Gillenbeuren

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′  N , 7 ° 1 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Cochem cell
Association municipality :	Elms
Height :	430 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.7 km 2
Residents:	248 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	53 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56825
Area code :	02677
License plate :	COC, ZEL
Community key :	07 1 35 035
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 1 56766 Ulmen
Website :	www.gillenbeuren.de
Local Mayor :	Paul Haubrichs
Location of the local community Gillenbeuren in the district of Cochem-Zell

Gillenbeuren is a municipality in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Ulmen community .

geography

The community is located in a valley in the southern Eifel . The Berghof and Birkenhof residential areas also belong to Gillenbeuren .

history

The first documentary mention comes from the year 1220. The robber baron Johann Lutter von Kobern was arrested in 1536 near Gillenbeuren and later executed in Koblenz.

Until the end of the 18th century, Gillenbeuren belonged to the rulers of Kurtrier and was assigned to the high court of Alflen in the office of Cochem . In the Trier fire book from 1563 there were 22 fireplaces (households) in Gillenbeuren ( Gelenbeuren ), in 1684 there were only ten.

In 1794, French revolutionary troops annexed the Left Bank of the Rhine ; from 1798 to 1814 Gillenbeuren belonged to the canton of Lutzerath in the Koblenz arrondissement of the Rhine-Mosel department . The municipal council (Gillenbeurener community representative in the Mairie Lutzerath ) was the citizen Mertes. There was a school teacher in the village.

Due to the resolutions at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia . Under the Prussian administration, the community of Gillenbeuren came to the Lutzerath mayor in the Cochem district in 1816 , which belonged to the new administrative district of Koblenz and from 1822 to the Rhine province .

The community of Gillenbeuren has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 , since 1969 it has belonged to the district of Cochem-Zell and since 1970 of the Ulmen community .

In 1985 Gillenbeuren was the district winner in the competition " Our village should be more beautiful ".

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 152 1835 186 1871 185 1905 241 1939 256 1950 280

year Residents 1961 287 1970 314 1987 294 2005 238 2011 246 2017 246

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Gillenbeuren consists of six council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. The six seats in the local council are divided between two groups of voters .

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Shield split in the drawbar cut: Above in green three golden ears of wheat, in front in red a golden, inclined step bar, accompanied by three above, below two golden crosses, behind in gold a red, obliquely left sword."

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Gillenbeuren
• List of natural monuments in Gillenbeuren

Web links

Commons : Gillenbeuren  - Collection of Images

• Literature about Gillenbeuren in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

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. 35 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, 2nd volume: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 116, 146.
4. ↑ Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Moselle department. Prefecture-Buchdruckerey, Koblenz 1808, p. 67 ( www.dilibri.de ).
5. ^ Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Coblenz. Hölscher, Coblenz 1843, p. 40 ( www.dilibri.de ).
6. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved November 21, 2019 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019 City and municipal council elections.
8. ^ Alfons Friderichs: Book of arms of the Cochem-Zell district. Darmstadt 2001, ISBN 978-3-00-008064-7 .