Gentingen

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '  N , 6 ° 14'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	South Eifel
Height :	194 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.18 km 2
Residents:	74 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	18 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54675
Area code :	06566
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 042
Association administration address:	Pestalozzistraße 7 54673 Neuerburg
Website :	suedeifelinfo.de
Local Mayor :	Franz Josef Wenzel
Location of the local community Gentingen in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Gentingen

Gentingen, Jean Bertels 1597

St. John from the 17th century.

Gentingen is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of southern Eifel .

geography

Gentingen is located on the border with Luxembourg on the eastern bank of the Our . After Roth an der Our in the north is three kilometers after Körperich in the Northeast and also Niedersgegen the east about four kilometers. Ammeldingen an der Our is located about two kilometers southeast . The places Bettendorf (6 km southwest) and Bettel (4 km northwest) can be found on Luxembourg territory .

history

Gentingen was first mentioned on May 6, 1096 as Gemtinga in a document of protection from Pope Alexander II for the Echternach Abbey. Pope Viktor IV confirmed the ownership on June 9, 1161, and in 1282 the place appears as Gemptingen .

Gentingen belonged to the Luxembourgish county Vianden became French in 1795 and belonged to the department of forests . As a result of the resolutions at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the former Luxembourg area east of the Sauer and Our rivers was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia , which Gentingen administered through the mayorry of Körperich in the Bitburg district. After the First World War, the place was temporarily occupied by the French . In December 1944, as part of the Ardennes offensive, a temporary bridge was built over the Our in a very short time (about 50 meters from the church); today there is a pedestrian crossing with an information board. Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate . Since 1970 Gentingen has belonged to the community of Neuerburg , which was merged into the community of Southern Eifel on July 1, 2014 .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 73 1835 71 1871 80 1905 111 1939 110 1950 83 1961 104

year Residents 1970 81 1987 68 1997 64 2005 60 2011 72 2017 70

Municipal council

The council in Gentingen 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.

Culture and sights

• Gentingen has the single-nave church of St. John the Baptist with a Romanesque choir tower. It dates from the 17th century. The tower was repaired in 1710 and a sacristy was added in the 19th century. The three baroque altars inside are from the 18th century, the main altar showing John the Baptist with servant Isidore on one side and an angel pulling a plow on the other.
• There are several hiking routes in and around Gentingen.
• Annual fair or parish fair is celebrated on the last weekend in May.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Gentingen

Economy and Infrastructure

The place is traditionally agricultural, but a local campsite also promotes tourism.

traffic

Gentingen is connected to Mettendorf and Körperich by a bus line .

Web links

Commons : Gentingen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• To search for cultural goods of the local community Gentingen in the database of cultural goods in the Trier region .

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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 99 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ Heinrich Beyer : Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch , Volume I, Coblenz: Hölscher, 1860, p. 427 ( Certificate 269 )
4. ^ Heinrich Beyer: Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch , Volume I, Coblenz: Hölscher, 1860, p. 683 ( Certificate 622 )
5. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved August 6, 2019 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved August 6, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Gentingen Wallendorf hiking route in the Eifel. Retrieved February 1, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Gentingen hiking route in the Eifel. Retrieved February 1, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Gentingen campsite in the Eifel. Retrieved February 1, 2018 .