Zettingen 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 Kaisersesch, whose seat is in the like-named town. Geography Location The municipality lies in the Eifel, on the Autobahn A 48, just across Landesstraße (State Road) 108 from Hambuch. Extent of municipal area The municipality of Zettingen has a total area of 3.70 km², of which 2.84 km² is cropland and 0.15 km² is wooded. History In 1267, Zettingen had its first documentary mention. Archaeological finds in and around the village have, however, led to the conclusion that the area was already settled by the Romans. In the 13th century, the Archbishops of Trier managed to bring into their ownership the so-called “treasury” of Klotten with its outlying countryside, within which lay Zettingen. On 1 October 1251, Archbishop of Trier Arnold II of Isenburg assumed the parish church in Hambuch with its branch churches with approval from the patron of the Rosenthal Monastery community. Beginning in 1350, Zettingen belonged to the Mädburg Monastery in the Elz valley near Kehrig. After the monastery was dissolved, the landholdings passed to the parish of Kehrig. In the 15th century, the Lords of Burgbrohl owned an estate in Zettingen that later passed to Georg von der Leyen and Dietrich von Braunsberg. The Lords of Burgbrohl also held the Vogtei as well as the chicken and goose interest. Furthermore, the collegiate foundation at Karden owned meadows, cropland and wild land in Zettingen. In 1804 and 1806, however, once the French had taken over in 1794, these holdings were auctioned off. This was also done in 1808 with all lands held by the Rosenthal Monastery, which lay near Binningen in the Pommerbach valley. In 1815 Zettingen was 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. Zettingen early on belonged to what was then the Amt of Kaisersesch, and since 1969 it has been part of the Verbandsgemeinde of Kaisersesch. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Mayor Zettingen’s mayor is Johannes Hammes. Coat of arms The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per