Saffig is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in the district of Mayen-Koblenz

Mayen-Koblenz

Mayen-Koblenz is a district in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Ahrweiler, Neuwied, Westerwaldkreis, district-free Koblenz, Rhein-Lahn, Rhein-Hunsrück, Cochem-Zell, and Vulkaneifel....

 in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....

, western Germany

Germany

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The emblem

The organ pipes and the ear show St. Cäcilia, the patron saint of the Catholic church of Saffig. The lava dome shows the territory of vulcanos, where Saffig is.

History

The first reference of this village was 1258 as "Saffge". Until 1481 Saffig was a fiefdom of Cologne. Than it was a fiefdom of the family von der Leyen

Leyen

The House of Leyen is an ancient German family of high nobility, the origin of which can be traced to the middle of the 12th century, which had estates at the Moselle River. Originally the family was named by its castle in Gondorf . Since the 14th century it has called itself von der Leyen...

. After the annexation of sinistral territory of the rhine during the French Revolutionary Wars

French Revolutionary Wars

The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...

 (1794–1815), Saffig became a "Mairie" of France.
Since 1992 Saffig is a part of the "Verbandsgemeinde

Verbandsgemeinde

A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...

" called Pellenz

Pellenz

Pellenz is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated north-east of Mayen, and south of Andernach...

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Buildings and sights

The Catholic church St. Cäcilia was built with the plans of Balthasar Neumann

Balthasar Neumann

Johann Balthasar Neumann , also known as Balthasar Neumann, was a [German] military artillery engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period,...

 (1739–1742) and of his pupil Johannes Seiz.

Other examples:

• The Palace garden - was a part of the Palace territory of the family von der Leyen
  Leyen
  The House of Leyen is an ancient German family of high nobility, the origin of which can be traced to the middle of the 12th century, which had estates at the Moselle River. Originally the family was named by its castle in Gondorf . Since the 14th century it has called itself von der Leyen...
  
  
• Synagogue
  Synagogue
  A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
  
  - meanwhile a memorial
• "Von-der-Leyen Halle" - the new multi-purpose hall