Matzen (Bitburg)

Matzo City of Bitburg Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 27 ″ N , 6 ° 32 ′ 39 ″ E
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	462 (Dec. 31, 2010)
Incorporation :	7th June 1969
Postal code :	54634
Area code :	06561
Location of Matzen in Rhineland-Palatinate

Aerial view of matzos

Saint Donatus Church

Lerchenstraße 17, portal and door

Matzen is a district ( local district ) of Bitburg in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . Until 1969 Matzen was an independent municipality .

geography

The place is located in the Eifel northeast of Bitburg city center. The Matzenbach , a right tributary of the Kyll, runs through Matzen .

Matzen to include the residential places Anwändershof, Kempenhof, Sonnenhof (Restaurant and Villa) and the forest settlement.

history

From 1436 the place was assigned to the parish of Rittersdorf with all rights and duties and remains so until 1806.

Napoleon expropriated the church property in 1802 and auctioned it off. On April 5, 1815, Matzen was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia after having belonged to the Netherlands and Luxembourg for 700 years .

As part of the administrative reform that came into force on June 7, 1969, the formerly independent municipality was incorporated into the city of Bitburg.

politics

The interests of the Matzen district are represented by a local advisory council, which has seven members. The head of the village is Paul Sonnen.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Catholic branch church St. Donatus from 1846
Several crossroads are distributed across the district .
The town center is the location of some historic houses and old farms (see: Monument Zone Donatusstraße (Matzen) ).

Green spaces and recreation

Hiking and cycling routes in and around Matzen

Regular events

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

Personalities

Marina Mohnen (* 1978), wheelchair basketball player

literature

Historical working group Bitburg-Land (Ed.): Field monuments Bitburg-Masholder and Bitburg-Matzen. ISSN 0939-0189 (Contributions to the history of the Bitburger Land, issue 6).
Michael Berens: Catholic branch church Sankt Donatus . In: Geschichtlicher Arbeitskreis Bitburger Land (Hrsg.): The churches and chapels of the Bitburger Land . 1992, p. 62 ( online [PDF; accessed December 13, 2017]).

Web links

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

Information about matzo and its history
To search for cultural goods in the Matzen district of the city of Bitburg in the database of cultural goods in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 94 (PDF; 3 MB).
↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 160 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
^ Bitburg-Matzen. City of Bitburg, accessed on February 11, 2020 .
^ Bitburg - Matzen - Erdorf - Fließem - Matzen - Bitburg. Retrieved March 10, 2018 .
↑ Bike tours through Matzen. Retrieved March 10, 2018 .
↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 .
↑ Hut Sunday in the Eifel. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .

[1] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 94 (PDF; 3 MB).

[2] Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 160 (PDF; 2.8 MB).

[3] Bitburg-Matzen. City of Bitburg, accessed on February 11, 2020 .

[4] Bitburg - Matzen - Erdorf - Fließem - Matzen - Bitburg. Retrieved March 10, 2018 .

[5] Bike tours through Matzen. Retrieved March 10, 2018 .

[6] Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 .

[7] Hut Sunday in the Eifel. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .