Gefell (Eifel)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '  N , 6 ° 55'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Down
Height :	535 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.79 km 2
Residents:	90 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54552
Area code :	02692
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 025
Association administration address:	Leopoldstrasse 29 54550 Daun
Website :	www.gefell.de
Local Mayor :	Alfred Gundert
Location of the local community Gefell in the Vulkaneifel district

Gefell is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . She belongs to the community of Daun .

Gefell (Eifel), aerial photo (2015)

history

In 1563 Gefell had seven fireplaces , and in 1684 four . Wonderfully country belonged to the village by the end of the 18th century to the Electorate of Trier and shelter as part of the centering Sarmersbach the high court down the administration of the office down .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 45 1835 60 1871 66 1905 67 1939 101 1950 90

year Residents 1961 88 1970 98 1987 91 1997 83 2005 95 2019 90

politics

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: “Embraced by green and silver; 1) silver pliers; 2) a red bar cross; 3) a black bar cross; 4) a silver tower. "

The coat of arms is square in green and silver. In the green quarters there are silver pliers which symbolize St. Apollonia , which is venerated in the small chapel next to St. Barbara , and a silver tower, which is the attribute of the patron saint of the place, St. Barbara.

The red cross on a silver background indicates that Gefell was under the rule of the Electorate of Trier from 1357 to the end of the 18th century and the black cross makes it clear that Gefell belonged to the archdiocese of Cologne until 1804 .

religion

About 90% of the citizens of Gefell are Roman Catholic and belong to the Catholic parish of St. Hubertus Beinhausen with the Hilgerath parish church. In the past, a walk of several kilometers was a matter of course for the citizens of Gefell in order to take part in the church services in Hilgerath in large numbers.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Gefell

Web links

Commons : Gefell  - Collection of Images

• To search for cultural assets of the local community Gefell in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Short portrait with film about Gefell bei Hierzuland , SWR television

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 112, 149.
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections