Matzerath

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Matzerath
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Coordinates: 50 ° 9 '  N , 6 ° 23'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality : Prüm
Height : 440 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.31 km 2
Residents: 51 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 12 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 54597
Area code : 06556
License plate : BIT, PRÜ
Community key : 07 2 32 266
Association administration address: Tiergartenstrasse 54
54595 Prüm
Website : www.pruem.de
Local Mayor : Roland Puetz
Location of the local community Matzerath in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm
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Matzerath, eastern outskirts

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

geography

Matzerath is in the West Eifel . The eastern part of the hamlet of Dürsittert also belongs to the municipality.

history

Graves from Celtic times have been found near the place. The present-day community was created during the medieval clearing phase. It belonged to the Pronsfeld condominium . In 1794 the place became French, in 1815 it came to Prussia and was assigned to the Prüm district . In the middle of the 20th century there were still over 100 inhabitants in Matzerath, since then the number of inhabitants has been declining. The municipality Prüm heard Matzerath since 1,971th

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents
1815 40
1835 78
1871 86
1905 96
1939 112
year Residents
1950 109
1961 98
1970 85
1987 87
2005 51

Municipal council

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

Attractions

There is an old oak tree in the village as a natural monument. The village fountain is also worth seeing. Matzerath has a small chapel.

economy

The place is characterized by agriculture. The dairy industry is still dominant today. Today there are still eight full-time farms with around 300 dairy cows (as of 2010).

Web links

Commons : Matzerath  - Collection of Images

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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 65 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
  3. a b State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections