Nimsreuland

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 8 '  N , 6 ° 27'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Prüm
Height :	372 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.43 km 2
Residents:	92 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	21 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54614
Area code :	06553
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 280
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Tiergartenstrasse 54 54595 Prüm
Website :	www.nimsreuland.de
Local Mayor :	Ewald Breuer
Location of the local community Nimsreuland in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm

Nimsreuland is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Prüm and is located on the 59 km long Nims stream . The Weld Valley district also belongs to Nimsreuland.

history

Courtyard

As part of the foundation of the Prüm Abbey by Pepin the Short was the court Reuland as a gift to the monastery. Before 1370 the abteiliche Hof in Schönecken and in a row, the lords of Schönecken rights (Nims) Reuland - first mentioned as a place Nimsreuland was as Ruland in 1268. Around 1770 counted Reuland 14 houses and 89 inhabitants, sweat Thal two houses and 23 residents . The name Ruland disappears around 1700. It becomes the place name Reuland. Around 1900 the community was renamed Nimsreuland in order to better distinguish it from the nearby Belgian town of Burg-Reuland .

In 1952 the new bridge over the Nims was inaugurated. The previous bridge was destroyed by German troops in World War II. Theodor Breuer became the first mayor in November. In 1956 the well-known hiking teacher for weaving, Else Pfefferkorn, moved with her sister Nora from Heisdorf to Nimsreuland. In memory of the sisters, a street (Pfefferkornweg) was named after them.

In 1998, a new village center was created with the village community center with fire station .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 85 1835 112 1871 135 1905 114 1939 94

year Residents 1950 102 1961 91 1970 89 1987 87 1994 104 2005 124

Municipal council

The council in Nimsreuland 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.

regional customs

The town's bachelor community has been continuing an old custom since 2013 with the annual “Heed jäänt Breet” competition, which had been forgotten for a few decades. The custom, in which two runners (a pagan and a believer) compete against each other, was presumably carried out by bachelors from the 19th century until 1963.

On “Castle Sunday” the bachelors go through the town on the Sunday after Carnival to collect eggs and bacon. In the evening the “straw man” (or “castle”), a large wooden cross, is burned to symbolically drive out winter.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Nimsreuland

Web links

Commons : Nimsreuland  - collection of images

• Local community Nimsreuland
• Local community Nimsreuland on the website of the Association of Prüm
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Nimsreuland in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Local portrait and video of the SWR

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. 103 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ History of Nimsreuland. Retrieved June 28, 2018 . 
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
6. ^ Fritz-Peter Linden: Ancient tradition, revitalized. Retrieved June 29, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Burg Sunday Nimsreuland. Retrieved June 28, 2018 .