Altrich

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality :	Wittlich-Land
Height :	180 m above sea level NHN
Area :	16.25 km 2
Residents:	1709 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	105 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54518
Area code :	06571
License plate :	WIL, BKS
Community key :	07 2 31 001
LOCODE :	DE 2AN
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Kurfürstenstrasse 1 ; 54516 Wittlich
Website :	www.altrich.de
Mayoress :	Sylvia Stoffel candlestick
Location of the local community Altrich in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich

Altrich is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land .

geography

Altrich is about four kilometers south of the district town of Wittlich . The district of Büscheid as well as the residential areas Haardt, Kirchhof, Neuenhof, Bahnwärterhaus Sommerkopf and Villa Altrich belong to Altrich.

history

Altrich was first documented in the year 952, when the Archbishop of Trier Ruotbert a "Wido" at the Lieser and Altrich country verlehnte to derive Wingerten to make. In this document the place was called "Altreie". The neighboring town of Wittlich was first mentioned in documents over a hundred years later, in 1065. In a statement from the Koblenz State Main Archives , reference is made to a possibly even older mention of the place. In the so-called " Echternach Chronicle", which the monk Theodoric wrote down in 1192, Altrich is dated to the year 636 under the name "Alta Regia".

Altrich belonged to the Electorate of Trier until the end of the 18th century and with the places Büscheid, Haardt and Kirchhof formed a separate judicial district within the Wittlich office . According to a wisdom from 1444, the dinghouse of the high court of the Wittlich office was also located in what is now the municipality: "In the arbor in front of the large barn at Kirchhof bei Altrich".

After the Left Bank of the Rhine was taken by French revolutionary troops (1794) and integrated into the First French Republic , Altrich belonged to the canton of Wittlich in the Saardepartement from 1798 to 1814 . At the Congress of Vienna (1815) the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia . From 1816 on, Altrich belonged to the newly formed Wittlich district in the Trier administrative district , which was part of the Rhine Province from 1822 to 1946 .

The parish church is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Andreas . Andreasstraße owes its name to her.

Since 1946 the place has belonged to the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	300
1835	586
1871	704
1905	781
1939	876
1950	970

year	Residents
1961	977
1970	1,123
1987	1,399
1997	1,471
2005	1,549
2017	1,683

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Altrich consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	WGR	total
2019	-	7th	9	16 seats
2014	-	4th	12	16 seats
2009	2	5	9	16 seats
2004	5	5	6th	16 seats

coat of arms

Blazon : "Shield red and white split, in front a white St. Andrew's cross, behind 2 (2: 1) red balls."

With approval from 1971, Altrich received the right to use its own coat of arms.

Justification of the coat of arms: The St. Andrew's cross in the front half of the shield stands as a symbol for the church patron Saint Andrew shown in the old court seal, handed down in 1764 . The rear half of the shield is reminiscent of a knight family named after Altrich, which can be traced back to the 14th century. The colors red and white indicate that it was part of the Electorate of Trier .

Attractions

Roman wall remains at Neuenhof (outside Altrich in the direction of Klausen )
the "Cusanus columns" from the former parish church, now in the parish garden at Andreasstrasse 31
the "thick oak" - a natural monument around 300 years old in the south-west of the village (extension of the street Schneidkaul)

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