Malberg soft

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '  N , 6 ° 33'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Bitburger Land
Height :	402 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.22 km 2
Residents:	356 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	35 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54655
Area code :	06563
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 076
Association administration address:	Hubert-Prim-Strasse 7 54634 Bitburg
Website :	malberg Weich.de
Mayoress :	Klara Leisen
Location of the local community Malberg Weich in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Malberg soft

Malberg Weich bei Malberg in the Eifel is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land .

geography

Malberg Weich is located northwest of Kyllburg on the Kyll in the Eifel.

In addition to the main town, the Staffelstein and Birkenhof residential areas belong to the community.

history

It is no longer possible to precisely prove when the place Malbergoft came into being. Finds indicate that the place was already settled in Roman times. The remains of Roman masonry were found in the “Helsdorf” district. An entry in the Prümer Urbar under the name Wihc from the year 893 is to be regarded as the first secure mention . Wihc is derived from the Latin “vicus” = inhabited place.

In the Middle Ages Malbergoft belonged to the Luxembourgish rule "Malberghe". The fate of the place in the period from the 15th to the 17th century can best be traced by looking at the fire pits in the place, meaning houses in which there was a cooking place. In 1475 there were 11 fireplaces, 1551 = 6, 1636 = 14 and in 1656 only 5 fireplaces (1618–1648 Thirty Years War). One can only guess what suffering the residents are behind these numbers. The settlement had constantly changing masters, for example, as part of the Duchy of Luxembourg , it belonged to the Austrian Netherlands until 1795 .

After 1792, French revolutionary troops occupied the Austrian Netherlands , which included the Duchy of Luxembourg and thus Malbergoft, and annexed it in 1795 . Under French administration , Malbergoft was assigned to the canton of Bitburg in 1795 , which was part of the Bitburg arrondissement in the Forests department .

Due to the resolutions passed at the Congress of Vienna , the region became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 . Under the Prussian administration Malbergweich belonged to the mayor Malberg in 1816 the newly formed Bitburg in Trier . Malbergoft became an independent municipality in 1845. A local council has existed since that time. The first mayor was called Nikolaus Zalfen.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 198 1835 349 1871 359 1905 374 1939 409 1950 432

year Residents 1961 407 1970 388 1987 335 1997 382 2005 395 2019 356

politics

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

Blazon : "In a silver shield a red oblique left bar covered with 3 gold balls, a red label above, a blue ploughshare below."

Foundation of the coat of arms: Church and local patron saint of Malberg Weich is St. Nicholas. Its attribute is three golden balls. They are shown in the red diagonal bar. Malberg Weich is the old "vicus iuxta Malberg", which was part of the Malberg rule until 1800 . As an indication of this, the sign of the Lords of Malberg, a red label on a silver background, is included in the upper part of the shield. An antique ploughshare is shown in the lower shield as an indication of the agricultural character of the place.

Culture and sights

Lady Chapel from 1951

St. Nicholas, View of the Altar (1778)

Buildings

• Alte Burg - stately home from 1710
• Catholic branch church of St. Nicholas from 1788
• The milestone Staffelstein - probably from Roman times ⊙
• The former school from 1927 - today it is the community center
• Several very old crossroads are spread across the municipality .
• The town center is the location of several historic houses and old farms .
• Marienkapelle in front of the Hardt from 1951 ⊙

See also: List of cultural monuments in Malbergoft

Green spaces and recreation

• Old beech from Malberg Weich ⊙
• Arch bridge over the Neidenbach ⊙
• Eisenmännchen on Mohrweilerweg - ingrown iron cross from a beech tree ⊙
• Hiking and cycling in and around Malbergoft

Regular events

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

Economy and Infrastructure

The economic structure of Malbergoft has always been determined by agriculture. Even at a time when a structural change in the communities is noticeable, the place has remained predominantly agriculturally oriented.

The community is accessed through the state road 34 and the county road 81 .

literature

• Ernst Wackenroder (arr.): The art monuments of the Bitburg district (=  Paul Clemen [Hrsg.]: The art monuments of the Rhine province . Volume 12 / I ). Trier 1983, ISBN 3-88915-006-3 , p. 177–178 (315 p., With 12 plates and 227 illustrations in the text. Reprinted by the Schwann edition, Düsseldorf 1927).

Web links

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

• Internet presence of the local community Malbergoft
• Local community Malberg Weich on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Malbergoft 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 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 68 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ^ Georg Bärsch : Description of the government district of Trier , Volume 2, Trier, Lintz, 1846, p. 23 ( Google Books )
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ↑ Old Malbergoft Castle. Retrieved February 6, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Malberg Weich-Kyllburg-Malberg hiking route in the Eifel. Retrieved February 6, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Hut Sunday in Malberg Weich. Retrieved August 6, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Hut Sunday in the Eifel. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .