Birtlingen

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Bitburger Land
Height :	240 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.94 km 2
Residents:	49 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	17 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54634
Area code :	06561
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 017
LOCODE :	DE 6BO
Association administration address:	Hubert-Prim-Strasse 7 ; 54634 Bitburg
Website :	bitburgerland.de
Local Mayor :	Martin Fisch
Location of the local community of Birtlingen in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm

Birtlingen is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It has been part of the Bitburger Land community since July 1, 2014 .

geography

The place is in the Nimstal in the west of the Eifel , immediately southwest of the district town of Bitburg .

The Eppersborn, Hof Peterstal and Hungerburg residential areas also belong to Birtlingen .

65.4% of the 294-hectare municipal area is used for agriculture, with a comparatively low proportion of forest at 23.2% (as of 2017).

history

The first documentary mention as "Berzelingen" took place in 893 in the Prümer Urbar .

Until the end of the 18th century, the place belonged to the Bitburg provost , which was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg . In 1794, French revolutionary troops occupied the Austrian Netherlands , to which the region then belonged. After taking over the French administrative structures (1795), Birtlingen belonged to the Mairie Messerich in the canton of Bitburg , which administratively belonged to the Arrondissement of Bitburg in the department of forests .

The “Hungerburg” homestead was built in 1840 in the far north of the district.

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	54
1835	69
1871	86
1905	83
1939	83
1950	84
1961	69

year	Residents
1970	52
1987	57
1997	79
2005	73
2011	76
2017	47

With 49 inhabitants, Birtlingen is one of the smaller communities in the Bitburger Land association.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Birtlingen 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. Template: future / in 3 years

coat of arms

Blazon : "Under the red shield head, in it three silver nailed crosses, in silver turned obliquely to the left upwards a black bow with a blue arrow laid out."

Foundation of the coat of arms: Until the end of the feudal period, Birtlingen belonged to Bitburg in the Duchy of Luxembourg. The old seal of the provost's office shows a multi-towered castle to which crosses and stars were later added. As a former part of the Propstei, the nail-pointed cross of the Propstei's coat of arms was reproduced in the shield head. Saint Sebastian is venerated as a chapel and site patron and carries arrows and bows as an attribute.

Birtlingen, St. Sebastian Chapel

Attractions

Chapel of St. Sebastian from the 17th century

Economy and Infrastructure

Today Birtlingen is an agricultural community. Many residents are employed in the nearby district town of Bitburg. Since 1971, when nine agricultural holdings were counted, the utilized agricultural area has decreased from 309 ha to 192 ha, which are now managed by three holdings (2017).

The federal highway 257 (Bitburg – Echternach) runs about 1 km east of Birtlingen. The next junction of the federal motorway 60 is approx. 10 km away.

Web links

Local community Birtlingen on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land
To search for cultural assets of the local community of Birtlingen in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
Literature about Birtlingen in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ 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).
↑ ^a ^b ^c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Regional data.
↑ Clomes: Attempt at a statistical-geographical description of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , Schmit-Bruck, 1840, p. 4 ( Google Books )
↑ Georg Bärsch : Description of the government district of Trier: according to official sources ... Volume 2, Lintz, 1846, p. 24 ( Google Books ).
^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, individual results. Retrieved August 13, 2019 .
^ Entry on the coat of arms of the municipality of Birtlingen in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on September 1, 2016.

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-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. 106 (PDF; 3 MB).

[regionaldaten-3] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Regional data.

[4] Clomes: Attempt at a statistical-geographical description of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , Schmit-Bruck, 1840, p. 4 ( Google Books )

[baersch-5] Georg Bärsch : Description of the government district of Trier: according to official sources ... Volume 2, Lintz, 1846, p. 24 ( Google Books ).

[6] The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, individual results. Retrieved August 13, 2019 .

[Wappen-7] Entry on the coat of arms of the municipality of Birtlingen in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on September 1, 2016.