Oberweis

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Oberweis (definition of terms ) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '  N , 6 ° 25'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Bitburger Land
Height :	250 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.74 km 2
Residents:	558 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54636
Area code :	06527
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 099
Association administration address:	Hubert-Prim-Strasse 7 54634 Bitburg
Website :	www.oberweis.de
Local Mayor :	Klaus Manns
Location of the local community of Oberweis in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm

Oberweis 2016

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

geography

The place is located in the South West Eifel, about 10 km west of the district town of Bitburg on the Prüm , both on the Trier – Bitburg connection and Neuerburg – Vianden . The altitude measuring point for Oberweis is 240  m above sea level. NHN , 302 ha of the municipality are forested.

The Birkenhof, Buchenhof, Burghof, Ludeshof and Unterbedhard residential areas also belong to Oberweis .

history

The town of Oberweis was first mentioned in a document in 798/799 in a deed of donation to the Echternach monastery . At that time, Oberweis was called Wis an der Prüm or, as in the Latin document, Wis quod situm est super fluvio Prumia . As early as the 9th century, Oberweis was described in Bitburg documents as belonging to a parish. During the Second World War , Oberweis was often the scene of the effects of the war. For example, Oberweis was bombed by American soldiers for the first time on September 15, 1944, as they suspected a special position due to trenches they had discovered in Oberweis. Many residents fled to villages further back and from October 1944 individual buildings were destroyed, such as the Gasper inn with the post on Ash Wednesday 1945, but also later individual civilians were killed by flying bombs. After the Second World War, Oberweis was first under US control, and shortly afterwards under French hands, before the Luxembourgers took over the occupation on December 15, 1945. On October 10, 1946, Luxembourg resigned from the post. In 2002 Oberweis celebrated its 1200th anniversary.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 253 1835 385 1871 476 1905 473 1939 597 1950 582

year Residents 1961 583 1970 585 1987 533 1997 609 2005 557 2019 558

Municipal council

The council in Oberweis 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.

coat of arms

	Crest Reason: Oberweis counted in the rule Neuerburg to possession of the Counts of Manderscheid-Schleiden , in its coat of arms a red rafter beam on golden reason led. The head of the shield shows the attribute of the church patron St. Remigius , a dove with an oil jug.

Attractions

• Parish Church of St. Remigius (figures, relief of the three kings)
• Roman fountain
• Chapel niche on the cemetery wall (early 18th century)
• Natural monument marl slopes with orchids
• Mosaic floors from the Roman villa. This is, however, in the Beda house in Bitburg and in parts in the Rhenish State Museum in Trier .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Oberweis
• List of natural monuments in Oberweis

literature

• Ernst Wackenroder : The art monuments of the Saarburg district . (= Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz , Volume 12 / I. Department). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1927 (reprint of the Academic Bookshop Interbook, Trier 1983, ISBN 3-88915-006-3 ), pp. 226-228.

Web links

Commons : Oberweis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality of Oberweis
• Local municipality Oberweis on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land
• To search for cultural goods of the local community Oberweis in the database of cultural goods 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 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 68 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ Heinrich Beyer : Document book on the history of the Middle Rhine territories now forming the Prussian administrative districts of Coblenz and Trier , 1860, supplement p. 6 ( dilibri.de )
4. ↑ http://www.oberweis.de/historie#wk2 History of Oberweis
5. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
7. ↑ Description of the coat of arms. Retrieved July 30, 2016 .