Kesfeld

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′  N , 6 ° 14 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Arzfeld
Height :	496 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.48 km 2
Residents:	77 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	17 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54619
Area code :	06559
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 247
Address of the municipal administration:	Luxemburger Strasse 6 54687 Arzfeld
Website :	www.kesfeld.de
Local Mayor :	Roland Kotz
Location of the local community Kesfeld in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Kesfeld

Kesfeld is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Arzfeld .

geography

The municipality is located in the West Eifel , only a few kilometers east of the state borders with Luxembourg and Belgium . The municipality extends over the plateau of Leidenborn and is about 8 km south of Pronsfeld . Parts of the Spielmannsholz and Dromigt residential areas (both partly belonging to Üttfeld ) belong to Kesfeld and are about 1 km from the main town.

With 85.6%, a comparatively large part of the municipality is used for agriculture, 9.8% are forest (as of 2011).

Neighboring communities are Heckhuscheid in the north, Üttfeld in the east, Leidenborn in the south and Großkampenberg in the west.

history

Westwall witnesses

Various archaeological finds, building remains, bricks, clay pots and barrows prove that the area was settled early by Celts and Romans . The place in its current form was created during the clearing phase in the 12th century, which is also suggested by the ending of the place name.

The place name is probably due to the Kesselbach flowing through the village. Kesfeld was mentioned in a document in 1245/1265 as "Kesselveld". Until the end of the 18th century, the place belonged to the administrative and judicial district of the Harspelt dairy within the Dasburg dominion in the Duchy of Luxembourg .

In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the Austrian Netherlands , to which the Duchy of Luxembourg belonged at the time, and annexed it in October 1795 . Under French administration , Kesfeld belonged to the canton of Arzfeld , which was administratively assigned to the arrondissement of Bitburg in the department of forests .

Due to the resolutions at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the former Luxembourg area east of the Sauer and Our was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia . From 1816 the place belonged to the mayor's office in Leidenborn in the new district of Prüm in the administrative district of Trier and from 1822 to the end of the Second World War it belonged to the Rhine province . After 1936 the community belonged to the Daleiden-Leidenborn office .

In World War II, about 90% of the town were destroyed. The place was evacuated in September 1944. The US troops reached the area on September 16, with the front initially stalling. Therefore, until the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 , Kesfeld was right on the front line. In February 1945, Kesfeld was taken again by US troops.

Since the municipal reform in 1971, Kesfeld has been part of the Arzfeld community and the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm (then: District of Bitburg-Prüm ).

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 68 1835 93 1871 124 1905 130 1939 346 1950 123

year Residents 1961 110 1970 105 1987 103 1997 106 2005 94 2019 77

politics

Municipal council

The council in Kesfeld 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 : "From silver (white) to red divided by a blue-silver (-white) sloping bar, in front three golden (yellow) grain grains on each side, behind a red high cross on a two-tiered base (calvary cross)."

Reasons for the coat of arms: Red and silver are the colors of the Counts of Vianden, who have owned the Luxembourgish rule Dasburg and thus Kesfeld since the 14th century . The blue-silver wavy bar stands for the Primmerbach and the Kesselbach. The Hochkreuz can be found in the center of the village and is intended to remind of the horrors of war. The Christ figure of the cross was badly damaged in World War II and was stored in a barn for a long time.

The coat of arms designed by Christian Gredner in collaboration with the citizens of Kesfeld was approved on August 11, 2010 by the local authority of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm.

Economy and Infrastructure

Today, Leidenborn is an agricultural community. Since 1971, when 20 agricultural holdings were counted, the agriculturally used area has decreased comparatively sharply from 317 ha to 170 ha (2005), which were cultivated by 7 holdings. Kesfeld's agriculture used to be known for growing oats and oat seeds.

The town center is away from major thoroughfares; the state roads that run along the edges of the municipality can be reached via municipal roads.

Kesfeld is the location of a volunteer fire brigade with 15 members.

Web links

Commons : Kesfeld  - Collection of Images

• Local community Kesfeld on the website of the association community Arzfeld
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Kesfeld 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. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ↑ District administration of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm: Administrative affiliation of the individual communities ( online PDF )
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ Coat of arms of the local community Kesfeld . In: Eifel aktuell . Weekly newspaper with the public announcements of the Arzfeld community. Volume 38 (113), issue 4/2011. Linus Wittich, Föhren January 29, 2011, p. 1 ( PDF ).