Meisburg

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Down
Height :	475 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.05 km 2
Residents:	241 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	34 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54570
Area code :	06599
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 043
Association administration address:	Leopoldstrasse 29 ; 54550 Daun
Website :	www.meisburg.de
Mayoress :	Anja Rieker
Location of the local community Meisburg in the Vulkaneifel district

Meisburg ( phonetic spelling in Eifler dialect : " Mesbuasch ") is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . She belongs to the community of Daun . A Moselle-Franconian dialect is spoken in Meisburg .

geography

Meisburg is located in the middle of the Vulkaneifel on the B 257 between Daun (19 km) and Bitburg (24 km). Since opening in September 2006, the German Volcano Road has passed the site.

The village is in the valley of the Dümpelbach at an average altitude of 480 m above sea level. NHN settled. The highest peaks in the area are the Daxelberg at 589 m above sea level. NHN and Rackenbach at 522 m above sea level. NHN . The Schafbach, which flows into the Lohsalm, rises in the Salmwald, a water-rich area with a waterworks. Large parts of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district are supplied with drinking water from here.

Meisburg also includes the Schafbrück, Schneidemühle, Rackenbach and Rascheid residential areas .

Neighboring communities

The following communities are in close proximity to Meisburg:

history

In 1979 the community celebrated its 750th anniversary. According to more recent findings, Meisburg was first mentioned in a document on May 6, 1140 (as "Meisbreth"). In a document signed by Pope Innocent II, the village is confirmed as the property of the St. Maximin Monastery in front of Trier . Meisburg probably already existed around the year 1116, when it is mentioned as "Meisbrath" in numerous forged documents by the St. Maximin Monastery .

According to recent research, it is likely that the original meaning of the place name can be translated as "cleared, penned area of the Megin".

Up until the end of the 18th century, Meisburg belonged to the Electorate of Trier and was under the administration and jurisdiction of the Kyllburg Office .

In 1794 the Left Bank of the Rhine was occupied by French revolutionary troops in the First Coalition War. From 1798 to 1814 Meisburg belonged to the canton of Kyllburg in the Saar department .

At the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region came to the Kingdom of Prussia , Meisburg was assigned to the newly established Daun district in the Trier administrative district in 1816 and administered by the Weidenbach mayor .

After the Second World War , the municipality of Meisburg within the French occupation zone became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	137
1835	196
1871	258
1905	290
1939	306
1950	341

year	Residents
1961	305
1970	322
1987	268
1997	227
2005	250
2019	241

Municipal council

The municipal council in Meisburg 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

Meisburg from the north

Meisburg from the south

Meisburg has an old cutting mechanism that is driven by an overshot mill wheel with a diameter of seven meters. The “cutting mill”, as it is called by the inhabitants, is the last remaining cutting machine in the Rhineland and Eifel. The necessary operating energy is obtained from a 350 meter long ditch.