Ellwerath

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Ellwerath
Local church Rommersheim
Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 47 "  N , 6 ° 25 ′ 22"  E
Height : 530 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 70  (Jun 1, 2014)
Incorporation : 1st January 1971
Postal code : 54597
Area code : 06551
Ellwerath (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Ellwerath

Location of Ellwerath in Rhineland-Palatinate

Ellwerath, chapel (Lindenstrasse)

Ellwerath is a part of the local community Rommersheim in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate .

location

Ellwerath is located on the foothills of the Hüscheide Mountains and the Hardtkopf rises to a height of approx. 600  m on the southern edge of the village NHN . The K 170 and the K 192 run through the village.Northwest of the village is the federal road 51 . Neighboring towns are northeast Rommersheim , Giesdorf in the east, Oberlauch in the south and Niederprüm in the northwest .

history

In 1936 a Roman settlement was found between Rommersheim and Ellwerath. It was settled between the 1st and 6th centuries AD.

On January 1, 1971, the previously independent community of Ellwerath was incorporated into the local community of Rommersheim.

Attractions

See also: List of cultural monuments in Rommersheim

  • Roman Catholic Fatima Chapel from 1960/61

Population development

year Residents
1933 55
1939 51
2014 70

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Local community Rommersheim , on www.pruem.de
  2. ^ Entry on Roman settlement site (Ellwerath) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.
  3. Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 177 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
  4. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Population figures in the district of Prüm. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).