Dahlem (near Bitburg)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 55 '  N , 6 ° 36'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Bitburger Land
Height :	260 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.28 km 2
Residents:	249 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	58 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54636
Area code :	06562
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 024
Association administration address:	Hubert-Prim-Strasse 7 54634 Bitburg
Website :	bitburgerland.de
Local Mayor :	Ralf Otten
Location of the local community Dahlem in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

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

history

Donkey cross

In the place name, the Gothic “dal” (Old High German and Middle High German: Tal, New German: dal, tell) = valley, meaning home or house in the valley. Dahlem is mentioned for the first time as "Dalheim" after Heinrich Beyer in the document from 783 (donation to the Echternach monastery ). The name of the place is spelled consistently in two-syllable form, albeit with changing word design. The following are recorded: Dalheim , Dalem villa (893), Dalheim (1258), Dalheym (1317), Dailheim (1326) and Dalheim (1377).

Population development

The development of the population of Dahlem (the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses):

year Residents 1815 137 1835 214 1871 261 1905 225 1939 264 1950 249 1961 251

year Residents 1970 257 1987 234 1997 235 2005 245 2011 269 2017 274 2018 262

politics

Municipal council

The council in Dahlem 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 : “Shield with a red background. Four interlocking silver rings in the middle of the shield. "
	Foundation of the coat of arms: Dahlem belonged to the office of Welschbillig in the Electorate of Trier until the end of the 18th century . This is represented by the shield base, for which a red version was chosen. The judge of the Dahlem High Court wielded a seal with four interlocking rings. These are symbolized in silver in the middle of the shield.

Sports

Dahlem forms the sports club DJK Eintracht DIST with the neighboring communities of Sülm , Idenheim and Trimport .

Attractions

See: List of cultural monuments in Dahlem

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. 80 (315 p., With 12 plates and 227 ills. In the text. Reprinted by the Schwann edition, Düsseldorf 1927).

Web links

Commons : Dahlem  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local community Dahlem on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Dahlem in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Short portrait with a film about Dahlem ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on Hierzuland , SWR television

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: Regional data.
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved August 14, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Entry on the coat of arms of the municipality of Dahlem in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on September 1, 2016.
5. ↑ Homepage of the DJK Eintracht DIST