were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Mayor Kail’s mayor is Barbara Gehle. Coat of arms The German blazon reads: Schild durch eingeschweifte Spitze, darin in Grün eine goldene Urne mit drei Ähren, gespalten; vorne in Silber eine rote Rose, hinten in Silber ein schwarzes Schindmesser. The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Tierced in mantle, dexter argent a rose gules, sinister argent a flaying knife bendwise sable, the point to chief and in base vert an urn issuant from which three ears of wheat Or. The urn refers to a prehistoric archaeological find and to the Roman origin of the placename Kail, which meant originally “Calidus’s homestead”. Prehistoric barrows from La Tène times can be found in the Kailerwald district. The ears of wheat are supposed to recall both the time when the village arose, having once been mentioned as an agricultural estate, and agriculture itself, which is still important in the municipality today. The Rosenthal Convent was a landholder in the village between 1547 and 1801, owning an estate and valuable lands. The charge on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side, a rose, is the Convent's armorial bearing. The flaying knife on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side is Saint Bartholomew's attribute, thus representing the municipality's and the church's patron saint. He has held this honour since the old chapel was built in 1698. The arms have been borne since 16 December 1985. Culture and sightseeing The village's main landmark is Saint Bartholomew's Catholic Parish Church. It was built between 1901 and 1903 and has windows with beautiful, vividly coloured stained glass. The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments – Saint Bartholomew's Catholic Church (Kirche St. Bartholomäus), Hauptstraße 5 – Gothic Revival centrally supported building, 1901-1903; lava grotto with Gothic Revival sculptures Hauptstraße – wayside chapel, within a figure of Saint Anthony, 19th century Unterstraße 10 – Quereinhaus (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street), 19th century, stable; whole complex Unterstraße 16 – timber-frame house, partly solid, plastered, hipped mansard roof, 18th century; commercial wing, 19th century; whole complex of buildings At the Kreisstraße 30/Landesstraße 107 crossroads – wayside chapel; from 1891 References External links Municipality’s official webpage Cochem-Zell