Luxem

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the German actor and radio play speaker, see Rainer Luxem .

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′  N , 7 ° 6 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality :	Vordereifel
Height :	440 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.93 km 2
Residents:	302 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	61 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56729
Area code :	02656
License plate :	MYK, MY
Community key :	07 1 37 066
Association administration address:	Kelberger Strasse 26 56727 Mayen
Website :	www.luxem-eifel.de
Local Mayor :	Martin Freund
Location of the local community Luxem in the district of Mayen-Koblenz

Luxem is a municipality about 10 kilometers west of Mayen in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Vordereifel , which has its administrative headquarters in Mayen. In the Middle Ages the place was called Luxheim . What is now the larger neighboring community of Weiler (near Mayen) emerged from an emigrant farm . In the Middle Ages the neighboring village was the hamlet of Niederluxem.

history

Luxem was first mentioned in 1320. Finds from Roman times suggest a settlement in antiquity. Henno von Bürresheim, known as von Daun, transferred a court in the place known as Lucxheim to Elector Baldwin of Trier as a castle fief .

The place name Lucsheim possibly comes from Latin and means light . Other sources report a deed of division from 1229 and a deed from 1336 in which Count Ruprecht zu Virneburg appropriated the neighboring properties, including Luxem. In that year Count Robert sold Virneburg Castle to Elector Baldwin for 2,200 Florentine guilders.

Church history

The first chapel was built in 1686. Inside there is a Madonna with child from the early 19th century and baroque wooden figures of John the Baptist and Saint Roch. A small organ was installed as early as 1883, thanks not least to the Nachtsheim pastor Conrady. At that time the organ cost the proud price of 495 marks. The old chapel was so dilapidated that one side wall collapsed on the night of March 24, 1966, and then other parts over the next few days. Rumor has it that an "assisted collapse" of the chapel favored its new construction and the expansion of the main road through the town (source: Johann Gäb, former mayor). Fortunately, the precious baroque altar had already been dismantled and brought to safety. The altar was re-erected in the newly built chapel, and the windows and doors as well as parts of the pews from the old chapel were used. The chapel has always been dedicated to St. Rochus of Montpellier . In terms of church organization, it is a branch church of the Weiler parish in the Nachtsheim pastoral care unit .

School history

After the first school was built in the village in 1840, the community founded its own school association in 1842. In 1885, the then teacher Peter Stein had taken the trouble to compile a small village chronicle. His salary was 60 thalers or 181 marks a year. The first teacher in Luxem was his father Jakob Stein, who came from a mill near Urmersbach . The last teacher, Sebastian Weiler, was transferred from Luxem to Kottenheim in the 1960s . This means that the previous school districts of Hirten , Luxem and Weiler have been merged into the Weiler primary school. The old school building and the adjoining "school yard" have since served as a meeting place for young people and a meeting place or place for various events such as a fair (campground), May celebrations or z. B. Public viewing location for the 2010 World Cup .

History of the water supply

In 1860 a temporary water pipe was laid, which was fed with water from the wells in the basements. The actual aqueduct was laid by opening up a spring in Frauenborn in 1895/96. At the same time, the community set up a fire fighting pond near the school. In the syringe house, in which light-shy rabble was sometimes locked, there was a fire engine to fight the fire.

emigration

As in other Eifel communities, numerous residents emigrated to America and Canada for economic reasons from the middle of the 19th century.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 151 1835 221 1871 230 1905 252 1939 240

year Residents 1950 242 1961 209 1970 246 1987 261 2005 303

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Martin Freund became mayor of Luxem in 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 93.62% of the vote, and thus succeeded Wolfgang Thelen.

One of Freund's predecessors as local mayor was Johann Gäb for over 30 years until his death in January 2009. After unsuccessful mayoral election in summer 2009, Wolfgang Thelen was appointed as his successor by the local council in October. The official business was headed provisionally by Karl Steffens.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Divided by gold over blue. At the top seven (4: 3) red diamonds in bars (as an indication of the historical connection to the county of Virneburg ), at the bottom two crossed silver pilgrim sticks (of the patron saint Rochus of Montpellier ). "

Festivals and clubs

Luxem has a village community center where the village festival takes place every year at the end of June. The village festival is organized by the Schützenkapelle Luxem 1965, the music association within the largest association in the village, the St. Sebastianus Schützenbruderschaft 1938 eV, which also has numerous members from neighboring communities.

There is also the bachelor club (founded in 2003), which has been involved in the festivities on the occasion of the fair for several years, a gymnastics group and the sports club SV Weiler / Luxem, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2005. Every third weekend in July the fair and the bachelor party take place at the same time.

In the summer of every second (even) year, the Luxem volunteer fire brigade holds its fire brigade festival.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Luxem

Web links

Commons : Luxem  - collection of images

• Local community Luxem on the website of the association community Vordereifel
• Literature about Luxem in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Vordereifel, Verbandsgemeinde, 18th line of results. Retrieved February 15, 2020 . 
5. ^ Bulletin Vordereifel: Constituent meeting in Luxem. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, edition 28/2019, accessed on February 15, 2020 .