Birresborn
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Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ' N , 6 ° 38' E |
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| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| County : | Vulkaneifel | |
| Association municipality : | Gerolstein | |
| Height : | 340 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 20.88 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 1097 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 53 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 54574 | |
| Primaries : | 06594, 06599 (Rome) | |
| License plate : | DAU | |
| Community key : | 07 2 33 204 | |
| LOCODE : | DE 5BO | |
| Association administration address: | Kyllweg 1 54568 Gerolstein |
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| Mayoress : | Christiane Stahl ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Birresborn in the Vulkaneifel district | ||
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Birresborn is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Gerolstein community . Birresborn is a state-approved resort .
geography
Birresborn is about six kilometers south of Gerolstein at 350 m above sea level. NHN in the Kylltal .
Birresborn also includes Sauerwasser, the Waldfries hunting lodge and the district of Rome .
Neighboring communities are (clockwise from the north): Gerolstein seven kilometers, Michelbach (district of Gerolstein) four kilometers, Salm eight kilometers, Mürlenbach four kilometers, Kopp four kilometers and Büdesheim nine kilometers.
mountains
- Rödelkaul ( 592.3 m above sea level )
- Daxberg ( 548.5 m above sea level )
- Goldberg ( 528.9 m above sea level )
- Kalem volcano ( 512.8 m above sea level )
Waters
- Kyll
- Fischbach
- Schlemmbach
Mineral springs
Adoni's source
The Adonis spring is located in the middle of the village and has been closed since November 2003 due to pollution. The spring temple, which also exists near the Kyll Bridge, where the mineral water from the Adonis spring could be drunk and bottled free of charge until the end, has since been closed.
Linden spring
The Lindenquelle is about four kilometers north of Birresborn on the way to Gerolstein. The still remaining spring pavilion is a listed building and has been restored since July 3, 2009, and the mineral water is bubbling again. The linden spring is not affected by the pollution of the Adonis spring. You can now drink water here free of charge all year round.
Nature reserves
- Kalem volcano
- Ice caves and Fischbachtal
- In the rock
- Hundsbachtal
history
The place name can be dated back to the 8th century at the earliest and probably goes back to the Old High German bür = apartment, house . He appears for the first time on August 13, 762 as Birgisburias in Carasco in a deed of gift from King Pippin the Younger to the Prüm Monastery .
The Birresborn area of the Kylltal was probably not yet populated during the Roman era. Due to the extensive archaeological finds on the surrounding hills, however, it can be assumed that they were inhabited by the Roman era.
| June 15, 1871 | With the opening of the Eifelbahn between Gerolstein and Trier, Birresborn is connected to the German rail network. | |
| May 14, 1908 | The Birresborner Lindenquelle is recognized as non-profit. | |
| February 20, 1914 | State recognition of mineral springs as medicinal springs. (see also medicinal water ). | |
| December 25, 1944 | Shortly before the end of the Second World War , a large part of Birresborn was destroyed by an Allied air raid. | |
| November 7, 1970 | As part of the functional and territorial reform of Rhineland-Palatinate, Birresborn and 14 other communities are being reclassified from the district of Prüm , which was dissolved at the same time, to the district of Daun (since 2007 the district of Vulkaneifel). | |
| November 11, 2003 | The Birresborner Phönix Sprudel mineral fountain is closed due to contamination. | |
| May 24, 2009 | The community celebrates a "historical village festival" with more than 3,500 visitors from home and abroad. | |
| May 26, 2013 | The community celebrates its 1250th anniversary as part of a "forest festival" - the forest is the most important source of income for Birresborn. |
politics
Municipal council
The local council in Birresborn consists of 16 council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the municipal council:
| choice | SPD | CDU | WGR | WGR | total |
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| 2019 | - | 5 | - | 11 | 16 seats |
| 2014 | - | 4th | 3 | 9 | 16 seats |
| 2009 | - | 6th | 4th | 6th | 16 seats |
| 2004 | 5 | 11 | - | - | 16 seats |
| 1999 | 5 | 10 | 1 | - | 16 seats |
Local mayor
| Taking office | Term expires | Surname | Remarks |
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| Nov 29, 1952 | June 9, 1970 | Josef Stadtfeld | |
| June 10, 1970 | Oct 9, 1970 | Peter Wirtz | resigned |
| Oct 9, 1970 | Oct 22, 1970 | Hans Heinen | as 1st alderman after Wirtz's resignation |
| Oct 23, 1970 | Nov. 30, 1982 | Anton Karl | |
| Dec. 1, 1982 | 2009 | Josef Bach | |
| 2009 | 2014 | Michael Zander | |
| 2014 | 2019 | Gordon Schnieder (CDU) | |
| 2019 | Christiane Stahl |
coat of arms
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Blazon : "In blue over a silver mountain of three, in it a slanting left green oak leaf, a silver fountain with a four-part water jet." |
| Justification for the coat of arms: The fountain indicates “Born” (fountain) in the place name as well as the mineral and medicinal springs, the Dreiberg with the oak leaf symbolizes the wooded and mountainous surroundings of the place. |
traffic
Rail transport
The Birresborn stop is on the Eifel route ( Cologne - Euskirchen - Gerolstein - Trier ). It is a demand stop that is served by the following local rail passenger transport trains:
| line | designation | Line course | Clock frequency |
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| RB 22 | Eifel Express |
Cologne fair / Deutz - Cologne - Euskirchen - Jünkerath - Gerolstein - Birresborn - Bitburg-Erdorf - Ehrang - Trier (Cologne fair / Deutz - Gerolstein asRE 22) |
60 min (in the HVZ amplifier Gerolstein – Trier) |
The tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Region Trier (VRT) applies to all local public transport (ÖPNV ) .
