Niedergeckler

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Niedergeckler
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Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '  N , 6 ° 18'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality : South Eifel
Height : 346 m above sea level NHN
Area : 1.39 km 2
Residents: 55 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 40 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 54675
Area code : 06522
License plate : BIT, PRÜ
Community key : 07 2 32 089
Association administration address: Pestalozzistraße 7
54673 Neuerburg
Website : suedeifelinfo.de
Local Mayor : Ewald Böwer
Location of the Niedergeckler community in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm
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St. Martin from the southeast

Niedergeckler is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of southern Eifel .

geography

Niedergeckler is located in the South Eifel nature reserve and directly on the federal highway 50 Bitburg – Diekirch not far from Mettendorf . The Brückenhof residential area also belongs to the community .

history

Documented mention of the place in 1453 as Nieder Jeckler , 1477 Nyeder Gecklair , 1762 Niedergeckler . In 1615 Niedergeckler belonged to the Obergeckler dairy in the Luxembourgish county of Vianden with five estates .

With the occupation of the Austrian Netherlands (1794), to which the Duchy of Luxembourg belonged, by French revolutionary troops , the town became French and belonged to the Forests Department from 1795 to 1814 . In 1815 the former Luxembourg area east of the Sauer and Our was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Niedergeckler came to the Bitburg district in the Trier administrative district in 1816 and was initially administered by the Lahr mayor and later by the Neuerburg mayor .

After the First World War temporarily occupied by the French , the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

The branch church was built in 1570, rebuilt in 1728 and expanded in 1919.

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents
1815 55
1835 81
1871 100
1905 78
1939 82
1950 74
year Residents
1961 95
1970 86
1987 65
2005 48
2011 51
2017 52

Municipal council

The council in Niedergeckler consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019Template: future / in 3 years in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Worth seeing

  • The Catholic branch church Sankt Martin von Niedergeckler was built in 1570. The choir of the chapel and the nave date from this period. During the renovation in 1733, arched windows were also installed as part of a comprehensive renovation. The current tower dates from 1877. A sacristy (1910) and a new transept (1930) were the extensions in the 20th century.
  • Three valuable wooden figures can be seen inside the church. In addition to the Madonna and Child and Saint Martin, Saint Odilia , who is supposed to help with eye diseases, is also shown.
  • High altar (18th century)

  • Mary statue

  • St. Odilia

  • St. Martin statue

  • Interior with gallery

See also:

Events

  • Fair: 1st weekend after May 3rd

literature

  • Leonard Palzkill: Our valley without borders. Hikes in the German-Luxembourg border area. Neuerburg 2006, ISBN 3-00-018095-8 .

Web links

Commons : Niedergeckler  - Collection of images

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. 100 (PDF; 3 MB).
  3. State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved August 6, 2019 .
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved August 6, 2019 .