Hommerdingen

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 55 '  N , 6 ° 19'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	South Eifel
Height :	364 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.04 km 2
Residents:	70 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	34 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54675
Area code :	06522
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 054
Association administration address:	Pestalozzistraße 7 54673 Neuerburg
Website :	suedeifelinfo.de
Local Mayor :	Michael Pelletier Sr.
Location of the local community Hommerdingen in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Hommerdingen is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of southern Eifel .

history

Hommerdingen in the direction of Nusbaum

The location index of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier lists a Roman settlement north of Hommerdingen, which is not localized, however.

The place was first mentioned in 1317 as Humircingen . Other forms of name are 1392 Hummerdingen , 1501 Hemertingen and 1570 Homerdingen . In 1615 the place belonged to the Nusbaum dairy with a stick property , until the French annexation in 1794 to the county of Vianden . In 1815 he was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . After the First World War temporarily occupied by the French again, the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 50 1835 60 1871 70 1905 100 1939 533 1950 101 1961 98

year Residents 1970 92 1987 72 1997 53 2005 52 2011 57 2017 62

politics

Municipal council

The council in Hommerdingen 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 : "Red through a rising, curved silver tip, inside a blue fountain from a red fountain basin with four cascades on each side, split, on the right a silver glaive cross, on the left a silver beam balance."

Culture and sights

• Chapel opposite Kapellenstrasse 12
• Residential part of a former transverse house from 1794 at Kapellenstrasse 10
• Hiking trails in and around Hommerdingen

See also: List of cultural monuments in Hommerdingen

Regular events include

• Annual fair or parish fair takes place on the first weekend in October.
• Castle burning on the first Sunday after Ash Wednesday (so-called Scheef Sunday)

Web links

Commons : Hommerdingen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• To search for cultural assets of the local community Hommerdingen 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. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 99 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved August 6, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved August 6, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Circular route over the heights of Kruchten, Hommerdingen and Freilingen. Retrieved February 15, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 .