Galhausen

Galhausen
Galhausen
State :	Belgium
Region :	Wallonia
Province :	Liege
District :	Verviers
Municipality :	Saint Vith
Coordinates :	50 ° 15 ′  N , 6 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′  N , 6 ° 7 ′  E
Residents:	214 pop.
Post Code:	4780
Prefix:	080
Website:	www.st.vith.be

Galhausen is a village in the German-speaking Community in Belgium and part of the municipality of Sankt Vith . The place has 214 inhabitants (information as of December 31, 2015).

Galhausen is located around three kilometers south of the core town of Sankt Vith in the valley of the Braunlauf river .

Barrows Schinkelknopf

On the western outskirts of Galhausen are the tumuli Schinkel button . These are Celtic graves from the Iron Age , the last visible evidence of the pre-Roman settlement of the Eifel, which are dated to around 750 to 100 BC. The barrows are now protected as cultural monuments.

history

Before 1977 Galhausen was administered by the municipality of Lommersweiler . With the Belgian community reform , the new large community of Sankt Vith merged.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ residents of the community of ST. VITH per location. (PDF) (No longer available online.) City of St. Vith, December 31, 2015, archived from the original on February 12, 2016 ; accessed on February 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Cultural heritage portal of the German-speaking community: Schinkelsknopf