Basberg

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Gerolstein
Height :	449 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.32 km 2
Residents:	83 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	36 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54578
Area code :	06593
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 002
Association administration address:	Kyllweg 1 ; 54568 Gerolstein
Website :	www.basberg.de
Local Mayor :	Franz Josef Diederichs
Location of the local community Basberg in the Vulkaneifel district

Basberg at the foot of the Katzenberg

St. Eligius

Basberg is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Gerolstein community .

Geographical location

The place is in the Vulkaneifel nature park at the foot of the Katzenberg ( natural monument ) south of Lissendorf .

history

In 1262, the first recorded mention of a knight of Theodoric Bansberg, who was in the count's services and with a Hofgut at the foot of the mountain cat is invested was.

During the late Middle Ages, Basberg belonged to the family of counts from Manderscheid-Blankenheim . In 1491, the then landlord, Count Johann von Manderscheid-Blankenheim, gave goods and property in Basberg as a fief to Wilhelm von Daun . Among other things, the Prüm Abbey owned an estate in this Eifel town. When Basberg came under Prussian administration in the 19th century , the place belonged to the mayor's office of Lissendorf .

On November 7, 1970, the hamlet of Lehnerath with the courtyards Kirchenhof, Lindenhof and Petershof with a total of 55 residents was reunited from Basberg to Steffeln .

Statistics on population development

The development of the population of Basberg in relation to today's municipal area; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year	Residents
1815	95
1835	96
1871	132
1905	155
1939	103

year	Residents
1950	108
1961	81
1970	91
1987	61
2005	77

politics

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

Blazon : "In gold over a green arched foot, in it three golden ears, red tournament collar over a red zigzag bar."

Justification for the coat of arms: The red tournament collar above the red zigzag bar in front of a golden background takes up the coat of arms of the Knights of Bansberg, who were wealthy in Basberg and who appear in connection with the first documentary mention of the local community. The color green in connection with the arched foot stands for the Katzenberg, in addition, the green color together with the three ears of corn symbolizes the bond with agriculture.

Culture and sights

Buildings

see list of cultural monuments in Basberg

Regular events

Refuge festival on the first weekend in June
Fun fair in October

Our village has a future in 2017

Regional winner of the Rhineland-Palatinate state competition 2017
Winner of the state decision in the main class with gold

literature

Petra Himmels: Basberg and his story . Ed .: Tischtennis-Verein Basberg e. V. Schneider-Druck, Daun 1991.

Web links

Commons : Basberg - collection of images, videos and audio files

Internet presence of the local community Basberg
Representation of the local community Basberg on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Hillesheim
To search for cultural goods of the local community Basberg in the database of cultural goods in the Trier region .
Literature about Basberg in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

↑ 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. 170 (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.
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
↑ Description of the coat of arms on the website of the Hillesheim Association
↑ Rhineland-Palatinate state competition 2017 for the 2019 federal decision competition “Our village has a future” - Announcement of the results in the 2017 regional decision for the Trier region. Retrieved September 22, 2017 .
^ Ministry of the Interior Rhineland-Palatinate: Competitions. Retrieved September 22, 2017 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).