Minheim

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 6 ° 56'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality :	Bernkastel-Kues
Height :	120 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.39 km 2
Residents:	455 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	84 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54518
Area code :	06507
License plate :	WIL, BKS
Community key :	07 2 31 086
Association administration address:	Gestade 18 54470 Bernkastel-Kues
Website :	www.minheim.de
Local Mayor :	Hans-Peter Scholtes
Location of the local community Minheim in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich

Minheim is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . It has been a member of the Bernkastel-Kues community since January 1, 2012 .

geography

Minheim lies on the Middle Moselle , neighboring communities are Kesten and Piesport . The location within a loop of the Moselle leads to the term “sunny island of Minheim”, which is mainly used in a tourist context.

history

Minheim was first mentioned on September 3, 1061 in a document from Archbishop Eberhard of Trier , when he donated the church and the tithe to the oratory of St. Matthias . Other church institutions in Trier also had goods in Minheim: in 1098 the collegiate monastery of St. Simeon was mentioned , in 1136 the hospital of St. Marien am Dom and in 1159 the abbey of St. Marien . In 1230, Count von Blieskastel received the bailiwick of the place as an Electorate of Trier fief .

From 1794 Minheim was under French rule, in 1815 the place was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna .

As of January 1, 2012, the Neumagen-Dhron community was dissolved as part of the municipal and administrative reform and the Minheim community was incorporated into the Bernkastel-Kues community .

Municipal council

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

Economy and Infrastructure

View of Minheim

Minheim is one of the largest wine-growing communities on the Middle Moselle. The individual layers of the community are part of the Michelsberg area . There are also many holiday apartments, wine bars and taverns. The so-called sunny island has many hiking trails and is ideal for cycling tours on the banks of the Moselle.

The motorhome parking space, which was opened in 2000, was voted “Parking space of the year” by readers of the motorhome magazine Promobil in 2007 and in the following years .

The federal highway 53 runs on the other side of the Moselle , to the west the federal highway 1 . In Salmtal and Wittlich there is a train station on the Moselle line .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Minheim

Web links

Commons : Minheim  - collection of images

• To search for cultural assets of the local community Minheim 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. ^ Philipp de Lorenzi: Contributions to the history of all parishes in the Diocese of Trier , Bischöfliches General-Vicariate, 1887, page 452
3. ^ The three municipalities become two , www.volksfreund.de on September 14, 2011
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections