Meckel

This article covers the local community of Meckel, for further meanings see Meckel (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '  N , 6 ° 31'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Bitburger Land
Height :	300 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.8 km 2
Residents:	388 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	36 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54636
Area code :	06568
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 077
Association administration address:	Hubert-Prim-Strasse 7 54634 Bitburg
Website :	bitburgerland.de
Local Mayor :	Johannes Junk
Location of the local community of Meckel in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Meckel is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land .

geography

Meckel is located in the southwest Eifel , about 10 km south of the center of the district town of Bitburg. The municipal area extends in a valley and is crossed by the federal highway 51 on the south-eastern edge . The altitude ranges from 300  m above sea level. NHN to 391  u m. NHN . The Nüßbach, a left tributary of the Nims, flows through the village . The Meilbrück residential area also belongs to Meckel .

history

Extensive remains from Roman times testify to the early settlement of the municipality . At that time, the Roman estate "Scheiwelsheck" and the temple district of Meilbrück stood on today's route from Meckel to Gilzem . The first written mention of the place probably took place between 711 and 814, when a certain Harduwinus assigned his estate to the Echternach monastery as "Meckeia cum ecclesia" . Until the French period at the end of the 18th century, Meckel belonged to the Luxembourg provost of Bitburg . In 1795, Meckel came to the canton of Bitburg in the French department of forests , later the village became the seat of Mairie Meckel, who passed into the mayor's office of the same name at the beginning of Prussian rule . In 1824 a personal union was formed from the mayorships of Meckel and Idenheim , which administrated the common area from Röhl . The mayor's office in Bitburg-Land became the successor to this personal union in 1860 and finally merged with four other offices in 1970 as part of the Rhineland-Palatinate functional and territorial reform in 1970 to form the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburg-Land . Since 2014, Meckel has belonged to the Bitburger Land association.

In 1991, Meckel was awarded a gold plaque in the competition Our village should be more beautiful .

Population development

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

Population development of Meckel from 1815 to 2017 according to the table below

year Residents 1815 209 1835 277 1871 298 1905 350 1939 345 1950 346 1961 338

year Residents 1970 330 1987 295 1997 388 2005 385 2011 396 2017 393

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

	The reason for the coat of arms: The red lily cross is an indication of the long association with Echternach, while the five-pointed stars are borrowed from the old Bitburger provost seal.

Meckel, the Catholic parish church of St. Bartholomew

Meckel, old Catholic. Parish Church of St. Bartholomew, today a cemetery chapel

Attractions

There are some old farmhouses in particular south of the Nüßbach. The parish church of St. Bartholomew , built from 1896 to 1898 according to the plans of the cathedral builder Reinhold Wirtz, is also located there . The former parish church, now used as a cemetery chapel, is in the immediate vicinity. It is one of the late Gothic single-pillar rooms widespread in the West Eifel, which were built in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. There are some very old tombstones and crosses around the chapel .

See also : St. Bartholomäus (Meckel)

Most of the development north of the Nüßbach is newer substance. This section of the village is determined by the inn and the old barn a little further away .

See also : List of cultural monuments in Meckel

economy

Like many communities in the Eifel , Meckel is also characterized by agriculture . There are still some full-time and part-time farmers in this area. In contrast to other places in the area, Meckel is also the location of some industrial and service-sector companies. A village inn, a rest stop with a petrol station, a sawmill , a carpentry and a quarry offer several jobs on site. Nevertheless, most of the workers are employed in nearby Bitburg, in the Trier area or in Luxembourg .

Web links

Commons : Meckel  - Collection of Images

• Local municipality of Meckel on the website of the Bitburger Land association
• To search for cultural assets of the local community of Meckel 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 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 107 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Regional data.
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ Declaration of the coat of arms. Retrieved July 5, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Entry on Saint Bartholomew (1) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on September 22, 2015.
7. ↑ Entry on Saint Bartholomew (2) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on September 22, 2015.