Großlittgen

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality :	Wittlich-Land
Height :	310 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.2 km 2
Residents:	960 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	73 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54534
Area code :	06575
License plate :	WIL, BKS
Community key :	07 2 31 046
Association administration address:	Kurfürstenstrasse 1 ; 54516 Wittlich
Website :	www.grosslittgen.de
Local Mayor :	Reinhold Graf
Location of the local community Großlittgen in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich

Himmerod Abbey Church

Großlittgen ( phonetic spelling in Eifel dialect : " Gruhssleehtchen ") in the Eifel is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land .

history

The place was first mentioned in 912 as Lutiaco . In 1134/35 Bernhard von Clairvaux founded the Cistercian Abbey of Himmerod near the place . During the coalition wars, Großlittgen came under French rule from 1794. In 1802 the abbey was dissolved. Due to the treaties concluded at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the area on the left bank of the Rhine, and thus the place, was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia .

In 1922, the Himmerod monastery was re-established by German Cistercian monks from the Marienstatt Abbey in the Westerwald. Since 1946 the place has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

The honorary local mayor is Reinhold Graf, elected by the local council on October 16, 2019. His predecessor was Karl-Heinz Hubo.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "Under a silver shield head, inside a red bar cross, split by a curled golden tip, inside a black lion: on the right in red a silver sword, on the left in red two intertwined golden rings."

It was approved by the Trier district government in 1987 .