Biersdorf am See

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′  N , 6 ° 27 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Bitburger Land
Height :	340 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.22 km 2
Residents:	534 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	166 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54636
Area code :	06569
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 015
Association administration address:	Hubert-Prim-Strasse 7 54634 Bitburg
Website :	www.biersdorfamsee.de
Local Mayor :	Arnold Kootz ( CDU )
Location of the local community of Biersdorf am See in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm

Biersdorf am See

St. Martin's Church in Biersdorf (2016)

Biersdorf am See is a local community and state-approved resort on the Bitburg reservoir in the Eifel and is located in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land .

Geographical location

The place is located in the South Eifel nature park , northwest of the district town of Bitburg on the Bitburg reservoir, which is located in the west of the municipality. The 3.22 km² large municipal area extends at an altitude of 280 to 340  m above sea level. NHN . 61.3% of it is used for agriculture, with 12.7% a comparatively small part of forest. The residential areas Auf dem Erzberg and Hof Merkes also belong to Biersdorf am See .

history

Like much of the Bitburger Land , Biersdorf am See was already settled in pre-Christian times, as indicated by barrows and ceramic finds. The first documentary mention as "Bersdorf" comes from the year 1301. A parish church can be found as early as 1330 . Around 1500 six households were counted. As a separate subordinate rule with Wiersdorf it was in the Luxembourg provost of Bitburg , which was sold to the barons of the Horst in 1672. In 1800 Biersdorf became the seat of a French mairie , which was replaced by a Prussian mayor's office in 1816 . At that time, the place comprised 18 houses and 142 residents. The Biersdorf mayor's office passed into the mayor's office of Bickendorf in 1856 .

Since 1970, the municipality has belonged to the Bitburg-Land Verbandsgemeinde , which was merged into the Bitburger Land Association on July 1, 2014 . The community has had the addition of "am See" to its name since March 6, 1995.

Population development

The development of the population of Biersdorf am See, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 140 1835 273 1871 313 1905 346 1939 463 1950 461 1961 443

year Residents 1970 462 1987 480 1997 574 2005 575 2011 538 2017 562

politics

Municipal council

The council in Biersdorf am See consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected and the presiding mayor .

mayor

The honorary local mayor Arnold Kootz was directly elected in the 2014 municipal elections with 87.2% of the votes and confirmed on May 26, 2019 with 86.4%.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Division ¼ silver, ¾ blue. In the silver shield head a blue sword, in the lower, blue part 7 gold diamonds, lined up in two bars with four or three diamonds. "
	Justification for the coat of arms: The sword in the head of the shield indicates the church patron, Saint Martin, the seven golden diamonds in the blue field come from the coat of arms of the knight Johann von Biersdorf.

Attractions

Biersdorf on the Bitburg reservoir

"Rotlay" on the riverside path

Buildings

• Parish church of St. Martin , built in 1907/08
• Old rectory from the 17th century

See also: List of cultural monuments in Biersdorf am See

Green spaces and recreation

• Red sandstone rock face "Rotlay" (natural monument)
• Village fountain "Buar", historic cattle trough in the village
• Natural monument "elms"
• The Bitburg reservoir is a tourist attraction for the local community. Rowing, paddling, pedal boating, inline skating, mountain biking, badminton, cycling and trout fishing are all available here.
• Hiking tours in and around Biersdorf. This is where the network of hiking trails in the German-Luxembourg Nature Park begins .

See also: List of natural monuments in Biersdorf am See

Regular events

• Annual fair or parish fair is celebrated on the first weekend in July.
• Traditional rattling or rattling on Good Friday and Holy Saturday
• Hut burning on the first weekend after Ash Wednesday (so-called Scheef Sunday)

Economy and Infrastructure

Biersdorf am See is today an agricultural and tourist community. There are several hotels, guest houses and inns, mainly due to the location on the Bitburg reservoir. In addition, a large part of the municipal area is used by five full-time and four part-time farmers.

The next motorway junction is Bitburg on the A 60 and is around 4 km away.

literature

• Ernst Wackenroder : The art monuments of the Saarburg district . (= Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz , Volume 12 / I. Department). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1927 (reprint from the Academic Bookshop Interbook, Trier 1983, ISBN 3-88915-006-3 ), pp. 39–45.

Web links

Commons : Biersdorf am See  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local community Biersdorf am See on the side of the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land
• The chronicle of the teacher Johann Brand in Biersdorf
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Biersdorf am See in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Regional data.
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 106 (PDF; 3 MB).
4. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 186 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved October 16, 2019 . 
6. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer for Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2014, election of the honorary local and city mayors
7. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, individual results. Retrieved August 13, 2019 . 
8. ↑ The coat of arms of the local community Biersdorf am See
9. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of the municipality of Biersdorf am See in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on July 30, 2016.
10. ↑ Hiking in Biersdorf am See. Retrieved February 3, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Biersdorf am See nature hiking park. Retrieved February 3, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Customs in Biersdorf am See. Retrieved February 3, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 . 
14. ↑ Hut Sunday in the Eifel. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .