Idesheim

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 6 ° 34'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Bitburger Land
Height :	310 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.72 km 2
Residents:	399 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54636
Area code :	06506
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 061
Address of the municipal administration:	Hubert-Prim-Strasse 7 54634 Bitburg
Website :	bitburgerland.de
Local Mayor :	Werner Kreinz
Location of the local community Idesheim in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Idesheim 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 West Eifel , approx. 15 km south of the district town of Bitburg . In the south, the municipality border also forms the border between the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm and the district of Trier-Saarburg . Of the 6.72 km² municipal area, a comparatively large proportion of 74% is used for agriculture, only 18% are forest. One kilometer west of Idesheim runs the federal highway 51 , which leads to Bitburg among other places.

history

Hauptstrasse 20

The Idesbacher municipality area was settled very early on. This is indicated by numerous Stone Age finds and Roman period settlement remains in the field names In the book , Konigsberg , Jeich and Hühnerbach out. The first documentary mention as "Adinesheim" took place in the year 844 in an exchange deed between the monastery of Prüm and Count Sigard. After 1794 the place, which had previously belonged to the Electorate of Welschbillig, went to the Mairie Idenheim , which later became the mayor's office of Idenheim . The latter came in 1930 to the Bitburg-Land Office, which in 1970 was merged with other offices to form the Bitburg-Land Verbandsgemeinde, to which Idesheim has belonged ever since.

In 1625, 15 households were counted in Idesheim Ort, by 1653 this number had dropped to only 8. In contrast to some other Eifel towns, the number of inhabitants has risen sharply since the end of the 18th century. In 1787 155 inhabitants were recorded, in 1895 the place was populated by 285 inhabitants. Since the 1930s the number has moved only slightly and fluctuates around the 400-inhabitant limit.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 192 1835 232 1871 275 1905 363 1939 430 1950 407 1961 423

year Residents 1970 431 1987 400 1997 418 2005 399 2011 411 2017 401

Municipal council

The council in Idesheim consists of eight 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

	The reason for the coat of arms: The symbol for the church and local patroness, St. Apollonia, is the pliers in the head of the shield, while the warrior memorial chapel is shown in the lower part of the shield.

Attractions

The Catholic branch church St. Appolonia consists u. a. from the east tower built in 1717 and the nave from 1811. The war memorial chapel and numerous crossroads in the Idesheim municipality are also worth seeing. Several old residential buildings have been preserved in good condition within the village.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Idesheim  and List of natural monuments in Idesheim

Web links

Commons : Idesheim  - Collection of Images

• Local community Idesheim on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Idesheim 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: Regional data.
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ↑ Declaration of the coat of arms. Retrieved July 5, 2016 .