Marks each day. Now, in a reversal of the former trend, people from Cologne were coming to Strimmig to hoard, steal and trade. The farmers, though, were unwilling to yield up very much, given the money's meagre worth. On this subject, one chronicle had this to say: “…if one gets any money, one must right away buy something with it … the market value changes several times daily. At this time, one pays for 1 American dollar 4 trillion Marks, for one French franc, 1 billion 1 hundred million, where before one would have paid 4.20 Marks and 80 Pfennigs respectively. …a 3½ pound loaf of bread costs 170 million, a pound of butter 1-2 trillion… Daily people come from the Moselle and offer sugar, brandy in trade… Bills are reckoned in fruit, as oats, barley and wheat are very much coveted.” Second World War The Second World War began on 1 September 1939. Already by 26 or 27 August, 9 men from Mittelstrimmig had to man the anti-aircraft gun battery (Flugabwehrstelle, or FLUWA) in the cadastral area known as Galgenflur. Up to 1942, roughly 75 men from Mittelstrimmig were called into the forces, 28 of whom fell in the war (in, among other places, Stalingrad); a further 17 are missing in action to this day. Mittelstrimmig and Forst were the only two villages that came through the war unscathed in any bombing or grenade attack. Only one aircraft ever crashed within Mittelstrimmig's limits, having been shot down by an RAF bomber. The Flak battery in Mittelstrimmig was meant to defend Koblenz against Allied air-raids. When the war reached Koblenz in 1943, people fled, seeking shelter in slate caves and shacks. Recent times Since 1946, Mittelstrimmig has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Until 1970, the municipality belonged to the Verbandsgemeinde of Senheim. However, after state administrative reform, it became part of the newly formed Verbandsgemeinde of Zell in the Cochem-Zell district. Name origin The name Strimmig, formerly Stremig or Stremich, is of Slavic-Celtic origin. Strymu means “hanging” or “sloping”, and is held to mean “on the slope”. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Mayor Mittelstrimmig's mayor is Lothar Jakobs, and his deputies are Heiko Theisen and Thomas Egon.