Hamm (Eifel)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′  N , 6 ° 25 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Bitburger Land
Height :	260 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.73 km 2
Residents:	18 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	10 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54636
Area code :	06569
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 046
Association administration address:	Hubert-Prim-Strasse 7 54634 Bitburg
Website :	bitburgerland.de
Local Mayor :	Ferdinand Graf von und zu Westerholt and Gysenberg
Location of the local community Hamm in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Hamm is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land .

geography

The village is located in the South Eifel nature park , about 10 km northwest of the district town of Bitburg . It is embedded in the valley of the Prüm , which has strong windings in the Hamms area and flows through the Bitburg reservoir located immediately to the east of the village . Of the extremely small municipal area of ​​1.73 km², a comparatively small part is used for agriculture (26%), 61% are forest.

history

The oldest written mention of the place name "Ham" is possibly in the commentary on the Prüm Urbar , which the Prüm exabbate Caesarius von Milendonk made in 1222. In the land register from the year 893, among the possessions of the Prüm Abbey in the chapter on Mötsch ( Merxz ), among other things, an unnamed mill on the Nims ( Nimiza ) is mentioned. Caesarius explains that this mill is at "Ham", near the town of Wiersdorf ( Veresdorpht ). It is unclear whether this “Ham” is the present day “Hamm” because it is not on the Nims, but on the Prüm .

Because the Lords of Hamm had taken on an after-fief from the Counts of Vianden , who were related to them , they were patrons of the Prüm Abbey . The Hamm Castle later became the property of Clervaux in the Duchy of Luxembourg before Counts Tornaco and Renesse took over. The property has belonged to the current owners, the Counts von and zu Westerholt and Gysenberg , since 1909. The resulting lordship of Hamm included Hamm, Echtershausen , Wißmannsdorf and Hermesdorf, and until around 1530 Nieder- and Oberpierscheid . In addition, Hamm also owned other areas in Biersdorf , Wiersdorf and Oberweiler , which was dependent on the jurisdiction of the Bitburg provost . In 1672, it was possible to partially acquire the jurisdiction over these areas.

From 1794 the place belonged to the Mairie Biersdorf, which in 1816 passed into the Biersdorf mayor's office of the same name . The latter was incorporated into the mayor's office Bickendorf (renamed Amt Bickendorf in 1927), which in turn has been dissolved since 1970 with other offices in the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburg-Land. From 1970 a holiday village was built in the northeast of the municipality, which is located above the sports hotel on the Bitburg reservoir.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 47 1835 76 1871 55 1905 67 1939 63 1950 63 1961 57

year Residents 1970 45 1987 33 1997 24 2005 18th 2011 20th 2017 17th

The number of inhabitants has continuously decreased in the past decades. While it stayed above the 50-inhabitant limit until the 1960s, it has since then been at a very low level with several fluctuations. This makes Hamm one of the smallest communities in Rhineland-Palatinate and Germany today .

politics

Municipal council

The council in Hamm 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.

coat of arms

	Justification of the coat of arms: The red shield in the coat of arms symbolizes the temporary affiliation to the Malberg rule . The blue corrugated rafter goes back to the loop of the Prüm that surrounds the place.

Attractions

Hamm Castle

The most important attraction is Hamm Castle , founded in the 11th century , which can be rented for weddings and events. The castle , which was built in several periods of time, consists u. a. from the 14th-century castle keep and gatehouse of the 16th century. From 1885 and most recently in 1998 the entire structure was completely renovated and repaired. The chapel attached to the castle is occasionally used for weddings , as is the castle's Gothic Hall , which serves as a wedding room for the Bitburg-Land registry office.

The oldest wayside cross in the Trier district is also located in the Hammer district .

See also: List of cultural monuments in Hamm

Economy and Infrastructure

Today the community is mainly shaped by tourism , which benefits primarily from the nearby Bitburg reservoir. In contrast, agriculture has almost completely disappeared in recent years. Most of the employees work in Bitburg, the Trier area or in Luxembourg .

traffic

The village is on the thoroughfare from Biersdorf am See or Wiersdorf to Echtershausen . The next motorway junction Bitburg on the A 60 is about 8 km away.

Public facilities

A volunteer fire brigade is operated together with the neighboring community of Echtershausen . The children of the village attend the elementary school in Rittersdorf . Ecclesiastically, the place belongs to the parish of Biersdorf with the parish church of St. Martin there.

literature

• Ernst Wackenroder (arr.): The art monuments of the Bitburg district (=  Paul Clemen [Hrsg.]: The art monuments of the Rhine province . Volume 12 / I ). Trier 1983, ISBN 3-88915-006-3 , p. 113–120 (315 p., With 12 plates and 227 illustrations in the text. Reprinted by the Schwann edition, Düsseldorf 1927).
• Michael Berens: Hamm - Castle Chapel . In: Geschichtlicher Arbeitskreis Bitburger Land (Hrsg.): The churches and chapels of the Bitburger Land . 1992, p. 47 ( online [PDF; accessed December 13, 2017]).

Web links

Commons : Hamm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local community Hamm on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land
• The chronicle of the teacher Johann Brand about Hamm (Eifel)
• The end of the villages. In: Focus Online. October 26, 2009(FOCUS describes the struggle for survival in the community of Hamm in the Eifel). 
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Hamm (Eifel) 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. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Regional data.
3. ^ Heinrich Beyer : Middle Rhine document book. Volume I, Coblenz: Hölscher, 1860, p. 153 ( dilibri.de ).
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ Declaration of the coat of arms. Retrieved July 5, 2016 .