michelbach
1240:Lingerhahn
1175:Kludenbach
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