Matzerath

This article deals with the local community of Matzerath in Rhineland-Palatinate. See also Matzerath (disambiguation)

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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

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.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Matzerath  and List of natural monuments in Matzerath

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

• To search for cultural assets of the local community Matzerath in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

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