Esch (near Wittlich)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '  N , 6 ° 51'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality :	Wittlich-Land
Height :	150 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.29 km 2
Residents:	409 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	179 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54518
Area code :	06508
License plate :	WIL, BKS
Community key :	07 2 31 031
Address of the municipal administration:	Kurfürstenstrasse 1 54516 Wittlich
Website :	www.gemeinde-esch.de
Local Mayor :	Uwe Ruhnau
Location of the local community Esch in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich

Esch is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land .

Geographical location

Esch is located in the southern Salmtal on the edge of the Moselle mountains .

history

Esch was first mentioned in a document in 1086 under the name Asche . It was the seat of the Udenesch office . In the 15th century Esch was the residence of the blessed Eberhard, who founded the pilgrimage site of Klausen . From 1794 Esch was under French rule, in 1815 the place was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Since 1946 it has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 178 1835 278 1871 287 1905 220 1939 243 1950 270

year Residents 1961 275 1970 275 1987 441 1997 475 2005 423 2019 409

politics

Municipal council

The council in Esch consists of eight council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	FBL	WGR	total
2019	by majority vote		8 seats
2014	5	3	8 seats
2009	5	3	8 seats
2004	6th	2	8 seats

• FBL = Free Citizen List Esch eV

Description of coat of arms

The coat of arms shows "under a golden shield head a growing red lion with a silver-blue monkshood".

See also

• SV Klausen
• List of cultural monuments in Esch

Web links

• Local community Esch on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land
• Short portrait of Esch with a film on SWR television
• Link catalog on the subject of Esch at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, 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