Manderscheid (Islek)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ N , 6 ° 21 ′ E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm | |
Association municipality : | Arzfeld | |
Height : | 443 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 4.25 km 2 | |
Residents: | 54 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 13 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 54649 | |
Area code : | 06554 | |
License plate : | BIT, PRÜ | |
Community key : | 07 2 32 264 | |
Association administration address: | Luxemburger Strasse 6 54687 Arzfeld |
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Local Mayor : | Ewald Hermes | |
Location of the local community Manderscheid in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm | ||
Manderscheid is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Arzfeld .
Geographical location
The place is located in the Islek , a western mountain range of the Eifel . The community stretches about 3 km in an east-west direction along the district road 140 .
history
The area was already settled in Roman times - the remains of a building, probably a signal station, can be found on a nearby hill. Today's place was created in the late medieval clearing phase. Within the Duchy of Luxembourg associated rule Neuerburg Manderscheid was capital of a dairy farm , also called "Hof Manderscheid", the County and the neighboring towns Heilhausen , Kinzenburg (part), Kopscheid , Lauperath (with the Bersch Eider Court and the hamlet Scheidchen) and Pintesfeld included . The Manderscheid dairy was part of the Waxweiler court. The Manderscheider mill appears in the documents for the first time in the 16th century and was in operation until the 1960s. In the French era , Manderscheid belonged to the canton of Arzfeld in the forest department . From 1815 the place was Prussian and belonged to the mayor's office of Waxweiler in the Prüm district . In 1939 there were 108 inhabitants in the village, since then the number has been falling. Since the municipal reform in 1970, Manderscheid has belonged to the Arzfeld community in the Bitburg-Prüm district.
Statistics on population development
The development of the population of Manderscheid, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Municipal council
The council in Manderscheid 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.
coat of arms
Blazon : "In silver (white), split by a curled red tip, inside a silver (white) rooted pine, in front a black Latin cross , behind a black eight-spoke mill wheel." | |
Justification for the coat of arms: The colors silver and red are the colors of the Counts of Vianden , who had owned the Luxembourg rule of Neuerburg and thus Manderscheid since the 14th century . The black cross symbolizes the Manderscheider Hof district , the mill wheel stands for the Heilhauser Mühle district . Manderscheid (Celtic: mantara - pine) represents the pine as a talking coat of arms . |
The coat of arms was designed by Christian Credner from Lambertsberg . The local community Manderscheid was granted permission by the local authority of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm to use a municipal coat of arms on April 4, 2011.
economy
Manderscheid is traditionally characterized by agriculture. However, only two of the farms are still active today.
Attractions
There are various wayside crosses in the area , the “Black Cross” is particularly worth seeing.
Web links
- Website of the local community Manderscheid
- To search for cultural assets of the local community Manderscheid in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn, Hermann Behrend, 1898, p. 38
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
- ↑ Information sheet of the Arzfeld community , May 20, 2011 (PDF; 3.9 MB)
- ^ Entry on Schwarzkreuz in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; Retrieved September 26, 2015.