which in 1288 was named in Rudolf von Polch's will. The parish's 1587 seal shows, among other things, the arms borne by the Lords of Brunsperch-Brohl, now also borne as a charge in the base of Forst's arms. These lords long held the Pellenz court as a fief. The arms have been borne since 1987. Culture and sightseeing Buildings The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: Forst (main centre) Binniger Straße – wayside chapel, 18th or 19th century Hauptstraße 7 – former school; building with half-hipped roof, partly plastered, Swiss chalet style, from 1912 Hauptstraße 8 – so-called Fränkischer Hof; quarrystone building, from 1896; at the stable second-hand stone, from 1686; whole complex In der Hohl – old Saint Castor’s Catholic Parish Church (Pfarrkirche St. Kastor); Romanesque tower, upper floor from 1873; whole complex with graveyard; cross with warriors’ memorial, 1920s; wayside cross, 1711; basalt grave cross, 1598; basalt wayside cross with Crucifixion group, 1702 and 1846 (renovation) Pfaffenhausener Straße 25 – Baroque door On Kreisstraße (District Road) 23, going towards Binningen – grave cross, 18th century On Kreisstraße 28 – wayside chapel; plastered quarrystone building, 18th century On Kreisstraße 28, going towards Dünfus – basalt wayside cross, 18th or 19th century Molzig Molzigerstraße: basalt wayside cross, from 1696 The outlying centre of Pfaffenhausen has no sites in the directory. References External links Municipality’s official webpage Cochem-Zell