Binsfeld (Eifel)

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Coat of arms of the local community Binsfeld (Eifel)
Binsfeld (Eifel)
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Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '  N , 6 ° 42'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality : Wittlich-Land
Height : 320 m above sea level NHN
Area : 9.96 km 2
Residents: 1234 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 124 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 54518
Area code : 06575
License plate : WIL, BKS
Community key : 07 2 31 010
Association administration address: Kurfürstenstrasse 1
54516 Wittlich
Website : binsfeld.hivebrains.de
Local Mayor : Andreas Falk ( CDU )
Location of the local community Binsfeld (Eifel) in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich
Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm Landkreis Birkenfeld Landkreis Cochem-Zell Landkreis Vulkaneifel Trier Landkreis Trier-Saarburg Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Bernkastel-Kues Brauneberg Burgen (bei Bernkastel-Kues) Erden Gornhausen Graach an der Mosel Hochscheid Kesten Kleinich Kommen Lieser (Gemeinde) Lösnich Longkamp Maring-Noviand Minheim Monzelfeld Mülheim an der Mosel Neumagen-Dhron Piesport Ürzig Veldenz Wintrich Zeltingen-Rachtig Bausendorf Bengel (Mosel) Diefenbach (bei Wittlich) Flußbach Hontheim Kinderbeuern Kinheim Kröv Reil Willwerscheid Bettenfeld Dierfeld Eckfeld Eisenschmitt Gipperath Greimerath (Eifel) Großlittgen Hasborn (Eifel) Karl (Eifel) Laufeld Manderscheid Meerfeld Musweiler Niederöfflingen Niederscheidweiler Oberöfflingen Oberscheidweiler Pantenburg Schladt Schwarzenborn (Eifel) Wallscheid Berglicht Breit Büdlich Burtscheid (Hunsrück) Deuselbach Dhronecken Etgert Gielert Gräfendhron Heidenburg Hilscheid Horath Immert Lückenburg Malborn Merschbach Neunkirchen (Hunsrück) Rorodt Schönberg (bei Thalfang) Talling Thalfang Burg (Mosel) Enkirch Irmenach Lötzbeuren Starkenburg (Mosel) Traben-Trarbach Altrich Arenrath Bergweiler Binsfeld (Eifel) Bruch (Eifel) Dierscheid Dodenburg Dreis Esch (bei Wittlich) Gladbach (Eifel) Heckenmünster Heidweiler Hetzerath (Eifel) Hupperath Klausen (Eifel) Landscheid Minderlittgen Niersbach Osann-Monzel Platten (bei Wittlich) Plein Rivenich Salmtal Sehlem (Eifel) Morbach Wittlichmap
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Binsfeld bei Wittlich in the Eifel is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land . The American Spangdahlem Air Base is nearby .

Geographical location

The place is in the southern Eifel . The closest medium-sized centers are Wittlich and Bitburg . The Burghof, Kaisermühle and Schmiedshof residential areas also belong to Binsfeld .

history

It was first mentioned in a document in 844. In the 17th century, Binsfeld was owned by the Electorate of Trier . By 1551 at the latest (Binsfelder Postkreuz), Binsfeld owned a post office on the Dutch postal route from Brussels via Augsburg to Innsbruck , Trento and Italy. From 1794 Binsfeld was under French rule, in 1815 the place was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Since 1946 it has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

From 1900 to 1965, Binsfeld was connected to the Eifel line from Cologne to Trier by the Philippsheim – Binsfeld narrow-gauge railway .

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 438
1835 626
1871 608
1905 699
1939 771
1950 853
1961 873
year Residents
1970 1,071
1987 959
1997 1,162
2005 1,120
2011 1,056
2017 1,219
2019 1,234

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Binsfeld consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice CDU WGR total
2019 9 7th 16 seats

coat of arms

Binsfeld is allowed to use its own coat of arms with a permit from 1980.

Binsfeld coat of arms
 Blazon : "Shield divided in silver and red above a red bar cross, below a six-spoke golden wheel."
Crest Reason: acquisition of the crest of the former - now defunct - municipality Binsfeld. The place was previously under the electorate of Trier , hence the electoral red cross in silver. The golden wheel stands both as a symbol for agriculture and for the peddling trade that used to be widespread in Binsfeld . In Binsfeld, the pedestrian trade and trades, and up to the present day agriculture, were primarily part of the livelihood structure.

Community partnerships

With bins field ( sub-CHF ), a district of Arnstein , one since 1987 community partnership .

Culture and sights

Village impressions

The nationally known dance hall Kajüte has existed since 1967 and ceased operations in 2020.

Attractions

See also: List of cultural monuments in Binsfeld

traffic

Binsfeld is located directly on the B 50 and L 46 .

Personalities

  • Peter Binsfeld (* around 1545; † November 24, 1598) was an auxiliary bishop in Trier and witch theorist. He also distinguished himself with the draft of a pastoral theology .
  • Josef Hammes (1890–1963), former mayor of Morsbach and district administrator of the Bitburg district

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, 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. 89 (PDF; 3 MB).
  3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
  5. ^ Binsfeld disco Kajüte closes after 54 years. In: Trierischer Volksfreund . June 1, 2020, accessed July 6, 2020 .