Peterswald-Löffelscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Zell, whose seat is in the municipality of Zell an der Mosel. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Hunsrück roughly 8 km east-southeast of Zell. Constituent communities As the municipality's name implies, there are two centres, or Ortsteile, named Peterswald and Löffelscheid. History In 1233, the municipality had its first documentary mention as Silva s. Petri. A later mention calls it Petrusdorf. The two places both belonged to the “three-lord” territory, As in the Beltheim Court, the lordship was shared by the Electorate of Trier, the Counts of Sponheim and the family Braunshorn (later Winneburg and Metternich). In 1790, the lordship of Peterswald with the villages of Peterswald and Löffelscheid was assigned to the Counts of Metternich. Beginning in 1794, both places lay under French rule. In 1814 they were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. On 7 November 1970 came the merger of the two municipalities into one. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Mayor Peterswald-Löffelscheid's mayor is Kurt Mähser, and his deputies are Leo Jakobs and Joachim Emmel. Coat of arms The municipality's arms might be described thus: Tierced in mantle dexter vert two swords in saltire, the hilts to chief, argent, sinister a fleur-de-lis of the second, and in base argent a cross counter-compony argent and gules. Culture and sightseeing Buildings The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: Löffelscheid On Kreisstraße (District Road) 51 between Löffelscheid and Peterswald – Heiligenhäuschen (a small, shrinelike structure consecrated to a saint or saints) Peterswald Saint Peter’s and Saint Paul’s Catholic Church (Kirche St. Peter und Paul), Zeller Straße – Baroque aisleless church, marked 1765 and 1766, west tower, 1923; Crucifixion group, late 19th century; whole complex (see also section below) Schulweg 2 – Quereinhaus (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street); timber-frame building, partly solid, 18th or 19th century Schulweg 6 – Hakenhof; timber-frame house, partly