Flowem

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 1 '  N , 6 ° 33'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Bitburger Land
Height :	341 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.38 km 2
Residents:	670 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	80 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54636
Area code :	06569
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 039
Association administration address:	Hubert-Prim-Strasse 7 54634 Bitburg
Website :	www.fliessem.de
Mayoress :	Anja Esch
Location of the local community Fließem in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Roman villa Otrang

Fließem 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 community is located in the Eifel on the Bickendorfer plateau, which is part of the Gutland . Fliessem also includes the Nattenheimer Barriere, Obere Fließemer Mühle and Otrang residential areas .

history

The Roman Villa Otrang , built in the 1st century, was discovered during earthworks in 1825 and the mosaic floors found indicate a Roman settlement from this time. Two temples ( Diana and Minerva ) were later found in 1911 and exposed . Today the Villa Otrang is accessible as a museum. Found graves from the 6th and 7th centuries show that the Roman settlement was conquered and used by the Franks .

The first documentary mention of the place comes from July 25, 804, when it was named under the name "flaistes haimomarc" in an exchange document from the Prüm Abbey . Another mention was made as "Wleysheym" in the Prümer Urbar from 893. The place gained importance under Friedrich von Schleiden (1397–1427), an abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Prüm, who gave the church valuable relics . When a centenary indulgence was granted to visit the monastery chapel in 1464, it became a place of pilgrimage .

The place name changed several times over the centuries. In the 9th century the place was called Flaisteshaimo marca , later it became Wlesheim , during the Middle Ages it was called Vlissheim , later as Flaistershaim , until the current name finally prevailed.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 341 1835 441 1871 465 1905 458 1939 533 1950 526 1961 563

year Residents 1970 576 1987 569 1997 657 2005 688 2011 711 2017 674

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

	Justification for the coat of arms: As a reference to the Roman villa complex in Otrang, the coat of arms contains a golden column; the cross indicates the church patronage exaltation of the cross, the silver rings are borrowed from the coat of arms of the knight Hermann von Fliesheim.

Culture and sights

Today the Leikshaus is a local museum

Buildings

• The Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Cross and St. Stephen dates from the 13th century
• The day laborer's house Leikshaus , Kirchstrasse 12, from 1770
• The former school from 1900, Otranger Straße 13, is now a community center

See also: List of cultural monuments in Fließem

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)

Public facilities

In 2004 the community celebrated its 1200th anniversary. A youth room has been set up at the parish hall for the youth of this community.

The local museum "Leicks Haus" was set up in a day laborer's house from 1770 in Fließem. The small three-axis building and the adjacent utility building are of the Eifel hall kitchen type. Inside, Eifel's home decor and handicrafts from the 18th and 19th centuries are documented.

Fließem offers sporty leisure activities

• a football pitch (grass pitch),
• two tennis courts,
• a fish pond,
• a walking tour and a foot massage path.

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. 103–110 (315 p., With 12 plates and 227 illustrations in the text. Reprinted by the Schwann edition, Düsseldorf 1927).

Web links

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

• Website of the local congregation Fließem
• Local community Fließem on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Fließem 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. ^ Heinrich Beyer : Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch, Volume I, Coblenz: Hölscher, 1860, Certificate 43: “Des Abts Trancrad zu Prüm barter contract with Berengar v. Wich. "( Dilibri.de )
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Regional data.
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ↑ Declaration of the coat of arms. Retrieved July 30, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Hut Sunday in the Eifel. Retrieved August 10, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Local history museum "Leicks House" Fließem. Retrieved December 7, 2019 .