Erdorf (Bitburg)

Erdorf City of Bitburg Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 1 ″  N , 6 ° 33 ′ 8 ″  E
Height :	320 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	574  (December 31, 2016) City of Bitburg
Incorporation :	7th June 1969
Postal code :	54634
Area code :	06561
Location of Erdorf in Rhineland-Palatinate

Erdorf near Bitburg

Erdorf, Jean Bertels 1597

Erdorf is a district (district) of Bitburg in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . Until it was incorporated on June 7, 1969, Erdorf was an independent municipality .

geography

The place is located in the southern Eifel about six kilometers northeast of the center of Bitburg in the Kylltal .

history

It was an abbot of the Prüm Abbey (Abbot Urold 1010-1018) who first mentioned Erdorf by name when he mentioned a farm in Erdorf and rights of use in the nearby Kyllwald. In a deed of donation around 1100 AD, it is mentioned that a certain Weezel donated a manorial house near Erdorf to the Prüm monastery. It was a lonely estate in the mighty Kyllwald and not easy to find. Hence the rural interpretation of the name Erdorf "Irrdorf", in the vicinity of which one could get lost in the vast forests.

A farm in Eredorf was located under the property belonging to the St. Marien monastery in Prüm and is as such in the confirmation document of Abbot Alberto von Prüm v. J. 1136 listed.

Around 1300 AD there was already a church whose only income came from raising the bridge toll. In 1516, Count Franz von Taxis set up a mail route on behalf of Emperor Maximilian I, which led from Brussels to Vienna and over the Kylltal Bridge in Erdorf. Around 1600 AD the plague also raged in Erdorf. Only one man and two women survived. During the time under Emperor Napoleon, Erdorf belonged to the diocese of Metz and was raised to an independent parish in 1803. In 1897 the foundation stone was laid for the new parish church.

The upward development of Erdorf was shaped by the construction of the Kylltaleisenbahn in 1870. On June 1, 1871, the entire line was completed, but then had to be kept free for the retreating troops from the Franco-German War. Erdorf became the main hub for the entire West Eifel. In 1910 the branch line to Bitburg was built. During the First and Second World Wars, the Eifelbahn line and the branch line via Bitburg were used to transport troops, supplies and materials. As part of a major administrative reform, the independent municipality of Erdorf was dissolved on June 6, 1969 and incorporated into the city of Bitburg on June 7, 1969. After the incorporation, the place was officially named Bitburg-Erdorf by the Trier district government. Since then, the responsible municipal administration has been the city administration of Bitburg.

politics

The interests of the Erdorf district are represented by a local advisory council made up of eleven members. The head of the village is Werner Becker.

Culture and sights

St. Laurentius Church

Station from 1871 in Erdorf

Buildings

• Bitburg-Erdorf station - an elaborate building in the Gothic style from 1871
• Bahnhofsmeisterei - sandstone block construction from 1871
• Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius from 1897
• The town center is the location of several historic houses and old farms .
• Several crossroads are distributed across the district .
• Field chapel Maria-Hilf from 1872 ⊙
• Way of the Cross Chapel Maria-Hilf from 1868 ⊙
• Former mill from 1763 (private property)

See also: List of cultural monuments in Erdorf

Green spaces and recreation

• Hiking trails in and around Erdorf
• Bicycle path with connections to the Kylltal cycle path and the Nimstal cycle path

Regular events

• 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)

Economy and Infrastructure

There are two restaurants and several craft businesses in the village.

traffic

Bitburg-Erdorf station is the stopping point for trains on the Trier to Cologne route ; it is the only train station in Bitburg with regular passenger traffic.

The B 257 federal road and the K 57 district road run through Erdorf .

Associations and associations

The voluntary fire brigade , the music association and the parish with the Cäcilia St. Laurentius church choir are important bearers of cultural customs .

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. 92–93 (315 p., With 12 plates and 227 illustrations in the text. Reprinted by the Schwann edition, Düsseldorf 1927).
• Michael Berens: Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius . In: Geschichtlicher Arbeitskreis Bitburger Land (Hrsg.): The churches and chapels of the Bitburger Land . 1992, p. 43 ( online [PDF; accessed December 13, 2017]).

Web links

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

• Erdorf website
• To search for cultural goods in the Erdorf district of the city of Bitburg in the database of cultural goods in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 200 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
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. 59 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ Beyer, Mrh. Ukb. I, No. 488. - Goerz, Mrh. Reg. I, No. 1907
4. ^ Registrum archidiac. s. Petri m. Trevir (Trierisches Archiv VIII, p. 13)
5. ^ History of Erdorf. Retrieved March 10, 2018 . 
6. ↑ City of Bitburg - election results 2009 (PDF; 1.2 MB)
7. ↑ Hiking route Erdorf - Kyllburg - Gransdorf - Metterich. Retrieved March 10, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Hiking and biking trails in Erdorf. Retrieved March 10, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Hut Sunday in the Eifel. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .