Hoffeld (Eifel)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 22 '  N , 6 ° 49'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Ahrweiler
Association municipality :	Adenau
Height :	400 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.15 km 2
Residents:	274 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	53 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53534
Area code :	02693
License plate :	AW
Community key :	07 1 31 030
Association administration address:	Kirchstrasse 15 53518 Adenau
Website :	www.adenau.de
Local Mayor :	Marco Jax
Location of the local community Hoffeld in the Ahrweiler district

Hoffeld is a municipality in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Adenau community .

geography

Hoffeld is located in the center of the Eifel and within the protected landscape area "Rhein-Ahr-Eifel" at the eastern foot of the castle head ( 500  m above sea level. NHN ) with its mountain lake. The Waldhof residential area is part of Hoffeld . The local community borders North Rhine-Westphalia in the west . Neighboring communities are Müsch in the north, Werft in the east, Trierscheid in the south and Dorsel and Blankenheim (district Ahrdorf ) in the west.

history

It was first mentioned in a document in 975. The files of Barweiler and Kirmutscheid in the Trier diocese archives show that in 975 the Trier archdeacon Wicfried gave the St. Maximin Abbey in Trier a hoof land in "Huffelt". It is a so-called precarious contract , an ecclesiastical right developed since the 6th century to lend land to clergy for their livelihood.

Until a few decades ago there were larger basalt deposits in Hoffeld which were mined. The high-quality columnar basalt was used, among other things, during the construction of the Hindenburg dam between the Schleswig-Holstein mainland and the island of Sylt . Basalt mining was stopped in 1981. From the former basalt mine is a lake emerged from the Fishing Club is leased Hoffeld.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 209 1835 230 1871 194 1905 221 1939 289 1950 297

year Residents 1961 320 1970 344 1987 322 1997 360 2005 333 2019 274

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Hoffeld consists of six council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. In the election period from 2009 to 2014, the municipal council consisted of eight council members.

mayor

Marco Jax is the local mayor of Hoffeld. Since there was no candidate for the direct election on May 26, 2019, the upcoming election of the mayor was incumbent on the council in accordance with municipal regulations. He confirmed Jax in his office on July 9, 2019.

Attractions

The Hoffelder See on the Burgkopf volcano

Village museum

There are many well-preserved half-timbered houses in the village center . The village museum is housed in one of these houses. Before the local community bought the house in the mid-1980s, a family of ten lived there for a long time. The exhibition aims to show how people used to live in a confined space. In front of the museum is a fountain built with columns made of Hoffelder basalt.

Feye house

The so-called "Feye-Haus", one of the oldest still preserved quarry stone houses in Hoffeld (according to Backes inscription, built in 1712) was empty for over 30 years. After renovation and remodeling, the building is now used as a restaurant.

Hoffelder See

In the former basalt quarry on the Burgkopf above the village there is a small lake with clear water that is not open to the public, is used by a fishing club and is fenced off all around.

chapel

It consists of a white-painted brick exposed brickwork with a gable roof in a lattice girder construction, under which a light band made of exposed concrete is installed. The pointed tower rises 10 m above the gable top, with a brass ball attached under a cross point, 12.80 m high. The roof and tower are covered with artificial slate.

The interior of the chapel measures 14.80 × 11.32 m. The height from the floor to the top of the gable is 10.80 m. On the floor there is a 30 cm high, 3.70 m wide and 7 m long dais on which the high and celebration altars stand. The high altar comes from the old chapel and was renovated by restorer Walter Dick, Wasenbach, before the restoration, whereby old paintings were uncovered on the plinth and door walls of the former sacristy vault. The altar is crowned by the coat of arms of the Adenau Order of St. John. The celebration altar was designed by the sculptor Georg Gehring, Adenau. It is a stone block made of Anröchter dolomite with the dimensions 120 × 90 × 100 cm. The corner designs show a vine leaf with grapes. Wall benches are built into stone cheeks on both long sides. The other benches come from the old chapel.

You can get into the chapel through vestibules on the south and north sides. The sacristy and toilet are located between the two entrances. In the design of the entrance door to the sacristy, natural stone door frames in arch form and the old wooden door of the old chapel with nails were used. The floor of the interior and the sacristy are made of Anröchter dolomite.

See also the list of cultural monuments in Hoffeld (Eifel)

Web links

Commons : Hoffeld (Eifel)  - Collection of images

• Heinrich Müller: Hoffelder Basalt all over the world. In: Heimatjahrbuch Kreis Ahrweiler 1966
• The history of the Düngerley and Burg basalt quarries
• AW Wiki
• Literature on Hoffeld in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, 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. 5 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Adenau, Verbandsgemeinde, twelfth line of results. Retrieved August 7, 2020 .