Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm

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Coat of arms of the Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm Map of Germany, position of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′  N , 6 ° 25 ′  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
Administrative headquarters : Bitburg
Area : 1,626.22 km 2
Residents: 99,058 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 61 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : BIT, PRÜ
Circle key : 07 2 32
NUTS : DEB23
Circle structure: 234 municipalities
Address of the
district administration: 		Trierer Strasse 1
54634 Bitburg
Website : www.bitburg-pruem.de
District Administrator : Joachim Streit ( independent )
Location of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate
Niederlande Belgien Frankreich Luxemburg Baden-Württemberg Hessen Nordrhein-Westfalen Saarland Frankenthal (Pfalz) Kaiserslautern Koblenz Landau in der Pfalz Landau in der Pfalz Ludwigshafen am Rhein Mainz Pirmasens Speyer Trier Worms Zweibrücken Landkreis Ahrweiler Landkreis Altenkirchen (Westerwald) Landkreis Alzey-Worms Landkreis Bad Dürkheim Landkreis Bad Kreuznach Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich Landkreis Birkenfeld Landkreis Cochem-Zell Donnersbergkreis Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm Landkreis Germersheim Landkreis Kaiserslautern Landkreis Kusel Landkreis Mainz-Bingen Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz Neustadt an der Weinstraße Landkreis Neuwied Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Rhein-Lahn-Kreis Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße Landkreis Südwestpfalz Landkreis Trier-Saarburg Landkreis Vulkaneifel Westerwaldkreismap
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Aerial view of Bitburg, seat of the district administration

The Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm (until December 31, 2006 district Bitburg-Prüm ) is a district in the far west of Rhineland-Palatinate and borders the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg . Measured in terms of its area, the district is the largest and at the same time the most sparsely populated in Rhineland-Palatinate as well as the richest in municipalities in Germany. The seat of the district administration and at the same time the most populous city is Bitburg .

geography

location

The Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm comprises the southern part of the Eifel low mountain range with the Schneifel and its highest mountain, the Black Man ( 698  m ). In the west is the Islek , in the east the Kalk and Waldeifel and in the south the Bitburger Gutland (Bekef) with the Ferschweiler plateau . Smaller rivers such as Kyll , Nims and Prüm run through the district. Our and Sauer (a tributary of the Moselle ) form the border with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg .

Neighboring areas

The Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm borders clockwise to the north, beginning with the Euskirchen district (in North Rhine-Westphalia , border length only approx. 1.5 km) as well as the Vulkaneifel , Bernkastel-Wittlich and Trier-Saarburg districts . In the west it borders on the Luxembourgish cantons of Echternach , Diekirch , Vianden and Clervaux and in the north-west on the Belgian province of Liège .

history

The current district of Bitburg-Prüm was split up into many territories at the end of the 18th century. In 1798, under French administration, the arrondissement of Prüm was founded as part of the Saardé department . In 1815 it came under Prussian administration and in 1816 the two districts of Bitburg and Prüm were established in the Trier administrative district . After the First World War, the area was temporarily occupied by the French again. In the district are located mainly in today Schneifel important remains of the former West Wall . Since 1946 the area has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

The district of Bitburg-Prüm was formed as part of the district reform in Rhineland-Palatinate on November 7, 1970 from the following components:

The district of Bitburg-Prüm was renamed the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm on January 1st, 2007 , from which, among other things, tourist advantages were hoped.

Today's Eifelkreis has been part of the Trier Region Initiative (IRT) since 1994 , in which regional public institutions, administrations, universities, companies, banks and committed individuals aim to ensure the future of the region as an economically attractive, culturally significant and ecologically intact area with a high Securing the value of life and leisure time, working together as partners.

Population development

year Residents source
1970 93,400
1980 89,300
1990 91,400
2000 96,500
2010 94.008
2016 98.021

politics

Election of the district council of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm 2019
Turnout: 64.2% (2014: 60.7%)
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30th
20th
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36.9%
21.8%
14.3%
13.8%
6.6%
4.0%
2.6%
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
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Template: election chart / maintenance / notes
Remarks:
c Free group of voters in the Bitburg-Prüm District Association (FWG)
Allocation of seats in the
district council of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm 2019
       
A total of 42 seats

District council

The district council of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm consists of 42 elected members and the district administrator as chairman. The district election on May 26, 2019 led to the following election result:

