Bachem (Losheim am See)

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Bachem
Community Losheim am See
Former municipality coat of arms of Bachem
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 34 "  N , 6 ° 42 ′ 14"  E
Height : 216 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.86 km²
Residents : 1543  (Oct. 31, 2010)
Population density : 225 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66679
Area code : 06872

Bachem is a district of the municipality of Losheim am See in the Merzig-Wadern district ( Saarland ).

Towards the end of the migration , Frankish settlers settled between the brook and the hill. They gave the village at that time the name Bachheim . The village owes the oldest written mention to the monks of the Trier Abbey of St. Maximin , which was the most important landlord in the Middle Ages .

On January 1, 1974, the previously independent municipality of Bachem was incorporated into the municipality of Losheim.

In Bachem there is a four-class elementary school , the Catholic Church with a kindergarten, banks and a post office. Craft businesses and retail trade shape economic life. Approx. 15% of the land area of ​​Bachem is covered with deciduous and mixed forests.

traffic

The station Bachem is located on the railway line Merzig South Büschfeld which merely of museum trains will be busy. The route is used by steam trains from the Museum Railway Club Losheim am See .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 804 .
  2. ↑ http://www.losheim-stausee.de/gemeinde-losheim/ortsteile/bachem.html
  3. ↑ Museums-Eisenbahn-Club Losheim am See