Leidenborn

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Arzfeld
Height :	520 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.58 km 2
Residents:	195 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	35 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54619
Area code :	06559
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 259
Association administration address:	Luxemburger Strasse 6 ; 54687 Arzfeld
Website :	www.leidenborn.de
Local Mayor :	Hermann Schwalen
Location of the local community in Leidenborn in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm

St. Antonius, southwest side

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

geography

monument

The place is in the west of the Eifel , only a few kilometers east of the border with Luxembourg . Neighboring communities are Großkampenberg and Kesfeld in the north, Üttfeld in the south, Sengerich in the south, Herzfeld in the southwest and Lützkampen in the west.

The hamlets and residential areas Hallischbach, Hof Lützkampenerbrücke, Huffelsheck, Lautzerath, Leidenbornermühle, Regerhof, Reiffersbach and Schneidmühle also belong to Leidenborn.

Almost three quarters of the municipal area is used for agriculture, over 20% is forest area (as of 2011).

history

The ending of the Leidenborner place name indicates a development during the medieval clearing phases. Until the end of the 18th century, Leidenborn belonged to the Dasburg dominion in the Duchy of Luxembourg .

As the mayor's office , Leidenborn received an official building and a small police station with a prison during the Prussian period. After the place had developed very positively at first, it was thrown back by the construction of the west wall and the Ardennes offensive . About 90% of the site was destroyed when the front changed. The resulting minefields also tore numerous civilians to their deaths after the war.

Statistics on population development

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

year	Residents
1815	113
1835	152
1871	171
1905	208
1939	455

year	Residents
1950	166
1961	182
1970	194
1987	195
2005	162

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Leidenborn consists of six council members who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Divided by a silver wavy bar of red and green. Above is an open golden book, each of the two visible pages covered with an eye: black eyelashes, silver cornea, black iris. Below three golden ears of corn arranged in a fan shape. "

Economy and Infrastructure

Today, Leidenborn is an agricultural community . Since 1971, when 29 farms were still counted, the utilized agricultural area has decreased from 385 ha to 269 ha (2010), which were cultivated by four farms.

The village is crossed by Landesstraße 15 , which connects it to Üttfeld and Lützkampen , among others .

Leidenborn is the location of a volunteer fire brigade with 11 members.

Web links

Commons : Leidenborn - collection of images

Local community Leidenborn

Local community Leidenborn on the webpage of the association community Arzfeld

To search for cultural goods belonging to the Leidenborn community in the database of cultural goods in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 61 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
^ ^A ^b ^c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
↑ Description of coat of arms / justification. Local community Leidenborn, accessed on September 24, 2015 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

[2] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 61 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

[regionaldaten-3] A ^b ^c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data

[4] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections

[Wappen-5] Description of coat of arms / justification. Local community Leidenborn, accessed on September 24, 2015 .