Gelenberg

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 17 '  N , 6 ° 52'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Kelberg
Height :	531 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.95 km 2
Residents:	74 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	19 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53539
Area code :	02692
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 212
Association administration address:	Dauner Strasse 22 53539 Kelberg
Website :	www.vgv-kelberg.de
Local Mayor :	Peter Burgrave
Location of the local community Gelenberg in the Vulkaneifel district

Gelenberg, church

Gelenberg is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the association community Kelberg .

geography

The place is in the Eifel .

history

In 1563 the village had four fireplaces under the name Geillenberg , and in 1684 six . It belonged to the Electorate of Trier until the end of the 18th century and was part of the Zent Bongard in the Kelberg court of the administration of the Daun office . In 1787 Gelenberg had 93 inhabitants. In connection with the municipal reorganization of Rhineland-Palatinate and the reorganization of the Kelberg Association, the Gelenberg community came from the Mayen district, which was dissolved at the same time, to the Daun district (today the Vulkaneifel district ).

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 88 1835 93 1871 80 1905 72 1939 80

year Residents 1950 96 1961 94 1970 94 1987 101 2005 90

religion

About 90% of the citizens of Gelenberg are Roman Catholic. The village chapel is dedicated to St. Wendelinus. Gelenberg belongs to the cath. Bodenbach parish. Gelenbergers also like to visit the Heyerberg Chapel with its Way of the Cross in the forest.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Gelenberg 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 coat of arms description reads: "In green above a golden mountain, in it a blue urn, a golden shepherd's shovel turned to the left."

The coat of arms consists of two parts. The lower part shows a golden mountain and a blue urn inside and symbolizes the burial mound culture found in this area . The upper part contains a golden shepherd's shovel, the symbol of the local saint Wendelinus, on a green background, a symbol of the centuries-old agricultural character of the place.

Culture and sights

Buildings

See the list of cultural monuments in Gelenberg

Natural monuments

In Gelenberg there is an imperial linden tree with a memorial stone with the dates 1813/1913. This stone commemorates the centenary of the victory over Napoleon in the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig and can also be found in many other places in the Central Eifel.

Web links

Commons : Gelenberg  - Collection of Images

• Local community Gelenberg on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Kelberg
• To search for cultural assets of the Gelenberg community 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. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 112, 149.
3. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 156 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections