Alflen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 11 '  N , 7 ° 2'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Cochem cell
Association municipality :	Elms
Height :	425 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.42 km 2
Residents:	784 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	58 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56828
Area code :	02678
License plate :	COC, ZEL
Community key :	07 1 35 002
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 1 56766 Ulmen
Website :	www.alflen.de
Local Mayor :	Berthold Schäfer
Location of the local community Alflen in the district of Cochem-Zell

Parish Church of St. John the Baptist

Alflen is a municipality in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Ulmen community .

geography

The elevated older part of the village is called "Kirch-Alflen" because of the church. The younger part of the village on the other side of the Litzbach in a hollow is called the "Überdorf". The hamlet of Peterskaul in the northwest is also part of Alflen .

Neighboring towns are clockwise: Ulmen , Müllenbach (near Mayen ), Büchel , Gevenich , Gillenbeuren , Schmitt ( Eifel ) and Auderath

history

In "Alflona" the Karden monastery owned a farm and associated Fronland and also two thirds of the parish's tithe according to the inventory of goods drawn up around 1100 . The Karden possession in "Alflona" was confirmed in 1178 by Pope Alexander III. The tithe had the pen until the end of the 18th century. In the Pope Eugene III. The document issued for the Echternach Abbey in 1148 mentions, among other things, smaller property at "Alflue" or "Afflue", similarly in 1161.

The parish church, first mentioned around 1100, is listed in the Trier Liber annalium at the beginning of the 13th century ; its parish was subordinate to the collegiate church in Karden. Around 1330 it is mentioned in the Taxa generalis , in 1475 and 1656 in protocols of the Archdeaconate of Karden and of the Land Chapter of Zell. 1592 and in the register 1552, with the patronage of John the Baptist . As a patron saint, St. Called Bartholomew .

Until the end of the 18th century, Alflen belonged to the rulers of Kurtrier and was assigned to the Cochem office. Within the consular district Alflen was the eponymous capital of a High Court , which also Büchel (Georg Weiler, Weiler Morsch) and Gillenbeuren as well as for office elm belonging Auderath belonged. Originally the high court Alflen was one of the Pellenz courts , which, according to a wisdom from 1499, had twelve lay judges. The Counts of Virneburg held this as an Electoral Trier fiefdom and granted it as an after-fief to the Counts of Metternich-Winneburg . The counts of Metternich-Winneburg were entitled to civil jurisdiction , the count appointed the mayor and the seven lay judges, the count's official zu Beilstein presided . In the Trier fire book from 1563 there are 50 fireplaces (households) in Alflen, in 1684 there were only 34.

In 1794 French revolutionary troops annexed the Left Bank of the Rhine ; from 1798 to 1814 Alflen belonged to the canton Ulmen in the Bonn arrondissement of the Rhine-Moselle department . The Munizipalrat (Alflener community representative in the Mairie Ulmen ) was the citizen of Henrich in 1808. There was a school teacher in town.

Due to the resolutions at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia . Under the Prussian administration, the municipality of Alflen became part of the Lutzerath mayor in the Cochem district , which belonged to the new administrative district of Koblenz and from 1822 to the Rhine province .

The municipality of Alflen has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 , since 1969 it has belonged to the district of Cochem-Zell and since 1970 of the Ulmen community .

Population development

The development of the population of Alflen, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 360 1835 506 1871 540 1905 592 1939 899 1950 747

year Residents 1961 784 1970 775 1987 748 1997 834 2005 866 2019 784

politics

Municipal council

The council in Alflen consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In a green shield head a silver urn , in silver a curled red tip , inside a golden rafter , a red hip horn in front, a black shell in the back ."
	Justification for the coat of arms: Hifthorn, shell and rafter beams come from the coat of arms of the Metternich-Winneburg-Beilstein family, as in the court seal of 1477 and 1761.

Attractions

The parish church of St. John the Baptist, with its Gothic style and its unusual ceiling paintings, is one of the most remarkable churches in the area. The substructure Romanesque west tower, upper floors and nave were renewed after 1716, late Gothic choir and sacristy after 1716.

The location of the church, which is surrounded by mighty chestnuts that are more than 300 years old and protected by nature, offers a picturesque picture in every season. You can get this view especially from the Zeip (a fountain) in Schulstrasse, near the school.

Chapel on Kapellenstrasse: a small hall building with a niche relief, supposedly originally from the 16th century, rebuilt in 1921 as a war memorial chapel.

The Felser-Haus , a half-timbered house from 1880, below the church. It survived World War II despite falling victim to a grenade attack. It used to be a shop inside, today it is only used as a residential building.

The Nassenberg juniper heath is a 5.3 hectare nature reserve in the north-eastern part of the Alflens district.

The Alflen local history museum was created on the basis of an exhibition organized by the Cochem-Zell district administration called On de Geman gien (going to the community) , at which old communication options and equipment were shown. It found its place in the attic of the former school and today's kindergarten near the church.

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Alflen
• List of natural monuments in Alflen

Economy and Infrastructure

Büchel Air Base

Büchel Air Base was established in the 1950s . Some beautiful buildings fell victim to the construction of the airfield, including the Chausseehaus. In addition, Alflen lost a significant part of its forest. To this day, Büchel Air Base , where the Tactical Air Force Wing 33 is stationed and some nuclear weapons are suspected, is one of the most important employers.

Bioenergy

For some years now, Alflen has been making greater efforts to reduce the use of fossil fuels for heat generation. In 2013, four local heating networks were created based on wood chips, through which a total of 40 houses are heated with CO ₂ -neutral, renewable biomass.

Day care center and elementary school

Alflen has a municipal kindergarten with all-day care. The primary school for the 1st to 4th grade will be closed in 2015 due to insufficient student numbers.

traffic

The place is very well connected to public transport:

• Bus line 500 ( Cochem - Gerolstein )
• Bus line 718 ( Cochem - Beuren )
• Bus line 521 ( Kaisersesch - Daun )
• Shared taxi (Alflen- Bad Bertrich )

The following motorways are also nearby:

• Junction Ulmen A48 / 1 towards Trier or Daun
• Junction Laubach A48 towards Koblenz
• Hasborn A1 junction towards Wittlich

Train stations are in:

• Wittlich - Wengerohr (towards Trier )
• Cochem (towards Koblenz )
• Gerolstein (towards Cologne / Trier )

Personalities

• Hedwig Lülsdorf (1935–1998), local politician and former mayor

Trivia

In Alflen, the film director Stefan Dähnert shot the film Engrazia about the youth of a problematic girl.

literature

• Alflen earlier , an illustrated book that draws on a photo exhibition on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the primary school
• Alfler Dorfgeschichte (s) , a detailed chronicle of the municipality of Alflen
• 100 years of the Alflen volunteer fire department , a book on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Alflen volunteer fire department
• Literature about Alflen in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography
• 300 years of new construction of the parish church Alflen (1716–2016)

Web links

Commons : Alflen  - collection of images

• Local community Alflen on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Ulmen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 23 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ^ Philipp de Lorenzi: Contributions to the history of all parishes of the Diocese of Trier . Bischöfliches General-Vicariate, Trier 1887, p. 243 ( www.dilibri.de )
4. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine Province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, pp. 116, 146, 171, 211.
5. ↑ Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , Koblenz: Prefecture-Buchdruckerey, 1808, p. 143 ( www.dilibri.de )
6. ↑ Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Coblenz , Coblenz: Hölscher, 1843, p. 39 ( www.dilibri.de )
7. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections