Lauperath

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 5 '  N , 6 ° 20'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Arzfeld
Height :	490 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.77 km 2
Residents:	107 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	19 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54649
Area code :	06554
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 258
Association administration address:	Luxemburger Strasse 6 54687 Arzfeld
Website :	www.lauperath.de
Local Mayor :	Rolanderschfeld
Location of the local community Lauperath in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

View of Lauperath

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

geography

location

The scattered settlement is located in the west of the Eifel , only a few kilometers east of the state borders with Luxembourg and Belgium . It is surrounded by fields on a plateau in the Islek countryside . The local community consists of two larger and four smaller settlements: Lauperath and Scheidchen as well as the Kop farm group and the individual farms Berscheiderhof, Scheuerbaum and Reuschenhof.

With 63.9%, more than half of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 27.1% are forest (as of 2018).

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Manderscheid in the north, Waxweiler in the east, Krautscheid in the south and Arzfeld in the west.

climate

The annual precipitation is 1049 mm. The rainfall is high. They are in the upper quarter of the values ​​recorded in Germany. Lower values ​​are registered at 87% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is August, with most rainfall in November. In November there is 1.5 times more rainfall than in August. The rainfall varies moderately. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at 62% of the measuring stations .

history

The first documentary mention as "Lupenroide" comes from a deed of donation from the bishop and abbot Albero von Prüm in 1136. The place was founded during a high medieval clearing phase, probably in the 11th or 12th century.

Until the end of the 16th century, Lauperath was under the influence of the Prüm Abbey . At the beginning of the 17th century it was administered by the Manderscheid dairy and was part of the Luxembourgish rule of Neuerburg , and thus in the Spanish Netherlands . In 1714 the Duchy of Luxembourg , including Lauperath, went to the Austrian Netherlands , to which it belonged until 1794. Under French administration (1795-1814) the village was in the canton of Arzfeld in the department of forests , in 1815 it went to Prussia and was assigned to the district of Prüm in the administrative district of Trier .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 124 1835 122 1871 158 1905 171 1939 171 1950 166 1961 155

year Residents 1970 168 1987 123 1997 129 2005 117 2011 102 2017 102 2019 107

politics

Municipal council

The council in Lauperath 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.

mayor

On May 25, 2014 Rolanderschfeld was elected local mayor with 58.4% of the votes. He replaced Walter Thielen in this position.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In blue, under a silver shield head, topped with four small between two larger red shields, a golden chalice, accompanied by a golden high cross and a golden anchor."

Culture and sights

One of the buildings worth seeing is the chapel of the Holy Three Virgins as one of the few choir tower churches in the Eifel from the 15th century. Every year on May 22nd, the Chapel Festival is celebrated, the patron saint of the Three Virgins on the Sunday after March 10th.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Lauperath

Economy and Infrastructure

Today Lauperath is a residential community shaped by agriculture and tourism . Since 1971, when 25 farms were counted, the utilized agricultural area has increased from 419 ha to 560 ha (2010), which were managed by eleven farms.

The next junction is Waxweiler / Schönecken on federal highway 60 and is about ten kilometers east of the town.

The public facilities include a village community center and a children's playground .

Web links

• Lauperath on the website of the Arzfeld association
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Lauperath 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.