Kerschenbach (Eifel)

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Gerolstein
Height :	540 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.92 km 2
Residents:	199 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	29 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54589
Area code :	06597
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 219
Association administration address:	Kyllweg 1 ; 54568 Gerolstein
Website :	www.kerschenbach.de
Local Mayor :	Walter Schneider
Location of the local community of Kerschenbach in the Vulkaneifel district

Kerschenbach 2017

Kerschenbach is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Gerolstein community .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document at the beginning of the 14th century as part of the Kronenburg rule . From the middle of the 14th century, Kerschenbach belonged to Hof Stadtkyll and thus to the court there in the county of Gerolstein . Kerschenbach also belonged to the parish of Kronenburg until the 18th century. Around 1790 Kerschenbach came to the parish of Stadtkyll.

As part of the Rhineland-Palatinate functional and territorial reform , Kerschenbach was reclassified together with 14 other communities on November 7, 1970 from the district of Prüm , which was dissolved at the same time, to the district of Daun (since 2007 district of Vulkaneifel).

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	72
1835	92
1871	122
1905	127
1939	137
1950	123

year	Residents
1961	120
1970	124
1987	129
1997	193
2005	184
2017	200

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Kerschenbach 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

Village square with a fountain

Blazon : "Under a golden shield head, inside a red zigzag bar, split in red by a silver wavy strip, in front a raised golden sword, behind a golden ear."

Justification of the coat of arms: The red zigzag bar on a golden background in the main shield indicates that the place belonged to the county of Gerolstein . The Manderscheid-Gerolsteiner counts used the red zigzag bar on gold in their coat of arms. The silver wavy bar that splits the coat of arms indicates the Kerschenbach, which gave the place its name. The golden sword stands for Saint Lucia , who died by the sword as a martyr for her faith and is the patroness of the place and the chapel in Kerschenbach. At the same time, however, the sword also points to the medieval high court in Kerschenbach, which is still reminiscent of the hall designation “At the court”. The golden ear symbolizes the rural character of the community and agriculture as a livelihood for many centuries for the people of Kerschenbach.