Hochscheid

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Hochscheid (definition of terms ) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '  N , 7 ° 13'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality :	Bernkastel-Kues
Height :	510 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.39 km 2
Residents:	269 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	17 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54472
Area code :	06536
License plate :	WIL, BKS
Community key :	07 2 31 056
Association administration address:	Gestade 18 54470 Bernkastel-Kues
Website :	www.bernkastel-kues.de
Local Mayor :	Erhard Wolf
Location of the local community Hochscheid in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich

Hochscheid is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Bernkastel-Kues .

geography

The rural town of Hochscheid is located in the middle of the low mountain range of the Hunsrück at the foot of the Idarkopf . Neighboring communities within a five-kilometer radius are Horbruch (distance: 1.2 km as the crow flies), Wahlenau (3.0 km), Hirschfeld (3.0 km), Kleinich (3.0 km) and Krummenau (3.6 km) . The closest medium-sized center is Bernkastel-Kues .

history

Sanctuary of Apollo and Sirona, information board and statue of Sirona

A sanctuary of Apollo and Sirona from the 2nd century AD was excavated in Hochscheid . There was also the inscription "DEO APOLLINI ET SANCTE SIRONE", whereby "Apollini" refers to the healing god Apollo Grannus , who was identified with Apollon in the course of the Interpretatio Romana .

Hochscheid belonged to the rear county of Sponheim .

Evangelical Church Hochscheid

The first chapel stood before 1529. It was probably dedicated to St. Dedicated to Aegidius . This chapel was destroyed in 1743, probably already during the Thirty Years War . In 1752 the chapel was rebuilt, but in 1790 only the tower was still standing. A winter school was later added to this tower. In the chapel was a bell from 1629 with the inscription “ Johann Burchart Trarbach Pfarher zu Clenich. Johann Schüßler church master. Anno MDCXXIX "hung up.

Since 1946 the place has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Hochscheid 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 : "In a green field over silver water on the left a lyre, on the right a laurel branch."
	Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms is derived from a Roman spring sanctuary from the 2nd century that was excavated high in the forest. It shows the attributes of the source god Apollo , lyre and laurel, as well as water from the source.

Economy and Infrastructure

Hochscheid is part of the Trier Region Transport Association (VRT) .

The Hochscheid station was on the now disused Hunsrück cross line Langenlonsheim - Hermeskeil .

Personalities

• Bruno Müller-Linow (1909–1997), painter and graphic artist

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Hochscheid
• List of natural monuments in Hochscheid

Web links

Commons : Hochscheid  - Collection of Images

• www.gemeinde-hochscheid.de
• Local community Hochscheid on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Bernkastel-Kues
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Hochscheid 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. ↑ Gerd Weisgerber : The pilgrim sanctuary of Apollo and Sirona from Hochscheid in the Hunsrück. Habelt, Bonn 1975.
3. ↑ AE 1941, 89 : Deo Apolli / ni et sanc / t (a) e Siron (a) e / r (eficiundum) c (uravit) pro Con / [g] e feci [t
4. ↑ Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or Universal dictionary of the arts, sciences, literature, & c. intended to supersede the use of other books of reference (v. 11) . John Brown, 1816.
5. ^ Pastor Martin Sinemus: The history of the parish of Cleinich. Self-published by the author, 1925.
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections