Fuchshofen

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Fuchshofen (disambiguation) .

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '  N , 6 ° 51'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Ahrweiler
Association municipality :	Adenau
Height :	262 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.84 km 2
Residents:	94 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	33 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53533
Area code :	02693
License plate :	AW
Community key :	07 1 31 022
Association administration address:	Kirchstrasse 15 53518 Adenau
Website :	www.fuchshofen.de
Local Mayor :	Bernd Schmitz
Location of the local community of Fuchshofen in the Ahrweiler district

Fuchshofen is a municipality in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Adenau community .

Fuchshofen, aerial photo (2016)

geography

Fuchshofen is eight kilometers northwest of the city of Adenau on the right side of the Ahr . The village extends over a steeply sloping terrain from south to north and includes altitudes between 265  m above sea level. NHN and 310  m above sea level NHN . Immediately to the northeast rises above the Ahr valley the Schellenberg ( 325  m above sea level ), southeast of the mountain ridge of the Eulenkopf ( 467  m above sea level ). The municipality can naturally be assigned to the Dümpelfelder Ahr valley .

history

Earlier today neighboring community formed Reifferscheid with Fuchshofen own community that until 1794 the Electoral Cologne office Nuerburg belonged. The time when Fuchshofen was first settled is unknown, but it is assumed that it was Roman or Frankish times. The place could not be documented until 1768, when the Reifferscheider miller Johann Michael asked the government in a letter for permission to build a grinding and oil mill in Fuchshofen . The letter shows that the village called “Voishof” consists of seven houses and does not have a grinding mill, which is why the permit to build one was granted immediately.

At the beginning of the 19th century the citizens of Fuchshofen tried to end their affiliation to Reifferscheid when they requested the separation from Reifferscheid and the formation of their own community. At the hearing of deputies from both places in 1839 before the district government in Koblenz , no agreement was reached. After all, it was not until after 1862 that Fuchshofens became a separate municipality, after the dispute over the properties, lands and forests had been settled.

In 1909 the Dümpelfeld – Lissendorf railway line was built, with Fuchshofen also involved and a tunnel being built in the community. Numerous railway workers died in the flood in 1910. The Fuchshofener Brücke partially collapsed when a canteen shattered on it.

During the Second World War , V1 and V2 rockets were deposited in the Fuchshofener tunnel on the railway line and later shot down from Tondorf , Rohr and Lommersdorf . Due to the strategically important location of Fuchhofen during the war, 80% of the houses in the village were destroyed.

Population development

The development of the population of Fuchshofen, the values ​​up to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1939 72 1950 84 1961 105 1970 114 1987 107

year Residents 1997 109 2005 102 2011 90 2017 91

Population development of Fuchshofen from 1939 to 2017 according to the adjacent table

politics

Municipal council

The council in Fuchshofen 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.

mayor

Bernd Schmitz became mayor of Fuchshofen on July 8, 2019. Since there was no candidate in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the upcoming election of the mayor was incumbent on the council, which decided in favor of Schmitz.

Schmitz's predecessor as local mayor from 1999 to 2019 was Wolfgang Heinisch.

Attractions

St. Josef in Fuchshofen

In the 18th century, foundations provided for the establishment of a chapel ; The money was initially used to support a winter teacher. Finally, in 1874, the branch church St. Josef was built .

See also : List of cultural monuments in Fuchshofen

Web links

Commons : Fuchshofen  - Collection of Images

• Local community Fuchshofen
• Literature about Fuchshofen in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

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 - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Adenau, Verbandsgemeinde, ninth line of results. Retrieved August 7, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Administration. Fuchshofen community, accessed on August 7, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Fear in the VG Adenau: Many mayors no longer continue. Wolfgang Heinisch. In: Rhein-Zeitung. Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH, Koblenz, March 29, 2019, accessed on August 8, 2020 .