Virneburg mayor's office

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The mayor's office Virneburg was one of five, later six, Prussian mayor's offices into which the district of Adenau, formed in 1816 in the Koblenz administrative district (then "Coblenz administrative district") was administratively divided. From 1822 the administrative district of Koblenz, including the mayor of Virneburg, belonged to the Rhine province that was newly formed that year . 17 municipalities were under the administration of the mayor's office .

In 1927 the mayor's office in Virneburg was renamed to Amt Virneburg . After the Adenau district was dissolved in 1932, the Virneburg office came to the Mayen district . In 1934 the Virneburg office was also dissolved. Nine parishes came to the Mayen Land Office, seven parishes to the Kelberg Office .

Municipalities and associated localities

The following communities belonged to the mayor's office of Virneburg (as of 1885):

history

The majority of the communities in the mayor's district of Virneburg belonged to the county of Virneburg until the end of the 18th century . In 1794, French revolutionary armies occupied the left bank of the Rhine . Under French administration, the area belonged to the arrondissement of Bonn ( canton Virneburg ), which was assigned to the Rhine-Moselle department .

Virneburg mayor's office

Based on the resolutions at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the Rhineland was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia . Under the Prussian administration, administrative districts , districts and mayor's offices as well as associated communities were formed in 1816 . The mayor's office in Virneburg belonged to the Adenau district in the Coblenz administrative district and from 1822 to the then newly formed Rhine province . The territorial status and the municipality allocation remained unchanged in the following 110 years.

Virneburg office

Like all the mayor's offices in the Rhine Province, the Virneburg mayor's office was renamed "Amt Virneburg" in 1927.

Due to the "Ordinance on the reorganization of the districts" of August 1, 1932, the Adenau district was dissolved on September 30, 1932. The Virneburg office was assigned to the Mayen district .

On March 21, 1934 the Virneburg office was dissolved. Nine parishes came to the Mayen Land Office , seven parishes to the Kelberg Office . From the Mayen-Land office, the Mayen-Land Association was created on October 1, 1968, and was renamed the Vordereifel Association on January 1, 2002 .

Affiliations

The following table provides an overview of the previous affiliations of the municipalities of the mayor's office Virneburg as well as the current association municipalities :

local community Territory before 1792 Parish around 1800 today VG
eight Kurtrier , Mayen Office Langenfeld Vordereifel
Arbach Virneburg county Savior Kelberg
Arft Kurtrier, Mayen Office Langenfeld Vordereifel
Baar Virneburg county Wanderath Vordereifel
Bereborn Virneburg county Savior Kelberg
Herresbach Virneburg county Wanderath Vordereifel
Jammelshofen  ( Kaltenborn ) Reign of Olbrück Kaltenborn Adenau
Kolverath Virneburg county Savior Kelberg
Langenfeld Virneburg county Langenfeld Vordereifel
Langscheid Kurtrier, Mayen Office Langenfeld Vordereifel
Lierstall ( Lirstal ) Virneburg county Savior Kelberg
Mannebach Virneburg county Savior Kelberg
Oberelz Virneburg county Savior Kelberg
Savior Virneburg county Savior Kelberg
Siebenbach Reign of Olbrück Wanderath Vordereifel
Virneburg Virneburg county Wanderath Vordereifel
Welschenbach Kurtrier, Mayen Office Langenfeld Vordereifel

statistics

After the "Topographic-statistical description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province" from 1830 belonged to the mayor of Virneburg spots Virneburg, ten villages, 13 hamlets , five individually standing yards and two mills. In 1817 a total of 2,850 inhabitants were counted; In 1828 there were 3,310 inhabitants, including 1,586 men and 1,724 women; 3,303 of the inhabitants belonged to the Catholic and 7 to the Protestant faith.

Further details are taken from the "Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia" from 1888, which is based on the results of the census of December 1, 1885. In the administrative area of ​​the mayor's office Virneburg a total of 3,287 inhabitants lived in 710 houses and 712 households; 1,651 of the population were male and 1,666 female. Regarding religious affiliation, 3,283 were Catholic and 4 were Protestant.

In 1885 the total area of ​​the municipalities belonging to the mayor's office was 8,441 hectares , of which 2,699 hectares were arable land, 653 hectares of meadows and 2,825 hectares of forest.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-Statistical Description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province , Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830, page 669
  2. ↑ a b c d e Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia (PDF; 1.3 MB) , Volume XII Provinz Rheinland, Verlag des Königlich Statistischen Bureaus (Ed.), 1888, page 30 ff
  3. ↑ a b c History of the Vordereifel Association on www.vordereifel.de
  4. ^ Statistical news about the Coblenz administrative district , Coblenz, 1861, page 34
  5. ↑ Jakob Rausch: 150 years Ahrweiler district . In 1966 home yearbook of the Ahrweiler district
  6. ^ The government district of Coblenz according to its location, limitation, size, population ... , Coblenz: Pauli, 1817 page 57
  7. ↑ Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Coblenz , Coblenz: Hölscher, 1843, page 6