Bernkastel-Wittlich district
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Coordinates: 49 ° 55 ' N , 6 ° 58' E |
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| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Administrative headquarters : | Wittlich |
| Area : | 1,167.56 km 2 |
| Residents: | 112,483 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
| Population density : | 96 inhabitants per km 2 |
| License plate : | WIL, BKS |
| Circle key : | 07 2 31 |
| NUTS : | DEB22 |
| Circle structure: | 107 parishes |
| Address of the district administration: |
Kurfürstenstrasse 16 54516 Wittlich |
| Website : | |
| District Administrator : | Gregor Eibes ( CDU ) |
| Location of the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate | |
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The district of Bernkastel-Wittlich is a regional authority in Rhineland-Palatinate . The seat of the district administration and at the same time the most populous city is Wittlich . In terms of area, the district is the second largest in Rhineland-Palatinate after the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm .
geography
location
The district lies on both sides of the Moselle , which flows through the district from southwest to northeast. In the north the landscape rises towards the Eifel , in the south towards the Hunsrück . In the extreme south of the district is the highest mountain in the Hunsrück, the Erbeskopf ( 816 m ), which is also the highest mountain in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Neighboring areas
The district borders in a clockwise direction in the north, beginning with the districts Vulkaneifel , Cochem-Zell , Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis , Birkenfeld , Trier-Saarburg and Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm .
history
The current district of Bernkastel-Wittlich was split up into many territories before the end of the 18th century. In the wars triggered by the French Revolution , the area came under French rule. In 1815 it came under Prussian administration and in 1816 the two districts of Bernkastel and Wittlich were created , which in 1946 became part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The district of Wittlich and most of the district of Bernkastel were united in the district reform in Rhineland-Palatinate on June 7, 1969 to form today's district, with the town of Traben-Trarbach and the local communities of Burg , Enkirch , Starkenburg and Thalkleinich of the dissolved district of Zell ( Moselle) were included. The area around Rhaunen of the district of Bernkastel came to the district of Birkenfeld . On November 7, 1970, the demarcation of the district was changed. The local communities Beuren , Irmenach and Lötzbeuren of the Rhein-Hunsrück district and the local communities Breit , Büdlich , Heidenburg and Trittenheim of the district of Trier-Saarburg were newly added to the district, while the local communities Spangdahlem , Gransdorf , Oberkail , Seinsfeld and Steinborn in the district of Bitburg- Prüm changed.
On January 1, 2012, the local community of Trittenheim moved back to the Trier-Saarburg district.
The district has been part of the Trier Region Initiative (IRT) since 1994 , in which regional public institutions, administrations, universities, companies, banks and committed individuals aim to make the region an economically attractive, culturally significant and ecologically intact area with a high life - and to secure recreational value, work together as partners.
On May 25, 2009, the district received the title “ Place of Diversity ” awarded by the federal government .
Population development
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1970 | 110,000 | |
| 1980 | 106,700 | |
| 1990 | 107,900 | |
| 2000 | 113,900 | |
| 2010 | 111,073 | |
| 2016 | 112.006 |
politics
weighted result
District council
The district assembly of the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich consists of 42 district assembly members elected in a personalized proportional representation and the district administrator as chairman. After the last district election on May 26, 2019 , the following distribution of seats results:
| choice | SPD | CDU | AfD | FDP | Green | left | ÖDP | FWG | VBB | total |
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| 2019 | 8th | 15th | 3 | 4th | 6th | 1 | 1 | 4th | - | 42 seats |
| 2014 | 10 | 19th | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 42 seats |
| 2009 | 9 | 19th | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 4th | 1 | 42 seats |
| 2004 | 9 | 22nd | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 42 seats |
| 1999 | 12 | 22nd | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4th | - | 42 seats |
- FWG = FWG District Association Bernkastel-Wittlich e. V.
- VBB = Association of Citizens for Citizens e. V.
Due to the peculiarities of the Rhineland-Palatinate electoral system in local elections ( personalized proportional representation ), the percentage of votes shown in the graphic are shown as “weighted results” that can only represent the voting behavior arithmetically.
District administrators
The full-time district administrator is the head of the district administration and is elected directly every eight years. The incumbent District Administrator Gregor Eibes was elected on November 25, 2018 for a further term from May 2, 2019.
The following people have served as district administrators since 1969:
- 1969 to 1993: Helmut Gestrich (CDU)
- 1993 to 2011: Beate Läsch-Weber (CDU)
- since May 2, 2011: Gregor Eibes (CDU)
badges and flags
The district of Bernkastel-Wittlich has a coat of arms and a hoisted flag .
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Blazon : “Under a silver shield head with a continuous red cross, a curved, ascending tip made of red and silver; on the right a red crab in gold, on the left two upright silver keys in red, the locks of which are half-stacked. " |
| Foundation of the coat of arms: The cross stands for the Archdiocese of Trier , which ruled most of the district area. The two keys are taken from the coat of arms of the city of Wittlich . The cancer stands for Cardinal Nikolaus von Kues , real name Cryfftz (= cancer) and the red and silver chess for the county of Sponheim , to which the town of Traben-Trarbach belonged. The coat of arms was approved on December 21, 1971. |
traffic
The main line Koblenz – Trier , which was opened by the Prussian State Railway in 1879, does not follow the loops of the valley in the district, but rather leads in a fairly straight line at some distance. Only the branch line (Bullay–) Pünderich – Traben – Trarbach, built in 1883, lies on the banks of the Moselle.
In the same year, the then district town of Bernkastel-Kues received a connection from the main line at Wengerohr station - today Wittlich Hbf. In 1885 a branch line followed to the city of Wittlich, which was extended in 1909/1910 to the neighboring district of Daun. A branch line from Simmern to Morbach has operated on the Hunsrückhöhe since 1902 and on to Hermeskeil in 1903.
The numerous towns and villages on the Moselle were only connected to a small railway following the bends of the valley through the Moselbahn AG in 1903–05, which stretched from Trier to Bullay. A narrow- gauge railway created by the Allgemeine Deutsche Kleinbahn-Gesellschaft in 1900 primarily for freight traffic connected Binsfeld with the Cologne - Trier line at the Philippsheim station.
The extensive rail network of 175 km in length was reduced by 134 km between 1950 and 1988:
- 1950: Philippsheim – Binsfeld 7 km (gauge: 750 mm)
- 1961: Traben-Trarbach Ost – Reil Ost – Bullay Süd 12 km
- 1962: Niederemmel-Piesport-Traben-Trarbach Ost 38 km
- 1966: Neumagen-Dhron – Niederemmel-Piesport 4 km
- 1968: Trier – Trittenheim – Neumagen-Dhron 5 km
- 1976: Simmern – Morbach – Dhronecken – Hermeskeil 32 km
- 1981: Wittlich – Manderscheid-Pantenburg – Daun 23 km
- 1985: Wittlich Hbf – Bernkastel-Kues 15 km
- 1988: Wittlich Hbf – Wittlich 4 km
It now only includes the main line with a branch line (Bullay – Traben-Trarbach), a total of 41 km.
The federal autobahns 1 (Trier – Koblenz) and 60 (Liège – Kreuz Wittlich) run through the district, the continuation of which is planned as the B 50 over the Hunsrück in the direction of the Rhine-Main area . The federal highways 50 , 53 and 327 ( Hunsrückhöhenstraße ) also run through the district.
cities and communes
(Residents on December 31, 2019)
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Associated municipalities , structured according to association municipalities :
- Former parishes
The following municipalities have lost their independence since the district was founded in 1969:
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For lists of the term "area changes" see area reforms in Rhineland-Palatinate
License Plate
On June 7, 1969, the district was assigned the WIL , which has been valid since July 1, 1956 for the Wittlich district. It is still issued today. Since November 26, 2012, the BKS (Bernkastel-Kues) distinguishing mark has been available in connection with the license plate liberalization .
Web links
- Website of the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich
- Statistical data for the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich from the State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Literature from and about the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Link catalog on the subject of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
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. 159 f . (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.
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1981
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1992
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 2002
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: District Bernkastel-Wittlich. Final result of the 2019 district council election. Accessed August 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Explanation of the regional returning officer on the "weighted result" ( memento of the original from October 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gregor Eibes appointed district administrator for another eight years , notification from the Bernkastel-Wittlich district administration
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
Districts:
Ahrweiler |
Altenkirchen (Westerwald) |
Alzey-Worms |
Bad Dürkheim |
Bad Kreuznach |
Bernkastel-Wittlich |
Birkenfeld |
Cochem cell |
Donnersbergkreis |
Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm |
Germersheim |
Kaiserslautern |
Kusel |
Mainz-Bingen |
Mayen-Koblenz |
Neuwied |
Rhine-Hunsrück District |
Rhein-Lahn district |
Rhine-Palatinate District |
Southern Wine Route |
Southwest Palatinate |
Trier-Saarburg |
Vulkaneifel |
Westerwaldkreis
Independent cities:
Frankenthal (Pfalz) |
Kaiserslautern |
Koblenz |
Landau in the Palatinate |
Ludwigshafen am Rhein |
Mainz |
Neustadt an der Weinstrasse |
Pirmasens |
Speyer |
Trier |
Worms |
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