Grimburg

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Trier-Saarburg
Association municipality :	Hermeskeil
Height :	460 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.18 km 2
Residents:	460 (December 31, 2019)
Population density :	45 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54413
Area code :	06589
License plate :	TR, SAB
Community key :	07 2 35 035
Association administration address:	Langer Markt 17 ; 54411 Hermeskeil
Website :	www.grimburg.de
Local Mayor :	Jürgen Loch
Location of the local community Grimburg in the district of Trier-Saarburg

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

geography

Grimburg is located in the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park . The community also includes the Grimburgerhof, Mühle and Tannenhof residential areas .

history

The history of Grimburg is closely linked to the history of Grimburg Castle . As far as is certain, this was probably built before 1190. For almost 500 years, Grimburg was the administrative seat and place of jurisdiction of the Kurtrierische Amt Grimburg , named after it , whose over 40 localities were in what is now the northern Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate high forest area. In 1332 Emperor Ludwig IV gave the place city rights.

Until 1932 the place was called Sauscheid , which was developed from the names "Sauerscheit", "Suirscheit" and "Sauerschet".

The village of Grenderich , which was exterminated by the plague, lay between Grimburg and Gusenburg until the Thirty Years' War . The Grenderich Chapel still stands there today.

Statistics on population development

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

year	Residents
1815	325
1835	370
1871	382
1905	331
1939	388
1950	423

year	Residents
1961	421
1970	462
1987	507
2000	521
2005	544
2018	464

Municipal council

The local council in Grimburg consists of eight council members, who were elected in a majority vote in the local elections in May 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. The population of Grimburg was below 500 in June 2018, so that the local council was reduced accordingly .

The distribution of seats in the local council:

choice	CDU	WGR	total
2019	by majority vote		8 seats
2014	4th	8th	12 seats
2009	5	7th	12 seats
2004	7th	5	12 seats

Culture and sights

Grimburg Castle

The castle Grimburg is a medieval castle located about two kilometers from Grimburg. The Spornburg is located on a long mountain spur between Wadrill and Mühlenbach . The castle, which was built before 1190, extends in a length of about 300 meters and a width of about 90 meters. This made the Grimburg, if not the most important, at least the most spacious of the former Electorate of Trier castles .

power supply

The local community of Grimburg was to become the first bioenergy village in Rhineland-Palatinate. With the help of the investor Pfalzwerke AG, it was planned to give the 180 households in Grimburg the opportunity to cover their heat supply via a local heating network, which is supplied by the combined heat and power unit of a biogas plant. Only renewable raw materials should be used. On February 16, 2010, the investor withdrew from the project due to inconsistencies that could not be resolved.