Bermel

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality :	Vordereifel
Height :	400 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.33 km 2
Residents:	356 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56729
Area code :	02657
License plate :	MYK, MY
Community key :	07 1 37 011
LOCODE :	DE B5W
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Kelberger Strasse 26 ; 56727 Mayen
Website :	www.vordereifel.de
Local Mayor :	Hans-Peter Isbert
Location of the local community of Bermel in the Mayen-Koblenz district

Bermel is a municipality in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Vordereifel , which has its administrative headquarters in Mayen .

geography

The community is located in the Eastern Eifel . In the north, the Elzbach forms the municipal boundary . In addition to the eponymous place, there is the district of Fensterseifen and the Bermelermühle, Buchenhöfe and Heunenhof residential areas . The district of Güttgeshof has grown together with the village for decades.

Fortuna statue from Bermel in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn

history

In Roman times there was an estate in the area of today's Bermel. The remains of a Roman bathing complex have been preserved. In the Elz valley below Bermel, the foundation walls of the Roman settlement are currently being excavated. In 1903 a statue of the seated goddess Fortuna with dedicatory inscription of M (arcus) Firmius Speratus and fragments of a Venus statue were found, which are now in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn .

Bermel belonged to the late 18th century to kurtrierischen Office Monreal and the high court Masburg . The high court Masburg was a fiefdom of the Counts of Virneburg . The Trier fire book from 1563 lists 13 fireplaces (households) in Bermel.

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Hans-Peter Isbert is the local mayor of Bermel. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, there were no applicants. Hans-Peter Isbert was therefore re-elected to office by the local council on July 1, 2019.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Three golden diamonds above a red shield base, a blue, obliquely left wavy bar in silver, above a green two-leaf oak branch with acorn, below a blue mallet crossed with a chisel."

Attractions

There is a local museum in Bermel.

See also List of Cultural Monuments in Bermel

Nature reserve

The former basalt quarry on Hochbermel (570 m) has been closed since the late 1970s and is now under nature protection. In recent years a rare biotope has formed in the quarry and on the heaps, many different amphibians have their home here and in the adjacent high beech forest.

tourism

The designated hiking trail "Hochbermeler" leads around the Hochbermel.

literature

Literature about Bermel in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Bermel - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 26 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
↑ CIL 000013 XIII, 7679
↑ Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn (Inv.-No. 15700–15703).
^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine Province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, pp. 138, 155, 210.
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Vordereifel, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
^ Bulletin Vordereifel: Meeting of the local council. July 1, 2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, issue 26/2019, accessed on February 11, 2020 .
↑ municipality under Eifel: council Bermel. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
↑ Hochbermeler hiking trail

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, 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. 26 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

[3] CIL 000013 XIII, 7679

[4] Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn (Inv.-No. 15700–15703).

[fabricius-5] Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine Province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, pp. 138, 155, 210.

[6] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections

[7] The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Vordereifel, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .

[8] Bulletin Vordereifel: Meeting of the local council. July 1, 2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, issue 26/2019, accessed on February 11, 2020 .

[9] unicipality under Eifel: council Bermel. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .

[10] Hochbermeler hiking trail