Kötterichen is an Ortsgemeinde, or municipality, located in the Vulkaneifel district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It functions as a member of the Verbandsgemeinde of Kelberg, which is a type of collective municipality.
The administrative seat for the Verbandsgemeinde of Kelberg is situated in the like-named municipality. Kötterichen serves as one of the constituent local communities within this regional administrative structure.