Heidweiler

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality :	Wittlich-Land
Height :	295 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.29 km 2
Residents:	162 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	16 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54518
Area code :	06508
License plate :	WIL, BKS
Community key :	07 2 31 051
Association administration address:	Kurfürstenstrasse 1 ; 54516 Wittlich
Website :	www.vg-wittlich-land.de
Local Mayor :	Hans-Josef Gotten
Location of the local community Heidweiler in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich

Heidweiler is a municipality in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land .

geography

The community is located in the Eastern Eifel in the Meulenwald conservation area . The Heidweiler Mühle residential area also belongs to Heidweiler.

history

Heidweiler was first mentioned in a document from 1303. The Archbishop of Trier Diether von Nassau confirmed the tenure of Heidweiler as a Wittum for his wife to the Emerich von Bruch .

Wonderfully country the place belonged to the late 18th century to the Duchy of Luxembourg and was part of the rule breaking .

After 1792 French revolutionary troops occupied the Austrian Netherlands , to which the Duchy of Luxembourg belonged, and annexed it in October 1795 . From 1795 to 1814 the place belonged to the canton of Dudeldorf in the department of forests .

In 1815, the former Luxembourg area east of the Sauer and Our was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . In 1816, the municipality of Heidweiler became part of the Wittlich district in the Trier administrative district in the Grand Duchy of Lower Rhine province , which became part of the Rhine province in 1822.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Heidweiler 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

	Blazon : "Shield split, in front in green silver rust, behind in silver two red posts."

Worth seeing

Road cross from 1668

Parish Church of St. Vincentius
Old rectory
Holy House
Little picture (portrait of Mary)
Beet washing area
Laundry Born
Old mill Heidweiler
Dierscheid observation tower

Personalities

Paul Trappen (1887–1957), German wrestler, weightlifter and power artist; born in Heidweiler
Beate Läsch-Weber (* 1957), President of the Sparkassenverband Rheinland-Pfalz

Web links

Commons : Heidweiler - Collection of Images

Short portrait with film about Heidweiler bei Hierzuland , SWR television
To search for cultural assets of the local community Heidweiler in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 57 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
↑ Trier Archives. Lintz, Trier 1907, p. 95 ( dilibri.de ).
↑ Statistical-topographical description of the government district of Trier. Hetzrodt 1818, p. 48 ( Google Books ).
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-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 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 57 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

[3] Trier Archives. Lintz, Trier 1907, p. 95 ( dilibri.de ).

[4] Statistical-topographical description of the government district of Trier. Hetzrodt 1818, p. 48 ( Google Books ).

[5] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections