Katzwinkel (Eifel)

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Coat of arms of the local community Katzwinkel
Katzwinkel (Eifel)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 15 '  N , 6 ° 55'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Vulkaneifel
Association municipality : Kelberg
Height : 476 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.85 km 2
Residents: 125 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 32 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 54552
Area code : 02692
License plate : DAU
Community key : 07 2 33 037
Association administration address: Dauner Strasse 22
53539 Kelberg
Website : www.katzwinkel-vulkaneifel.de
Local Mayor : Manfred Lenartz
Location of the local community of Katzwinkel in the Vulkaneifel district
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Katzwinkel is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the association community Kelberg .

geography

The community is located in the Vulkaneifel Nature Park . Neighboring communities are Kelberg , Ueß , Hörschhausen , Gefell , Sarmersbach and Beinhausen .

history

Stone Age excavations prove a prehistoric settlement of the area around Katzwinkel. A first documentary mention from 1143 shows that the Springiersbach monastery owned land in Katzwinkel.

Katzwinkel belonged to the county of Nürburg and later to the office of Nürburg and thus to the electorate of Cologne .

After the Left Bank of the Rhine was taken by French revolutionary troops (1794) and the French administrative system was set up (1798), Katzwinkel was assigned to the Mairie Sarmersbach in the canton of Daun in the Saar department . Due to the decisions on the Congress of Vienna in the region in 1815 came to the Kingdom of Prussia and was from 1816 to the newly built district down in Trier , who later became the Rhine province belonged. Administratively, the municipality of Katzwinkel belonged to the mayor's office of Sarmersbach (renamed “Amt Sarmersbach” in 1927). The office of Sarmersbach was dissolved in 1931, Katzwinkel came to the office of Daun, from which the Verbandsgemeinde Daun emerged in 1968 . For November 7, 1970 Katzwinkel, together with Beinhausen , Boxberg , bridge , Hörschhausen and Neichen in the municipality Kelberg incorporated.

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 86
1835 118
1871 100
1905 113
1939 151
1950 138
1961 129
year Residents
1970 134
1987 142
1997 141
2005 128
2011 142
2017 133

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Katzwinkel 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.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Katzwinkel
 Blazon : "In silver a black bar cross, angled by four green three-pointed crowns."
Justification of the coat of arms: The black cross reminds of the former membership in the Electorate of Cologne .

Worth seeing

The following sights should be mentioned in Katzwinkel:

  • the Afelskreuz with a chapel. The name suggests an indulgence cross , but a proximity to Eifelkreuz is also possible. The current 3 m high wooden cross was erected on the site of a decayed one in 1931. The carved year 1231 indicates pilgrimages at that time.
  • the Teufelsstein , 2 m in diameter, on the municipal boundary between Ueß and Katzwinkel, is a listed natural monument made of solidified lava.

See also:

Others

In 2005, Katzwinkel won the Honorary Prize of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate for outstanding municipal projects. The local initiative took 7th place out of 97 submitted projects. In 2012 Katzwinkel took part in the competition “ Our village has a future ”. Katzwinkel has reached the 2nd place in the district decision.

Web links

Commons : Katzwinkel  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ^ Friedbert Wißkirchen: reorganization of the association communities with extensive reforms. In: Heimatjahrbuch 1995. Vulkaneifel district, accessed on April 6, 2019 .
  3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  5. ↑ Alfons Poss: The Afels Cross at Katzwinkel. In: Heimatjahrbuch 1977. Vulkaneifel district, accessed on April 6, 2019 .