Neidenbach

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′  N , 6 ° 33 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Bitburger Land
Height :	470 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.35 km 2
Residents:	868 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	93 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54657
Area code :	06563
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 087
Association administration address:	Hubert-Prim-Strasse 7 54634 Bitburg
Website :	neidenbach.de
Local Mayor :	Edwin Mattes
Location of the local community Neidenbach in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Neidenbach from the west

Parish Church of St. Peter, interior

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

geography

Neidenbach is located in the Eifel about 45 km north of Trier in the Kyllburger Waldeifel . The local community also includes the hamlet of Erntehof 2.5 km northwest of the village and the residential areas Koppenweg, Maierhof, Nickelshof and Am Wasserfall.

history

Field names and some archaeological finds indicate a Roman and Franconian settlement of the area around Neidenbach. A boundary stone on the Roman road Trier-Cologne , which ran over the heights between Neidenbach and Balesfeld and is recognizable in the terrain and on topographic maps, bears the inscription FINIS PAGI CARVCVM and thus indicates a settlement that was not otherwise attested under this name, presumably Celtic Caruces (see Carosgau ).

The place was first mentioned in 1177 as Nidenbuch in a document from Pope Alexander III. , in which it is mentioned that Count Fulco de Malberc donated an allodium (inheritance and estate) with all accessories to the monastery of Himmerod .

Up to the end of the 18th century Neidenbach belonged partly to Kurtrier ( Amt Kyllburg ), partly to the Duchy of Luxembourg ( Reign of Malberg ). The manorial estate belonged to Herr von Malberg , Baron von Veyder, and the Cistercian monastery of Sankt Thomas bei Kyllburg in equal parts. The two gentlemen set up a joint court, from which the Luxembourg subjects appealed to Luxembourg and the Trier subjects to Trier . In 1531 nine Trier and five Luxembourg fireplaces were counted, in 1624 also nine Trier fires, but in 1636 eight Luxembourg fireplaces (households). In 1777 there were eight Trier and ten Luxembourg fireplaces.

The place was also divided in the so-called French period , the previously Luxembourg part belonged to the forest department from 1795 to 1814 , the previously Trier part belonged to the Saar department from 1798 to 1814 .

After the Congress of Vienna (1815) Neidenbach came to the Kingdom of Prussia . Neidenbach belonged, now undivided, to the mayor's office of Malberg in the newly formed district of Bitburg in the administrative district of Trier , which belonged to the Rhine province from 1822 on .

In 1914 the municipalities of the Malberg mayor's office were incorporated into the Kyllburg mayor's office, including Neidenbach.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Neidenbach was strongly characterized by sandstone pits, which in particular supplied the Rhenish heavy industry with large numbers of handcrafted whetstones . Due to new technologies and work safety regulations ( silicosis !) This industry gradually declined; In 1971 there was only one small business.

From 1968 to 2014 Neidenbach belonged to the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde Kyllburg , which merged with the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburg-Land to form the new Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land in 2014 .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 234 1835 358 1871 532 1905 643 1939 887 1950 877 1961 839

year Residents 1970 814 1987 843 1997 877 2005 902 2011 888 2017 876

politics

Municipal council

The council in Neidenbach 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.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

year	SPD	CDU	WGR	total
2019	by majority vote			12 seats
2014	-	5	7th	12 seats
2009	-	5	7th	12 seats
2004	1	7th	4th	12 seats

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver a blue key turned diagonally to the right, a red grindstone in front, a blue cornflower behind."

Justification of the coat of arms: As a symbol of the town and church patron St. Peter, his symbol, the key, is in the coat of arms. The patronage has existed for centuries, confirmed in the visitation protocol of 1576. At the request of the municipal council, the coat of arms in the other symbols should reflect the economic structure of the municipality. The red grindstone stands for the very old and extensive sandstone industry, the blue cornflower for agriculture as an economic factor. The shield color white with the symbol colors red and blue indicate the colors of Kurtrier (red-white) and the Duchy of Luxembourg (blue-white), under which Neidenbach was divided.

Culture and sights

Regular events

On the Sunday after Ash Wednesday, the local youths maintain the old custom of burning a hut .

Annually hosts the summertime Maibaumfest and Kirchweih Peter & Paul funfair ( Mosel Frankish : Pittischdaach ) in place.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Neidenbach
• List of natural monuments in Neidenbach

economy

Most of the population finds a job outside the town. In addition to a restaurant and a hairdresser, there are also smaller retail stores in the village that serve the immediate village population.

Web links

Commons : Neidenbach  - Collection of Images

• Local community Neidenbach on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land
• Website of Neidenbach
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Neidenbach 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. 108 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ Link to Römerstr. Via weblink cultural sights. reachable
4. ↑ ^{a b} Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the Historical Atlas of the Rhine Province, Die Karte von 1789 (2nd volume), Bonn 1898. P. 169
5. ↑ Georg Baersch : Description of the government district of Trier , Volume 2, Trier, Lintz, 1846, p. 23 ( Google Books )
6. ^ Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land: … in detail. Retrieved February 6, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Production of a grindstone in the sandstone pit Chr. Hort, Neidenbach 1971 , Landschaftsverband Rheinland 1971
8. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Regional data.
9. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
10. ↑ Declaration of the coat of arms. Retrieved July 5, 2016 .