Echternacherbrück

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '  N , 6 ° 26'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	South Eifel
Height :	175 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.74 km 2
Residents:	996 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	210 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54668
Area code :	06525
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 028
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Pestalozzistraße 7 54673 Neuerburg
Website :	www.echternacherbrueck.eu
Local Mayor :	Gerhard Krämer
Location of the local community Echternacherbrück in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

JM Bellwald, Echternacherbrück

Echternacherbrück, today

Echternacherbrück is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of southern Eifel . Echternacherbrück is a state-approved resort .

geography

Echternacherbrück is located in the southern Eifel on the Sauer , which forms the border with Luxembourg here, and borders in the west on the local community of Bollendorf , in the north on the local communities Ernzen and Irrel , in the east on the local community Minden , and in the south by the on the right ( southern) Sauerufer lying Luxembourgish communities Echternach and Rosport . Echternacherbrück is around 24 km away from Trier and around 35 km from Luxembourg City .

The district of Fölkenbach also belongs to Echternacherbrück.

history

The place was only created after 1800 by the majority of citizens from Echternach. The Eiflia illustrata published in 1844 , a description of all the Eifel villages, mentions Echternacherbrück: “The hamlet of Echternacher Brücke is connected to the town of Echternach in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by a bridge over the Sauer, where the inhabitants also go to church and school. The hamlet has only been in existence for a few years and, thanks to the near border, has increased in population. Before Luxembourg was connected to the Zollverein, there was a border customs office at Echternach Bridge. There is still a post expedition here. Ships were also built here. "

In the 20th century, especially after World War II , the population increased sharply. The tourism and the location as a border crossing determine the economic development of the town.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 0 1835 57 1871 59 1905 75 1939 221 1950 201 1961 449

year Residents 1970 471 1987 553 1997 582 2005 652 2011 742 2017 920

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Echternacherbrück consists of twelve council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the presiding local mayor .

mayor

The honorary local mayor is Gerhard Krämer.

coat of arms

Blazon : “In the red head of the shield there is a four-arched silver bridge with a statue of the same color. Below in the main silver shield is a black chapel with a porch and a bell tower in front view. Two windows, door and tower hatches in silver, plus two flanking heraldic red lilies, each covered with a silver cross. Below is a blue area, which is crowned in wave form. "

Justification for the coat of arms: As an eloquent symbol for the place name Echternacherbrück, a stylized bridge is depicted in the shield head, which has been connecting the banks of the current border river Sauer since its origins in Roman times. The silver main shield shows the Liborius Chapel, which was built for the first time in 1680 and then destroyed at the end of the 18th century during the great revolution. In the coat of arms, a red heraldic lily is depicted on both sides of the chapel, which is covered with a silver cross and is intended to refer to the longstanding property of the Abbey of St. Willibrord on both sides of the Sauer in the Middle Ages. At the bottom of the coat of arms a blue area with a wave ending, a reference to the Sauer, which became a border water in 1815.

Culture and sights

Hotel Liborius

Statue of Johannes Bertel

Buildings

• The Liborius Chapel on the slope of the Ferschweiler plateau is worth seeing in Echternacherbrück .
• It is worth mentioning that the jumping procession that takes place every year on Whitsunday in Echternach , the origins of which can be traced back to the Middle Ages, started earlier on the Echternach bridge. This tradition was maintained until 1937.
• Statue of Johannes Bertel
• Former post office from 1914

See also: List of cultural monuments in Echternacherbrück

Green spaces and recreation

• Hiking in and around Echternacherbrück

See also: List of natural monuments in Echternacherbrück

Regular events

• Every year on Whit Tuesday the jumping procession takes place in Echternach , the origins of which can be traced back to the Middle Ages. It started earlier on the Echternacherbrücker side. This tradition was maintained until 1937.
• Annual fair or parish fair
• Traditional rattling or rattling on Good Friday and Holy Saturday
• Hut burning on the first weekend after Ash Wednesday (so-called Scheef Sunday)

literature

• Ernst Wackenroder (edit.): The art monuments of the Prüm district (=  Paul Clemen [Hrsg.]: The art monuments of the Rhine province . Volume 12 / II ). Trier 1983, ISBN 3-88915-006-3 , p. 90 (222 p., With 9 plates and 185 ills. In the text. Reprinted by the Schwann edition, Düsseldorf 1927).
• Jean-Claude Havé, Marlene Mossal, Peter Göbel: Echternacherbrück. A young community in a historic location . Ed .: Echternacherbrück municipality. Echternacherbrück 2001, ISBN 3-00-008853-9 .

Web links

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

• Community website
• Tourism Echternacherbrück
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Echternacherbrück 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 5, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ Verbandsgemeinde Südeifel: Contact person. February 11, 2020, accessed March 16, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Declaration of the coat of arms. (PDF) Retrieved July 5, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Explanation of the blazon ( Memento from February 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Havé et al. 2001, p. 111.
9. ↑ Echternacherbrück hiking route. Retrieved February 2, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Havé et al. 2001, p. 111.
11. ↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Hut Sunday in the Eifel. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .