Biesdorf (Eifel)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '  N , 6 ° 18'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	South Eifel
Height :	280 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.45 km 2
Residents:	241 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	44 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54675
Area code :	06566
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 016
Association administration address:	Pestalozzistraße 7 D-54673 Neuerburg
Website :	suedeifelinfo.de
Local Mayor :	Alwin Houscht
Location of the local community Biesdorf in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Biesdorf is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of southern Eifel .

geography

The place is located in the southern Eifel on the German - Luxembourg border in a wooded area. The districts of Biesdorfer Hof, Gaybach and St. Josef-Gymnasium also belong to Biesdorf.

Neighboring communities are Kruchten , Wallendorf and Körperich .

history

Finds from prehistoric times point back to a settlement history of the district as far back as the Stone Age . Roman settlement remains are also proven. The current village was probably created at the time of the Frankish conquest . The first documentary mention of the place was made in 1501 as Biedersstorff . Until it was taken over by French revolutionary troops in the First Coalition War (1794/95), the village belonged to the Luxembourg county of Vianden . In 1815 the place was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . After the First World War it was temporarily occupied by the French ; since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 168 1835 232 1871 281 1905 222 1939 542 1950 208 1961 342

year Residents 1970 441 1987 306 1997 237 2005 254 2011 222 2017 240

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Biesdorf 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 : “Split shield , front in silver a red book with a red miter and red bend , above it a red model of a church; at the back 9-fold divided by blue and silver, in the middle covered with a red shield , inside a silver bar. "
	Foundation of the coat of arms: The community of Biesdorf has chosen St. Remaclus as patron , who is also patron of the church. The saint is represented with a lying book, on it the abbot insignia and a church model. Until the end of the 18th century, Biesdorf belonged to the Duchy of Luxembourg (silver-blue) and within the country to the County of Vianden (coat of arms of the Counts of Vianden).

Sankt-Josef-Gymnasium

The private St. Joseph High School in Biesdorf is a nationally recognized Catholic school in independent agencies ( Missionaries of the Holy Family ) with altsprachlichem and neusprachlichem branch.

Culture and sights

• The church of St. Remaclus probably goes back to a Romanesque original building and is considered the oldest church in the diocese of Trier .

See also: List of cultural monuments in Biesdorf (Eifel)

traffic

The community is accessed through Landesstraße 2 .

literature

• Ernst Wackenroder (arr.): The art monuments of the Bitburg district (=  Paul Clemen [Hrsg.]: The art monuments of the Rhine province . Volume 12 / I ). Trier 1983, ISBN 3-88915-006-3 , p. 294–295 (315 p., With 12 plates and 227 illustrations in the text. Reprinted by the Schwann edition, Düsseldorf 1927).

Web links

Commons : Biesdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Brief portrait of Biesdorf bei Hierzuland , SWR television ; see. on this the criticism by Claudia Adams .
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Biesdorf 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. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 98 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved August 2, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved August 2, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Entry on Saint Remaculus and Saint Celsus in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.