Parties and constituencies %
2019 		Seats
2019 		%
2014 		Seats
2014 		%
2009 		Seats
2009 		%
2004 		Seats
2004 		%
1999 		Seats
1999
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 36.9 15th 45.0 19th 40.7 17th 52.6 22nd 54.0 22nd
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 21.8 9 25.4 11 19.2 8th 21.6 9 28.7 12
FWG Free group of voters in the Bitburg-Prüm district association 14.3 6th 12.9 5 22.9 10 14.1 6th 9.2 4th
GREEN Alliance 90 / The Greens 13.8 6th 9.3 4th 6.1 3 5.2 2 3.9 2
FDP Free Democratic Party 6.6 3 4.5 2 8.1 3 6.5 3 4.2 2
AfD Alternative for Germany 4.0 2 - - - - - - - -
THE LEFT. THE LEFT. 2.6 1 2.8 1 3.0 1 - - - -
total 100.0 42 100.0 42 100.0 42 100.0 42 100.0 42
Voter turnout in% 64.2 60.7 63.6 66.8 71.7

District administrators

District administrators of the Bitburg-Prüm district

1970–1979: Karl Vogt
1979–1988: Fritz Gasper
1989-2006: Roger Graef

District administrators of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

2007-2009: Roger Graef
since December 16, 2009: Joachim Streit

In the direct election on September 24, 2017, Joachim Streit was confirmed in his office for a further eight years with 88.4% of the vote.

District partnerships

The Eifelkreis has had a district partnership with the southern Thuringian district of Sonneberg since 1990 . As part of this, he helped his circle of partners to set up the district administration after reunification .

Another district partnership was officially signed on October 2, 2001 with the Polish powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski (German: Kedzierzyn-Kozle district ) after it had been established in the two years before. The district partnership is supported by another communal partnership between the Bitburg-Land association and Strzeleczki (German: Klein-Strehlitz ).

badges and flags

  • Hoist flag

  • Banner flag

The Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm has a coat of arms as well as a hoist and banner flag .

Coat of arms of the Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
 Blazon : “Quartered: 1 red bar cross in silver; 2 golden tower with a blue gate in red, each with a silver star over a silver nailed cross; 3 silver Salvator lamb in red; 4 divided nine times by silver and blue. "

The coat of arms was approved on August 27, 1973.

Reasons for the coat of arms: The red cross stands for the Electorate of Trier. The tower comes from the seal of the provost and the city of Bitburg. The lamb with the flag is the coat of arms of the Priory Abbey . The silver-blue stripes symbolize the Duchy of Luxembourg , to which the southern part of the district belonged.

An overview of the coats of arms of the cities and municipalities of the district can be found in the list of coats of arms in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm .

Economy and Transport

In the Future Atlas 2016 , the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm was ranked 237 out of 402 districts, municipal associations and independent cities in Germany and is therefore one of the regions with a “balanced risk-opportunity mix” for the future.

Bitburg-Erdorf station on the Eifel route

Street

The federal motorway 60 Wittlich-Lüttich (Belgium) runs through the district . In addition, several federal , country and district roads run through the district, including the B 51 , B 257 , B 265 and B 410 .

rail

The Eifel route from Cologne to Trier runs through the district. This railway line had several branches , which have now been largely closed and some of them have already been dismantled. Minden was a stop on the Erdorf – Irrel – Igel ( Nims-Sauertalbahn ) railway line , which was shut down and dismantled in 1988. The Erdorf-Bitburg section was used to supply the Bitburger brewery with raw materials until the end of 2005. However, this was shifted to the road for cost reasons.

air

In the district area there are several sports airfields as well as the former NATO airfield Bitburg , which is currently approved for civil aviation use in visual flight up to 14 tons. The runway measures 3056 meters (for comparison: Frankfurt am Main: 4000 m, Nuremberg 2700 m) and is therefore suitable for large aircraft. Expansion and approval procedures for instrument flight are currently underway.

cities and communes

The Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm comprises 234 communities, making it the district with the largest number of communities in Germany. Bitburg is the largest municipality with 15,047 inhabitants, while most of the other municipalities have fewer than 1000 inhabitants.

(Information in brackets: population figures on December 31, 2019)

Association-free municipalities / cities :

Association municipalities with their association members:

Bitburg Auw bei Prüm Roth bei Prüm Olzheim Neuendorf Kleinlangenfeld Schwirzheim Büdesheim Wallersheim Fleringen Weinsheim Gondenbrett Sellerich Buchet Oberlascheid Bleialf Mützenich Winterscheid Winterspelt Großlangenfeld Brandscheid Prüm Rommersheim Giesdorf Hersdorf Seiwerath Schönecken Oberlauch Niederlauch Orlenbach Winringen Dingdorf Watzerath Pittenbach Pronsfeld Habscheid Heckhuscheid Matzerath Heisdorf Nimsreuland Lasel Wawern Feuerscheid Nimshuscheid Lützkampen Großkampenberg Kesfeld Üttfeld Euscheid Strickscheid Lünebach Lierfeld Eilscheid Dackscheid Merlscheid Pintesfeld Kinzenburg Waxweiler Manderscheid Lichtenborn Arzfeld Irrhausen Reiff Sengerich Leidenborn Herzfeld Eschfeld Roscheid Harspelt Sevenig (Our) Dahnen Reipeldingen Daleiden Dasburg Preischeid Olmscheid Jucken Kickeshausen Lauperath Krautscheid Oberpierscheid Niederpierscheid Lascheid Hargarten Lambertsberg Mauel Plütscheid Burbach Balesfeld Neuheilenbach Neidenbach Usch Zendscheid Steinborn Sankt Thomas Malbergweich Malberg (Eifel) Kyllburgweiler Seinsfeld Oberkail Gransdorf Gindorf Pickließem Orsfeld Kyllburg Etteldorf Wilsecker Badem Sefferweich Seffern Schleid Heilenbach Ehlenz Oberweiler Bickendorf Nattenheim Fließem Rittersdorf (Eifel) Ließem Niederweiler Biersdorf am See Wiersdorf Wißmannsdorf Hamm (Eifel) Echtershausen Brecht Feilsdorf Hütterscheid Baustert Brimingen Mülbach Oberweis Bettingen (Eifel) Olsdorf Wettlingen Stockem Halsdorf Enzen Dudeldorf Gondorf Metterich Hüttingen an der Kyll Röhl Scharfbillig Sülm Dahlem Trimport Idenheim Idesheim Meckel Eßlingen Oberstedem Niederstedem Wolsfeld Dockendorf Ingendorf Messerich Birtlingen Altscheid Berkoth Nusbaum Biesdorf Kruchten Hommerdingen Hüttingen bei Lahr Mettendorf Niehl Burg Lahr Geichlingen Körperich Roth an der Our Gentingen Ammeldingen an der Our Berscheid Bauler Waldhof-Falkenstein Keppeshausen Rodershausen Gemünd Sevenig bei Neuerburg Affler Dauwelshausen Scheitenkorb Nasingen Muxerath Obergeckler Niedergeckler Sinspelt Niederraden Koxhausen Herbstmühle Karlshausen Zweifelscheid Leimbach Emmelbaum Ammeldingen bei Neuerburg Heilbach Uppershausen Plascheid Hütten Neuerburg Scheuern Fischbach-Oberraden Utscheid Weidingen Übereisenbach Wallendorf Bollendorf Echternacherbrück Ernzen Ferschweiler Minden Menningen Eisenach Gilzem Kaschenbach Niederweis Irrel Prümzurlay Alsdorf Holsthum Peffingen Schankweiler Spangdahlem Herforst Beilingen Philippsheim Speicher (Eifel) Preist Orenhofen Auw an der Kyll Hosten Nordrhein-Westfalen Belgien Luxemburg Trier Landkreis Trier-Saarburg Landkreis Vulkaneifel Landkreis Bernkastel-WittlichAssociation communities in BIT.svg
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(Seat of the association *)

1. Verbandsgemeinde Arzfeld (9481)
2. Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land (25,442) [seat: Bitburg]
3. Association municipality of Prüm (21,522)
4. Verbandsgemeinde Speicher (8542)
5. Verbandsgemeinde Südeifel (19,024)
See also
Former parishes

The following municipalities have lost their independence since the district was founded in 1970:

For lists of the term "area changes" see area reforms in Rhineland-Palatinate

License Plate

On November 7, 1970, the district was assigned the BIT , which has been valid since July 1, 1956 for the Bitburg district. It is still issued today. Since November 14, 2012, the distinguishing mark PRÜ (Prüm) has also been available.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 160 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.  
  3. ↑ State government decides to change the name of the Eifel districts to "Landkreis Vulkaneifel" and "Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm" ( Memento of February 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), state government press releases, July 4, 2006
  4. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
  5. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1981
  6. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1992
  7. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 2002
  8. ↑ https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen//kk/verbindungen/2320000000.html
  9. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm. Final result of the 2019 district assembly. Accessed August 11, 2019 .
  10. ^ Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm: District Administrator Joachim Streit confirmed with almost 90 percent in office. Press release. September 24, 2015, accessed December 3, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Zukunftsatlas 2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original ; accessed on March 23, 2018 .
  12. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).