Lichtenborn

This article deals with the local community Lichtenborn in Rhineland-Palatinate. A district of Hardegsen in Lower Saxony also bears this name.

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 7 '  N , 6 ° 18'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Arzfeld
Height :	548 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.44 km 2
Residents:	314 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	27 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54619
Primaries :	06554, 06559
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 260
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Luxemburger Strasse 6 54687 Arzfeld
Website :	www.lichtenborn.de
Local Mayor :	Alois Leick
Location of the local community Lichtenborn in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

St. Servatius

Fire department building

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

geography

Lichtenborn is located in the Islek region , in the west of the Eifel , just a few kilometers east of the state border with Luxembourg . North of the place rises to 569  m above sea level. NHN the Lichtenborner Höhe with a panoramic view over large parts of the landscape.

The municipality is divided into the districts of Lichtenborn, Kopscheid and Stalbach. The Lichtenborn district also includes the Eppelbruch, Eulenbruch and Faulenpuhl residential areas ; The Fuchswiese residential area belongs to the Stalbach district.

With 72%, almost three quarters of the municipal area is used for agriculture, 22% are forest (as of 2011).

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Üttfeld in the north-west, Euscheid in the north, Lünebach and Kinzenburg in the north-east, Manderscheid in the south and Arzfeld in the south-west.

history

Today's main town Lichtenborn was first mentioned in a document in 1330 as "lichtbreit", which roughly means "deforested area". Until the end of the 18th century, Lichtenborn and Stalbach belonged to the Pronsfeld condominium and Kopscheid to the Neuerburg rule in the Duchy of Luxembourg . As the administrative seat of the mayor's office in Lichtenborn , it was under Prussian administration, later the place came under the Waxweiler office .

On January 1, 1973, the previously independent communities Kopscheid (then 95 inhabitants) and Stalbach (87) were incorporated into Lichtenborn.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 164 1835 227 1871 322 1905 428 1939 450 1950 470

year Residents 1961 470 1970 460 1987 415 1997 404 2005 359 2019 314

politics

Municipal council

The council in Lichtenborn consists of eight 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 the same date, Alois Leick was elected local mayor with 53.8% of the vote. He replaced Friedhelm Hermes in this position.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver, a red drawbar surrounded by three black ribbons."

Justification for the coat of arms: The drawbar stands for the fork in the road in the village center of Lichtenborn, where the federal road 410 coming from the Prümtal swings to the left in the direction of Luxembourg and from which the state road 9 leads to the right in the direction of Belgium . The three former communities of Lichtenborn, Kopscheid and Stalbach are symbolized by the three loops, which are based on ornaments on Lichtenborn crosses from the 18th century. The colors red and silver are based on the coat of arms of the von Brandenburg family and the oldest coat of arms of the Counts of Vianden . The patronage of the Lichtenborn Church belonged to the Luxembourg Lords of Brandenburg and descended from the Counts of Vianden. The latter probably had the first church built in Lichtenborn.

Culture and sights

Buildings

• Catholic parish church of St. Servatius from 1895
• There are several crossroads across the municipality .
• Various stories and legends entwine around a stone cross ("Black Cross") in a spruce forest in the Lichtenborn area.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Lichtenborn

Green spaces and recreation

• Enz cycle path near Lichtenborn
• Trail riding

Regular events

• Annual fair or parish fair
• Traditional rattling or rattling on Good Friday and Holy Saturday
• Castle burning on the first weekend after Ash Wednesday (so-called Scheef Sunday)

Economy and Infrastructure

Lichtenborn is today an agricultural community . Since 1971, when there were still 72 agricultural holdings, the utilized agricultural area has increased from 914 ha to 942 ha (2010), which was cultivated by 16 holdings.

The federal road 410 runs on the southern edge of the village , from which the state road 9 in the direction of Belgium leads away in Lichtenborn .

Public facilities

Lichtenborn is the location of a volunteer fire brigade with 14 members.

literature

• Ernst Wackenroder (edit.): The art monuments of the Prüm district (=  Paul Clemen [Hrsg.]: The art monuments of the Rhine province . Volume 12 / II ). Trier 1983, ISBN 3-88915-006-3 , p. 96 (222 p., With 9 plates and 185 ills. In the text. Reprinted by the Schwann edition, Düsseldorf 1927).

Web links

Commons : Lichtenborn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local community Lichtenborn
• Local community Lichtenborn on the webpage of the association community Arzfeld
• To search for cultural goods of the local community Lichtenborn in the database of cultural goods 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 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 61 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ^ ^{A b c} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ↑ 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. 185 (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.  
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ↑ Description of coat of arms / justification. Lichtenborn community, accessed on September 24, 2015 . 
7. ^ Entry on Saint Servatius in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; Retrieved September 26, 2015.
8. ↑ Bike tour near Lichtenborn. Retrieved April 3, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Trail riding in Lichtenborn. Retrieved April 3, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Hut Sunday in the Eifel. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .