Feilsdorf

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 59 '  N , 6 ° 24'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Bitburger Land
Height :	370 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.8 km 2
Residents:	32 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	8 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54636
Area code :	06527
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 036
Association administration address:	Hubert-Prim-Strasse 7 54634 Bitburg
Website :	bitburgerland.de
Local Mayor :	Martin Winter
Location of the local community Feilsdorf in the Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm

Feilsdorf is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It has been part of the Bitburger Land community since July 1, 2014 .

geography

The village is located in the South West Eifel , about ten kilometers northwest of Bitburg on the plateau between Echtershausen and Mülbach . Of the rather small municipality area of ​​3.8 km², 58% are used for agriculture, 35% are forest. The village is surrounded by orchards and is located at an altitude of 370  m above sea level. NHN . The Neumühle , which is about two kilometers outside of the village on Echtersbach , also belongs to the community of Feilsdorf .

The next motorway junction is Bitburg on the A 60 and is about 10 km east of the municipality. Bundesstraße 50 runs three kilometers south of Feilsdorf .

history

The first documentary mention of the place as “Falstorf” or “Fulstorf” took place in 1473. The current place name suffix “-dorf” in all probability dates from the time of the conquest in the 8th century. In the past, Feilsdorf belonged within the Duchy of Luxembourg partly to the rule of Neuerburg and partly to the rule of Bettingen , within which he came to the parish of Baustert at the latest in 1570. In 1848 there were 54 residents in four houses. In 1895 the population was already 81, and residential buildings doubled. The municipality belonged to the Oberweis office until 1970 , when this was merged with other offices as part of the Rhineland-Palatinate municipal reform to form the Bitburg-Land association .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 38 1835 54 1871 57 1905 88 1939 87 1950 73 1961 65

year Residents 1970 63 1987 36 1997 29 2005 35 2011 33 2017 24 2018 26th

politics

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

	Justification of the coat of arms: The four old stock estates and the extensive forest holdings of Feilsdorf are symbolized by the four acorns . The crossroads in the middle represents the numerous crossroads within the municipality.

Attractions

The place is strongly influenced by the former stock estates . The numerous crossroads that are distributed across the Feilsdorf municipality are also worth seeing .

See also : List of cultural monuments in Feilsdorf

Web links

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

• Local community Feilsdorf on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Feilsdorf 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. 107 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Regional data.
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ Declaration of the coat of arms. Retrieved July 30, 2016 .