Streets
Birresborn is located directly on Landesstraße 24 .
- Highway
schools
- Primary School Birresborn (1st - 4th grade)
church
Birresborn is a place with citizens predominantly Catholic denomination. The parish of St. Nikolaus Birresborn also includes the parishes of St. Matthias Kopp , St. Lucia Mürlenbach and Maria Magdalena Densborn . The parish belongs to the diocese of Trier .
Attractions
- Ice caves , millstone quarries
- "Adam & Eve", pine trees over 200 years old
- Linden spring
- Kyll Bridge
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 2004, November 6th: Peter Peters (1924–2009)
- 2015, June 1: Josef Bach (1941–2019)
Born in Birresborn
- Jakob Schaefgen (1898–1967), German district administrator
- Theodor Baums (* 1947), Professor of Business Law at the University of Frankfurt am Main
- Alois Bach (* 1951), retired Brigadier General D.
Other personalities associated with Birresborn
- Patrick Schnieder (* 1968), German politician (CDU) and member of the German Bundestag since 2009
- Christian Humberg (* 1976), author, translator, editor and journalist, lived in Birresborn from 1976
Web links
- Birresborn parish
- Birgisburias in Carasco. Place name and beginnings of settlement of Birresborn
- To search for cultural assets of the local community Birresborn in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 115 (PDF; 3 MB).
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes ) (scale 1: 2,500)
- ^ Entry on the source house of the Adonis source in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on September 20, 2015.
- ↑ a b Birresborner - water from another time. Press review. July 29, 2012, accessed July 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Inauguration of the spring temple at the former mineral well. In: et leaflets. June 26, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2019 .
- ^ Entry on Lindenquelle - source pavilion in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on September 20, 2015.
- ↑ Heinz Peter Brogiato: Birgisburias in Carasco - place name and settlement beginnings of Birresborn. In: Heimatjahrbuch 1989. Landkreis Vulkaneifel, accessed on April 5, 2019 (The partly widespread translation of the place name with “good well” is wrong, see the article mentioned in the web links for the place name and the development of the settlement.).
- ^ Regesta Imperii RI I n.95 of August 13, 762 (online ; accessed July 30, 2017).
- ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 150 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
- ↑ Forest Festival - 1250 years Birresborn. Around the ice caves in Birresborn. May 31, 2013, accessed July 11, 2019 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
- ↑ Never thought it would be that long. Josef Bach has been the local mayor for exactly 25 years. In: Trierischer Volksfreund. November 30, 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2019 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2009, direct elections of the local and city mayors
- ↑ The Regional Returning Officer for Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2014, direct elections for the local and city mayors
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Direct elections 2019. Accessed on July 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Deutsche Bahn course book. Retrieved September 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Arno Sauer: The Kyll Bridge in Birresborn - a vaulted structure of historical value. In: Heimatjahrbuch 1987. Landkreis Vulkaneifel, p. 201 , accessed on April 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Johannes Burggraf: Peter Peters is an honorary citizen of Birresborn. (No longer available online.) In: Website Birresborn. November 6, 2004, archived from the original on July 18, 2011 ; Retrieved February 20, 2014 .
- ↑ Gordon Schnieder: Granting of honorary citizenship to Josef Bach. In: Website Birresborn. July 11, 2019, accessed June 2, 2015 .
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