Night home

This article covers the location in Rhineland-Palatinate. For further meanings see Nachtsheim (disambiguation) .

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′  N , 7 ° 4 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality :	Vordereifel
Height :	490 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.21 km 2
Residents:	560 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	78 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56729
Area code :	02656
License plate :	MYK, MY
Community key :	07 1 37 079
Association administration address:	Kelberger Strasse 26 56727 Mayen
Website :	www.nachtsheim.info
Local Mayor :	Martin Schmitt ( CDU )
Location of the community in Nachtsheim in the district of Mayen-Koblenz

Nachtsheim is a municipality in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Vordereifel , which has its administrative headquarters in Mayen . Nachtsheim is one of the oldest places in the Verbandsgemeinde. The residents of Nachtsheim and the surrounding area refer to him as "Noahshem".

geography

Geographical location

Nachtsheim is located in the Vulkaneifel .

The average altitude is 490  m above sea level. NHN . The highest extra-urban point in the municipality is at around 506  m , the lowest at around 390  m above sea level. NHN . The Martinsfeuer is held every year at the highest point. In the urban area, the highest point is 494  m and the lowest point is 469  m above sea level. NHN . The altitude drops from the northeast to the west.

Around Nachtsheim there are mainly pastures and meadows, in the direction of Münk and Anschau there are large forests through which the Mimbach flows, the only flowing body of water in the municipality. The place spreads over the total area of ​​the municipality of 7.21 km² with a little less than 1 km².

Neighboring communities

Anschau , Boos , Ditscheid , Hirten , Lind , Luxem , Münk , Nitz and Virneburg are the nine neighboring towns of Nachtsheim. The cities of Mayen , Kaisersesch , Daun and Adenau are within a 20 km radius . Koblenz is about 50 km away.

climate

Nachtsheim is located in the temperate climate zone. The average annual temperature is around 8.9 ° C, with an average rainfall of 628 mm. The warmest months are June, July and August with an average of 17.3 to 19.1 ° C, the coldest December, January and February with an average of −0.3 to 1.1 ° C. Most of the precipitation falls from June to August with an average of 70 to 78 mm, the lowest from February to April with an average of 32 to 40 mm.

history

First documents up to the 10th century

The story of Nachtsheim begins more than 1000 years ago. At the time of Archbishop Hetti of Trier (814–847), Nachtsheim had a parish church. As a result of the high medieval clearing period of the forest areas west of Mayen, villages emerged as part of the settlement, and the new habitat was filled with people. In this space between Elz and the Hohe Acht, the first parish was Nachtsheim. The so-called parish appointment of Archbishop Ruotbert of Trier (931–956) for the church of Nachtsheim ( Natisheim ) is the earliest written evidence of the settlement of this area.

11th to 16th centuries

The document was initially incorrectly dated to around the year 950. Unmasked as a forgery, it is recognized by research as a document of the late 11th century. This document shows that the church in Welcherath was subordinated to the Stephanskirche in Nachtsheim. Their parish has already been delimited from Ruotbert's predecessor, the aforementioned Archbishop Hetti. The use of the Nachtsheimer Pfarrsprengels was left to the brothers of the Münstermaifelder Stift . The Nachtsheimer Pfarrsprengel (the territorially limited area of ​​a parish or community in the Christian churches) comprised the following area oriented towards natural borders such as watercourses and mountains, as well as man-made paths and roads: the Karbach up to the confluence with the Elz, the Elzbach up to the Hochkelberg , from the Hochkelberg to the Nürburg over the Hohe Acht along the Achterbach to the Nitz through the woods, from there to Hirten to the source of the Karbach.

17th to 19th century

For this area, Nachtsheim remains the "mother church", even if other churches are founded in this area, the new churches receive the status of a subsidiary church. In the 12th century the parishes of Weiler and Wanderath were formed, with their own clergy, but still dependent on Nachtsheim. The replacement from Nachtsheim took place slowly and gradually. The heirs of the county of Virneburg , the Protestant Counts of Wertheim , wanted to introduce the Reformation in Weiler and Wanderath in the 16th and 17th centuries and considered both parishes to be independent. The Archbishop of Trier wanted to prevent this and strengthened the superiority of Nachtsheim, which at that time belonged to the Catholic Kurtrier Oberamt Mayen.

It was not until the statutes of the large rural chapter (dean's office) Ochtendung in 1655 that Welcherath, Weiler and Wanderath named independent parishes. In Welcherath, the pastor von Nachtsheim retained the right of presentation until 1800; that is, he appointed the pastor, whom the bishop appointed in Welcherath. Around 1800 France annexed the Left Bank of the Rhine and rearranged the diocese borders. Nachtsheim came to the newly created diocese of Aachen , with this reorganization Boos also became independent.

In 1824, Nachtsheim joined the new diocese of Trier , and since then it has belonged to the Mayen deanery. An indication of the very early settlement and foundation of Nachtsheim is the suffix -heim in the place name. The St. Stephen patronage of the parish of Nachtsheim indicates that the church was founded very early.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 266 1835 332 1871 315 1905 356 1939 435 1950 445

year Residents 1961 470 1970 499 1987 542 2005 590 2017 546

religion

In 831 the first St. Stephen's Church was consecrated. Four bells were consecrated in 1266 in the names of the evangelists . In 1471 an altar was donated in honor of the Holy Trinity . In 1488 Count Philipp and his wife Walpurgis von Solms donated a new altar. Nachtsheim received a font from Tufflava with the coat of arms of the Virneburg Counts in 1557. The Sebastianus Altar was built in 1588. In 1680 a new bell was purchased. The church was renovated in 1721. On July 9, 1780, the bell was consecrated with the name Carolus . Master builder Michael Alken from Mayen built a rectory in 1849 . In 1858 the first plans for a new church were drawn up. In 1870 the old church was torn down and replaced by the new building consecrated in 1875 by Auxiliary Bishop Johann Jakob Krafft. In between, a bell was cast in 1873, for which Kaiser Wilhelm I provided three hundredweight of gun bronze. In that year the organ of St. Clemens Church in Mayen was purchased for 800 thalers .

St. Stephen Church

In 1909 and 1910 the church was renovated. In 1927 three new bells were made. On August 10, 1942, Nachtsheim had to give up two bells due to war reasons. The Marian column was consecrated on the church square in 1944. In 1949 the church received two new bells, and another was added in 1960. Relics of St. Stephen were acquired in Rome and transferred to Nachtsheim on August 11, 1957.

Today's Catholic parish church St. Stephanus was consecrated on June 13, 1971 by Carl Schmitt. In it is still the baptismal font from 1557 with the Virneburg coat of arms. For an unknown reason, however, there are three diamonds at the top and four diamonds at the bottom, which is the opposite of the official Virneburg coat of arms.

The branch churches include St. Agidius in Anschau , St. Apollonia in Ditscheid and St. Hubertus in Münk . Alois Dreser has been the pastor since 2011.

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Martin Schmitt became the local mayor of Nachtsheim on August 13, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 70.00% of the vote. Martin Schmitt's predecessor was Thomas Göbel, who held the office for ten years.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Split by a curled overturned golden tip, inside 7 red diamonds (4: 3), right in red a golden palm branch, left in green three golden ears."

Reasons for the coat of arms: The red diamonds come from the coat of arms of the Counts of Virneburg . These fought alongside Emperor Otto I (936–973) against the Hungarians . They chose the seven diamonds that looked like the shields of the defeated Hungarians. The black palm in the red field indicates St. Stephen , he has been the patron saint and patron saint of the parish for centuries. The golden ears of wheat in the green field stand for agriculture, which is still carried out by commercial enterprises to this day.

Draft coat of arms: A. Friderichs, Zell / Mosel

Culture and sights

Attractions

A baptismal font in the church from 1557 bears the seven diamonds of the Virneburg Counts. Outside the St. Stephen's Church on the other side of the street is the village square with a two meter high fountain with a ball of fish. There are three holy houses in and around Nachtsheim, one of which is at the end of the village in the direction of Anschau. The other two are just before the junction of the K 9 into the B 410 and outside Nachtsheim on a dirt road towards Luxem.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Nachtsheim

traffic

Refuge from Nachtsheim

Nachtsheim is on the K 9 district road , which joins the B 410 . There have already been several serious accidents at this estuary, including deaths. Despite some attempts to defuse the situation, there are always accidents. The next motorway junction is Laubach on the B 48 . The nearest train station is in Monreal .

tourism

There are signposted hiking trails around Nachtsheim that can also be used by cyclists. In a small rock grotto called Kesselchen there is an image of the Mother of God. It was installed during World War II and restored in 2002. Nearby is the Nürburgring , which is particularly known for the Nordschleife (also known as "the Green Hell" ). Other well-known and popular tourist destinations in the area include Burg Eltz , Castle Bürresheim and Genovevaburg .

Others

Nachtsheimer Dorfplatz

• The residents of Nachtsheim are referred to by their village neighbors (especially Boos and Münk ) as Strühmänner (straw men) or Strühköpp (straw heads). In return, the Booser ox and the mosquitoes from Münk are mentioned.
• On April 4, 1937, the then Pastor Kirchhoff was taken away by the Gestapo while he was teaching Christians and taken into custody for a few months because he was accused of preaching against the Nazi regime. However, after protests by the citizens of Nachtsheim, he was released again.
• In the campaign Our Village Has Future , Nachtsheim took 2nd place behind Monreal in the district competition in 1999. With another participation in 2015, the 1st place in the district decision could be achieved.
• In 1927 the teacher Jakob Pauly founded a sawmill, which until recently was run by the third generation and until a few years ago was the only industrial company in town.

literature

Wolfgang Segschneider: Between the Nürburgring and Laacher See: The Eifel landscape around Mayen . Ahrtal-Verlag, 1981, ISBN 3-88201-010-X .

Web links

Commons : Nachtsheim  - Collection of images

• Nachtsheim on the website of the community of Vordereifel
• Literature about night home 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 - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Vordereifel, Verbandsgemeinde, 21st line of results. Accessed February 16, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Ortsgemeine Nachtsheim: Constituent meeting on August 13, 2019. August 16, 2019, accessed on February 16, 2020 .