Kobscheid

Kobscheid Local community Roth near Prüm Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 54 ″ N , 6 ° 22 ′ 16 ″ E
Height :	580 m above sea level NHN
Incorporation :	1st January 1971
Postal code :	54597
Area code :	06552
Location of Kobscheid in Rhineland-Palatinate

Kobscheid is a district of Roth near Prüm in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate .

It lies at 580 m above sea level. NHN and is characterized by agriculture.

The place was first mentioned in 1642 as a copschied . The part of the name "Cop-" ("Kuppe") refers to the hillside location of the place. In 1880 the place separated from the community of Roth and became an independent community. In the course of the administrative reform, this separation was abolished and Kobscheid was again incorporated into Roth on January 1, 1971 with 92 inhabitants. During the Battle of the Bulge Kobscheid was the scene of fierce fighting between German and American armed forces. In 1947 a major fire destroyed several houses and the Kobscheid chapel .

Web links

To search for cultural assets in the Kobscheid district of the Roth bei Prüm community in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

↑ Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 194 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.

[1] Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 194 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.