Eich (Andernach)

Calibration City of Andernach Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 38 ″ N , 7 ° 21 ′ 10 ″ E
Height :	215 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	2077 (Jun 30, 2010)
Incorporation :	November 7, 1970
Postal code :	56626
Area code :	02632
Location of Eich in Rhineland-Palatinate

Eich is a district and one of the four districts of the city of Andernach in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in northern Rhineland-Palatinate . Eich was an independent municipality until November 7, 1970.

Geographical location

The village of Eich is about five kilometers from the city center. In the district of Eich there is also the so-called Krayer Hof , a well-preserved castle-like complex, the core of which is likely to date from the late Middle Ages .

history

As early as 1026, a church of St. Remigius in "Eichin" is mentioned in the register of the Kastor monastery in Koblenz , which may have been the castle chapel of the Knights of Eich.

Since 1699 there has been an annual pilgrimage to the pilgrimage site of St. Sebastian am Rhein, 18 km away . According to tradition, the citizens of Eich vowed an annual pilgrimage if they were spared the raging plague at the time . When returning from the first pilgrimage, the last person who died of the plague was said to have been buried.

The existing church evidently had considerable structural defects and in 1748 it was called a "damp hole" by the pastor at the time. In 1750, a new church was built in Eich and once again St. Consecrated to Catherine. At that time the village had about 300 inhabitants.

At the end of the 19th century the population rose to around 800. A new parish church was therefore built between 1894 and 1897. This was again in the same place but had to be built across the previous buildings due to its size. The foundation walls of the church partly still rest on the remains of the former buildings, some of which are said to go back to a possible former Eicher knight's castle (between 1100 and 1400). The church was consecrated on May 26th by the then Bishop of Trier Michael Felix Korum in the name of the Birth of Mary. Parish fair is celebrated on September 8th, the church festival “The Birth of Mary”.

In the course of the administrative reform, the previously independent municipality of Eich, with 1,424 inhabitants at the time, was incorporated into the city of Andernach on November 7, 1970 .

coat of arms

The former municipality of Eich had a coat of arms.

	Blazon : “In silver on a red three-hill, a green, stylized, symmetrical oak tree with four horizontal branches and five oak leaves, one each at the branch ends and one at the upper fork. The helmet cover is green and silver. "
	Justification for the coat of arms: The red Dreiberg symbolizes the landmark of Eich, the extinct volcano Nastberg, the stylized oak indicates the coat of arms of the knight Peter von Eich and is similar to the coat of arms of the knights von Gramann zu Nickenich. The knights of Eich were lords of Olbrück in 1269 and 1271–1469.

politics

District

A local district has been created for the Eich district. The district of Eich comprises the area of the former municipality of Eich. The main statute of the city of Andernach of July 10, 2014 provides for a local advisory council for each local district, and sets the number of members of the Eich local council at nine. In addition, the main statutes provide for local heads and deputy local heads for the local district.

Local advisory board

In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , the advisory board members were elected in a personalized proportional representation. The distribution of seats in the elected local council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	total
2019	4th	5	-	9 seats
2014	3	5	1	9 seats
2009	3	5	1	9 seats

FWG = Free Voting Group Andernach e. V.

Mayor

Andreas Lehmann (CDU) was elected as mayor on May 26, 2019 with a share of the vote of 53.54%. He is the successor to Alfons Schumacher (CDU), who did not run again after 15 years in office.

Economy and Infrastructure

Up until the middle of the 20th century, agriculture was the determining element in Eich, even though basalt lava was mined in the area around the volcano Nastberg as early as the 18th century and was used as building material for the fortress buildings in Koblenz. After the Second World War , pumice was mined in the surrounding area . Today there are only three full-time farmers left in Eich. There are also some medium-sized companies and handicraft businesses (including two construction companies, heating construction) as well as some smaller service companies. From the previous 8 restaurants there are now only two, a town hall and a bar. But there was another place for hikers (which is a log cabin).

education

In Eich there is a primary school with a day care center (municipal day care center "Am Nastberg-Eich"), a day care center (St. Marien Eich kindergarten) and a branch of the Andernach youth center. Secondary schools are located in the core city of Andernach.

Tourism and sightseeing

In the center of the village rises the Catholic parish church of the Birth of Mary , built from 1894 to 1897 in neo -Gothic style , under the direction of the Lüftelberg- born architect Anton Becker (1853–1899) . It contains u. a. six carved saints by the Mayen artist Heinrich Alken (1753–1827).

Between the actual site calibration and Krayer Hof is an old cemetery of the Mennonites .

The Nastberg volcano and the large excavation pit for basalt lava are integrated into the volcanic park operated by VULKANPARK GmbH in the Mayen-Koblenz district as an information and hiking trail . In addition to a lot of information about volcanism in the Eifel (and in the Middle Rhine region bordering it , in which the Nastberg is located), an ascent to the summit cross offers a unique view of Eich, the Pellenz and the Neuwied basin .

See also: List of cultural monuments in Andernach

Personalities

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918), French poet, lived temporarily as a tutor at Kray Castle in 1901/02.
Manni Schmidt (* 1964), guitarist for the German heavy metal bands Rage and Grave Digger , was born in Andernach and lived in Eich for a few years.

Web links

Eich district. City of Andernach; accessed on November 2, 2018
Nastberg - A special cinder cone. VULKANPARK GmbH of the Mayen-Koblenz district and the Roman-Germanic Central Museum; accessed on November 2, 2018
Literature about calibration in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 168 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.
↑ The Eicher flag. (JPG) In: Eich News. Retrieved on November 2, 2018 (private website, image file of the Eicher flag with the coat of arms of the former municipality of Eich on it).
↑ Main statute of the city of Andernach of July 10, 2014. (PDF; 107 kB) Andernach city administration, July 10, 2014, pp. 2 and 5 , accessed on December 3, 2015 (for the Eich district and the Eich local advisory board, see § 3, for the For local heads, see § 2, Paragraph 3, Clause 2 and § 14): "§ 3 Local districts (1) Local districts are formed for the districts of Eich, Kell, Miesenheim and Namedy. The local district of Eich comprises the area of the former municipality of Eich […]. (2) The number of members of the local councils is: Eich local council 9 members [...]. "
^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council election 2019 Eich. Retrieved September 3, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council Election 2014 Eich. Retrieved September 3, 2019 .
↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Andernach, association-free municipality, first line of results. Retrieved September 3, 2019 .
↑ Thorsten Dietrich: GRAVE DIGGER, WIZARD, SYMPHORCE - Live Review. In: MY REVELATIONS. Retrieved on November 2, 2018 (report on a concert at the JuZ in Andernach on January 7, 2004, at which Grave Digger played as the headliner).

[1] Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 168 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.

[Wappen-2] The Eicher flag. (JPG) In: Eich News. Retrieved on November 2, 2018 (private website, image file of the Eicher flag with the coat of arms of the former municipality of Eich on it).

[3] Main statute of the city of Andernach of July 10, 2014. (PDF; 107 kB) Andernach city administration, July 10, 2014, pp. 2 and 5 , accessed on December 3, 2015 (for the Eich district and the Eich local advisory board, see § 3, for the For local heads, see § 2, Paragraph 3, Clause 2 and § 14): "§ 3 Local districts (1) Local districts are formed for the districts of Eich, Kell, Miesenheim and Namedy. The local district of Eich comprises the area of the former municipality of Eich […]. (2) The number of members of the local councils is: Eich local council 9 members [...]. "

[4] The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council election 2019 Eich. Retrieved September 3, 2019 .

[5] The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council Election 2014 Eich. Retrieved September 3, 2019 .

[6] The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Andernach, association-free municipality, first line of results. Retrieved September 3, 2019 .

[7] Thorsten Dietrich: GRAVE DIGGER, WIZARD, SYMPHORCE - Live Review. In: MY REVELATIONS. Retrieved on November 2, 2018 (report on a concert at the JuZ in Andernach on January 7, 2004, at which Grave Digger played as the headliner).