Züsch

Züsch is a municipality located in Trier-Saarburg county, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Züsch is located 40 km from Trier, Germany's oldest city. The Frankfurt-Hahn airport is 40 km away.

WWW zuesch.de

Neighboring towns/cities

Neuhütten, Damflos, Hermeskeil, Nonnweiler, Muhl.

Population

Population development :

Politics

The town council in Züsch contains twelve members, that were elected on 7 June 2009.
Ulrich Frohn became the local mayor of Züsch on July 1, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 87.03% of the vote. In the direct election on June 9, 2024, he was confirmed in office for another five years with 75.5%.
Frohn’s predecessors were Hermann Bernardy, who served from 2004, and before him Palmatius Kohlhaas, who held the office for 30 years.
Town council Group member distribution:

Year	SPD	WG Heck	WG Gross	Total
2009	7	3	2	12 Members
	Albert Dietz	Hartmut Heck	Edward Gross
	Klaus Jung	Thomas Schrenk	Hermann Schmitt
	Roswitha Bernardy	Georg Steppuhn
	Jörg Weber
	Sandra Hein
	Gereon Priess
	Claus Patzschke

Religion

Despite the towns modest population it has the oldest Evangelical church in Trier-Saarburg county which traces its roots to the time of the reformation in the second half of the 16th century. The Evangelical church has one of only two Spanish Organs located in Germany. The town also has a Catholic church with a renovated baroque interior and exterior facade.

Schools

The elementary school has students from Züsch, Neuhütten, and Muhl who transfer to Hermeskeil starting with the 5th grade. On the school grounds is a full size sports hall that is used by the school children during the day. The sports hall is used regularly by the various local clubs and is also used for various celebrations throughout the year.

Community Center

The community center offers a modern facility suited to host conferences and medium to large family and group celebrations.