Berndorf (Eifel)

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Gerolstein
Height :	485 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.14 km 2
Residents:	488 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	53 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54578
Area code :	06593
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 005
Association administration address:	Kyllweg 1 ; 545687 Gerolstein
Website :	www.berndorf-vulkaneifel.de
Local Mayor :	-
Location of the local community Berndorf in the Vulkaneifel district

Berndorf (Eifel), aerial photo (2015)

Fortified church

Berndorf (Eifel), fortified church

Berndorf (Eifel), parish church St. Peter (in the foreground)

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

geography

Berndorf is located between Hillesheim and Kerpen, southwest of Kerpen in the Vulkaneifel Nature Park . The Schwalbenhof residential area also belongs to Berndorf .

history

The place was in 1121 first mentioned as Count Theodoric of Ahr the monastery Steinfeld at the Cologne Archbishop Frederick I ceded. The possessions of the monastery, half of the village "Berendorp" with the parish church and the whole tithe , were confirmed by Pope Innocent II (1130–1143) and in 1087 by Cologne Archbishop Philipp I von Heinsberg . According to the Liber valoris , the parish "Berindorp" belonged to the Cologne Eifel deanate.

Since 1352 Berndorf ("Berendorf") belonged to the electorate of Trier and to the Electorate of Trier Hillesheim . After a “sworn clientele” of two bailiffs at Hillesheim in 1379, the Margraves of Jülich also exercised their rights in “Berendorf”.

In connection with the French Revolution , the region came under French administration in 1794 and from 1798 on belonged to the canton of Daun in the Saar department .

After the Rhineland came to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 due to the treaties of the Congress of Vienna , Berndorf belonged to the Kerpen mayor in the Daun district , which was newly created in 1816 , to the Prussian Rhine Province from June 22, 1822 and to the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 .

In the course of the municipal reorganization of Rhineland-Palatinate, the place came to the Verbandsgemeinde Hillesheim in 1968 and to the Verbandsgemeinde Gerolstein in 2019 .

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	269
1835	353
1871	370
1905	392
1939	424
1950	450

year	Residents
1961	484
1970	486
1987	465
2005	535
2017	508

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Berndorf consists of twelve council members who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 . A local mayor could not be elected. The chairmanship is taken over by the first alderman Paul Becker who, together with Andreas Leif, Ansgar Gross and Dieter Schlimpen, has taken over the leadership of the local community.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Split shield, in front a red cross on a silver background; behind a golden key with turned away beard on a red background. " The coat of arms was approved by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior on August 7, 1961 .
	Foundation of the coat of arms: The red cross on a silver background stands for the former rule of Kurtrier , in Berndorf, which belonged to the Electorate of Hillesheim. The golden key on a red background is the attribute of the apostle Peter and thus refers to the parish patron of the place.

Buildings

The townscape is shaped by the Romanesque fortified church . The parish church of St. Peter, built next to it, dates from 1927.

Personalities

Anton Friedrich Josef Schütz (later also Anton Schutz ; born April 19, 1894 in Berndorf; † October 6, 1977 in Scarsdale, New York), artist in New York, United States