Brückal

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′  N , 6 ° 59 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Kelberg
Height :	467 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.42 km 2
Residents:	64 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	26 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53539
Area code :	02692
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 208
Association administration address:	Dauner Strasse 22 53539 Kelberg
Website :	www.vgv-kelberg.de
Local Mayor :	Werner Schumacher
Location of the local community of Brückal in the Vulkaneifel district

Brückal is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the association community Kelberg .

Geographical location

The place is located in the Vulkaneifel at the confluence of the brooks Winsbach, Welcheratherbach and Nitzbach , about 20 kilometers northeast of the district town of Daun . The Brücker Mühle residential area also belongs to the municipality of Brückal .

history

The place was called Brück until 1971. The place name is derived from a bridge that led over the Nitzbach at this point . In the Middle Ages it belonged as heir to the Counts of Are - Hochstaden to the Electoral Cologne Office of Nürburg until the end of the 18th century . From 1798 to 1814 the place belonged to the French canton Adenau in the Rhine-Moselle department and from 1816 to the Prussian mayorship of Kelberg in the district of Adenau . After the Adenau district was dissolved (1932), the community moved to the Mayen district .

In the course of municipal reorganization of Rhineland-Palatinate the community in 1970 came from Mayen to County Down (today Vulkaneifel district ).

On January 1, 1971, the municipality of Brück was renamed Brückal.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 122 1835 117 1871 63 1905 71 1939 94 1950 87

year Residents 1961 82 1970 79 1987 83 1997 99 2005 95 2019 64

politics

Municipal council

The council in Brücktal consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In silver, a blue wave pole drawbar, covered by a tinned single-arched bridge."
	Justification for the coat of arms: A blue shaft pole drawbar lies on a silver background, above a tinned single-arch bridge. The drawbar symbolizes the three streams that flow together in the village.

See also

Filial church of St. Blasius and Wendelin

• List of cultural monuments in Brückal

Web links

Commons : Brückal  - Collection of Images

• Website of the local community Brückal
• Local community Brückal on the pages of the association community Kelberg
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Brückal in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

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 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 73 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 186 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections