Meuspath

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '  N , 6 ° 58'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Ahrweiler
Association municipality :	Adenau
Height :	560 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.06 km 2
Residents:	144 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	47 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53520
Area code :	02691
License plate :	AW
Community key :	07 1 31 050
Association administration address:	Kirchstrasse 15 53518 Adenau
Website :	www.adenau.de
Local Mayor :	Klaus Dieter Speicher
Location of the local community Meuspath in the Ahrweiler district

Meuspath is a municipality in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Adenau community .

geography

The place is on the federal highway 258 , which connects Meuspath with Nürburg in the southwest and Herresbach in the northeast. Other neighboring communities are Herschbroich in the north and Welcherath in the south. The old Nordschleife of the Nürburgring (Green Hell) leads past Meuspath in the north.

Meuspath also includes the Balkhausen, In der Stroth and Krebsbacherhof residential areas .

Meuspath, aerial photo (2016)

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in the early Middle Ages in 1202. The place name is derived from the Middle High German “Muspach” meaning “Sumpfbach”. In the feudal period, the place belonged to the office of Nürburg in the Electorate of Cologne . In Prussian times the place formed together with Drees a municipality belonging to the Kelberg mayor .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Klaus Dieter Speicher became the local mayor of Meuspath in 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with 89.01% of the votes.

Economy and Infrastructure

The Nürburgring industrial park is located in the northeast of the municipality , and the helicopter landing pad in the southwest .

Thanks to its location near the Nürburgring, branches of numerous car manufacturers have recently settled here, which carry out test drives for new models and prototypes .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Meuspath

Web links

Commons : Meuspath  - Collection of Images

• Meuspath
• Literature about Meuspath in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

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. 6 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ The electoral events in the Ahrweiler district. Klaus-Dieter Speicher got 80.23 percent in Meuspath straight away. In: Rhein-Zeitung. Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH, Koblenz, May 25, 2014, accessed on August 8, 2020 . 
5. ^ The State Returning Officer for Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Adenau, Verbandsgemeinde, 19th line of results. Retrieved August 8, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Tom Grünweg: Erlkönige at the Nürburgring: Test season in the Green Hell. In: Spiegel online. April 3, 2010, accessed March 20, 2014 .