Geisfeld

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

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 43 '  N , 6 ° 57'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Trier-Saarburg
Association municipality :	Hermeskeil
Height :	440 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.87 km 2
Residents:	483 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	54 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54413
Area code :	06586
License plate :	TR, SAB
Community key :	07 2 35 030
Association administration address:	Langer Markt 17 54411 Hermeskeil
Website :	geisfeld.de
Local Mayor :	Theo Palm
Location of the local community Geisfeld in the district of Trier-Saarburg

Geisfeld is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Hermeskeil community .

geography

Geisfeld is located in the Black Forest high forest and in the Saar-Hunsrück nature park . The community also includes the residential areas Birkenhof, Forsthaus Königsfeld, Simonsmühle (Geisfeldermühle) and Bauscheiderhof as well as the street “Im Hellgott”, the Abtei village that otherwise belongs to Hermeskeil .

history

As "Gaurici campus" (field of Gaugerich) the place mentioned in 883 belonged to the Trier St. Paulin Abbey .

Until the end of the 18th century, Geisfeld belonged to the Electorate of Trier and was assigned to the Grimburg office. Within the office, Geisfeld was a central court that belonged to the Reinsfeld care . In 1648 the place had ten fire places.

After the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops (1794), Geisfeld belonged to the canton Hermeskeil in the Saar department from 1798 to 1814 . Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region came under the Kingdom of Prussia . Under the Prussian administration, Geisfeld was assigned to the Hermeskeil mayor's office in the Trier district in the newly established Trier administrative district , which belonged to the Rhine province from 1822 onwards.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 339 1835 403 1871 403 1905 404 1939 481 1950 471 1961 523

year Residents 1970 563 1987 516 1997 547 2005 565 2011 545 2017 492 2019 483

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Geisfeld consists of eight 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

	Blazon : "Under the overturned and shortened silver tip, inside a red rose with golden seeds and green sepals, in green a golden wheel coming from the lower edge of the shield, overlaid by a golden crown."

Attractions

The church of St. Maria Rosenkranzkönigin was built based on plans by the baroque master builder Balthasar Neumann in 1753/54 and was fitted out in 1770/71. The tower and sacristy of an older church were integrated into the new building.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Geisfeld

traffic

The station Geisfeld was due to the now disused hunsrückquerbahn .

Web links

Commons : Geisfeld  - Collection of Images

• Website of the municipality of Geisfeld
• To search for cultural assets of the Geisfeld community in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Brief portrait of Geisfeld ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) at Hierzuland , SWR television
• Link catalog on Geisfeld at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, 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. 117 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, 2nd volume: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 113, 146.
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved October 31, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.