Cord (Eifel)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 50 '  N , 6 ° 38'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Trier-Saarburg
Association municipality :	Trier country
Height :	140 m above sea level NHN
Area :	16.6 km 2
Residents:	2143 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	129 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54306
Area code :	06505
License plate :	TR, SAB
Community key :	07 2 35 069
Community structure:	4 districts
Association administration address:	Gartenfeldstrasse 12 54295 Trier
Website :	gemeinde-kordel.de
Local Mayor :	Medard Roth
Location of the local community Kordel in the district of Trier-Saarburg

Cord seen from above

Cord seen from the north

Kordel station on the Eifelbahn

Cord around 1957

Kordel , official spelling until May 15, 1936: Cordel is a municipality in the district of Trier-Saarburg in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Trier-Land community . Kordel is a state-approved resort .

geography

Kordel lies in the Eifel on the Kyll River .

The districts of Burg Ramstein and Hochmark, the district of Kimmlingen, incorporated in 1953, and the residential areas of Kimmerbach, Kimmlingerhof, Ramsteinerbrücke and Reitzenmühle belong to the local community of Kordel .

history

A first documentary note of the place can be traced back to the year 1023. According to the prevailing opinion of local history researchers, an archbishop's estate contributed to the development of the name, which was called cordula or cortellum . According to historical manifestations, this episcopal estate was located near Ramstein Castle . The first documentary mentions of this property come from the year 1138.

Until the end of the 18th century the place belonged to the Electorate of the Palatinate . After the Left Bank of the Rhine was taken over by French revolutionary troops , the place belonged to the canton Pfalzel in the Saardepartement from 1798 to 1814 and became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 on the basis of the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna . In 1816 the community was assigned to the district of Trier and from 1822 it belonged to the Rhine province .

Population development

The development of the population of the municipality of Kordel in relation to today's municipality, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 410 1835 544 1871 656 1905 1,112 1939 1,642 1950 1,824

year Residents 1961 2.168 1970 2,296 1987 2,291 1997 2,288 2005 2.174 2019 2.143

Municipal council

The local council in Kordel consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG *	total
2019	3	3	10	16 seats
2014	3	3	10	16 seats
2009	3	3	10	16 seats
2004	4th	3	9	16 seats
1999	6th	5	5	16 seats

^* FWG = Free Voting Group Kordel e. V.

Attractions

Ramstein Castle and the Genoveva Cave are located near Kordel . In front of this cave, flint fragments and scrapers from the older Stone Age as well as stone axes and spearheads from the Younger Stone Age were found.

In addition, parts of the Roman long wall can be identified on the parish of the local community.

The Butzerbach Falls are located near the castle , a series of waterfalls over red sandstone banks that are accessed by a path with a 30-meter-long net bridge.

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

Transportation

The station cord is located at the Eifel track Cologne - Euskirchen -Gerolstein- Trier . The following local rail passenger trains operate under the brand name VAREO :

line	designation	Line course	Clock frequency
RB 22	Eifel Express	Cologne Fair / Deutz - Cologne - Euskirchen - Jünkerath - Gerolstein - Bitburg-Erdorf - Kordel - Ehrang - Trier (Cologne Fair / Deutz - Gerolstein asRE 22)	60 min (in the HVZ amplifier Gerolstein – Trier)

Vehicles from the 620 and 622 series are used . The tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Region Trier (VRT) applies .

Due to the good rail connection and the relatively difficult accessibility on the road, Kordel is not approached by public buses at all.

Web links

Commons : Cord  - Collection of Images

• To search for cultural assets of the Kordel community in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Link catalog on the topic of cord at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Statistics of the German Reich, Volume 450: Official municipality directory for the German Reich, Part I, Berlin 1939, p. 268.
3. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 79 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
5. ^ Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ↑ Deutsche Bahn course book. Retrieved September 25, 2018 .