Lascheid (Eifel)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 7 '  N , 6 ° 25'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Arzfeld
Height :	530 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.47 km 2
Residents:	84 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	24 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54597
Area code :	06554
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 255
Association administration address:	Luxemburger Strasse 6 54687 Arzfeld
Website :	www.lascheid.net
Local Mayor :	Thomas Colles
Location of the local community Lascheid (Eifel) in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm

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

geography

The place is located at an altitude on a ridge in the eastern Islek , which is counted to the southern Eifel . The state border with Luxembourg is about 20 km west of the town. Part of the hamlet of Gesotz also belongs to Lascheid .

53.5% of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 35.4% consists of forest (as of 2018).

The municipality borders Dackscheid in the north, Lasel in the east, Hargarten in the south and Waxweiler and Pintesfeld in the west.

history

The place probably has its origin in the medieval clearing phases . In 1540 it was first mentioned in a document as "Lasscheid". Until the end of the 18th century Lascheid belonged to the Pronsfeld condominium . In the French rule it was administered by the Mairie Waxweiler , in the Prussian era by the mayor's office of Waxweiler in the Prüm district .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 73 1835 94 1871 116 1905 124 1939 127

year Residents 1950 123 1961 126 1970 108 1987 115 1993 101

year Residents 1999 86 2005 71 2011 75 2017 825 2019 84

Municipal council

The council in Lascheid 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.

Culture and sights

Buildings

• There are several crossroads across the municipality .
• Presumed Roman burial mound ⊙

Natural monuments

• 200 year old red oak east of Lascheid with a circumference of 2.50 m ⊙

See also: List of natural monuments in Lascheid

Regular events

• The annual fair or parish fair is celebrated on the Sunday after September 18th (St. Lambertus).
• Castle burning on the first weekend after Ash Wednesday (so-called Scheef Sunday)

Economy and Infrastructure

Today Lascheid is an agricultural community . Since 1971, when 24 farms were still counted, the agricultural area has decreased from 232 ha to 187 ha (2018).

The Eifelort is located two kilometers west of the Waxweiler / Schönecken junction on federal motorway 60 .

Web links

Commons : Lascheid  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local community Lascheid on the webpage of the association community Arzfeld
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Lascheid (Eifel) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 96 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ ^{a b c} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved March 5, 2020 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
5. ↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Hut Sunday in the Eifel. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .