Olzheim

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 16 '  N , 6 ° 28'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Prüm
Height :	496 m above sea level NHN
Area :	16.22 km 2
Residents:	570 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	35 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54597
Area code :	06552
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 288
Association administration address:	Tiergartenstrasse 54 54595 Prüm
Website :	www.olzheim.de
Local Mayor :	Oswin Hoffmann
Location of the local community Olzheim in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Olzheim (Eifel)

Parish Church of St. Brictius

Mineral spring Olzheimer Drees

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

geography

Olzheim lies on the Prüm River , into which the Wambach flows. Olzheim also includes the Halbe Meile, Knaufspesch, Arenthhof, Hof Frohnborn, Hof Harelstein and Vennhof residential areas .

history

Olzheim is mentioned for the first time in 801 in Liber aureus Prumiensis as elm for the first time. In 1330 Olzheim is mentioned for the first time as an independent parish. The Olmuzze farm is already mentioned in the property register of the Prüm Abbey in 893. In 1367, three years before his death, Johann, the last gentleman at Schönecken, pledged the farm at Olmetze. In 1485 a new late Gothic church is built.

Until 1576, Olzheim belonged to the territory of the Prüm Abbey . The Trier Elector Jakob III. Eltz of the Prüm took over territory Olzheim belonged since then until the end of the 18th century country wonderfully for electorate Trier and formed its own Schultheißerei within the Office Prüm .

In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the left bank of the Rhine . Under French administration , Olzheim was assigned to the canton of Prüm in 1798 , which was part of the Prüm arrondissement in the Saardepartement . Olzheim became the seat of a Mairie .

Due to the resolutions passed at the Congress of Vienna , the region became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 . 1816, home was a Olzheim under the Prussian administration mayoralty in the newly formed district Prüm in Trier .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 180 1835 342 1871 322 1905 306 1939 381 1950 408 1961 365

year Residents 1970 350 1987 420 1997 520 2005 564 2011 570 2017 557 2019 570

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Olzheim consists of twelve council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. The twelve seats in the municipal council are divided between three groups of voters .

coat of arms

Blazon : "Divided by silver over red, above three green elm leaves, below a growing silver crook."

Justification for the coat of arms: As a reference to the place name (ulmezum = ulmetum = elm forest) there are three green elm leaves in the upper part of the shield. A growing crook is shown in the lower part of the shield . It is a reference to both the local patron St. Brictius and the former territorial affiliation to the Prüm Abbey . Finally, the red and white shield fields reflect the colors of the Prüm Abbey and those of the Electorate of Trier .

Culture and sights

Buildings

• Catholic parish church of St. Brictius from 1923
• Afelskreuz - a niche cross from 1613 ( ⊙ )

See also: List of cultural monuments in Olzheim

Green spaces and recreation

• The mineral spring "Olzheimer Drees" on the Dreisbach ( ⊙ )
• Hiking routes in and around Olzheim

See also: List of natural monuments in Olzheim

Regular events

• Castle burning on the first Sunday after Ash Wednesday (so-called Scheef Sunday)
• Annual fairground or parish fair on Sundays at St. Martin's Day celebrated
• Traditional rattling or rattling on Good Friday and Holy Saturday

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

There are various craft businesses, a gas station, two restaurants and a hotel in the village. The Truck Center Backes is the largest local employer

The Olzheim wind farm was founded in 1997 and has been operating two wind turbines on Olzheimer Berg ( ⊙ ) since December 1997 . Two DeWind D 4 wind turbines with a nominal output of 600 kilowatts each were erected. In 2003 another wind turbine of the type Südwind S77 was installed. The Olzheim wind farm achieved a yield of 1.60 million kWh in 2017.

See also: List of wind turbines in Rhineland-Palatinate

traffic

Olzheim is in the middle of Europe, because the European route 29 from Spain to Scandinavia leads past the place. It is about the same distance from Olzheim to the end of the road.

literature

• Ernst Wackenroder (edit.): The art monuments of the Prüm district (=  Paul Clemen [Hrsg.]: The art monuments of the Rhine province . Volume 12 / II ). Trier 1983, ISBN 3-88915-006-3 , p. 122–125 (222 p., With 9 plates and 185 illustrations in the text. Reprinted by the Schwann edition, Düsseldorf 1927).

Web links

Commons : Olzheim  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the local community Olzheim
• Local community Olzheim on the website of the Association of Prüm
• Parish Church of St. Brictius
• Local portrait of Olzheim
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Olzheim 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. 103 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ Beyer, Mrh. Ukb.I, No. 135, p. 148.
4. ↑ Hermann Forst: The Principality of Prüm . Bonn 1903, p. 38 ( dilibri.de ).
5. ^ Georg Bärsch : Description of the government district of Trier . tape 2 . Lintz, Trier 1846, p. 70 ff . ( Google Books ).
6. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Accessed December 30, 2019 . 
7. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
9. ↑ Olzheim hiking route. Retrieved January 10, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Hiking route around Olzheim. (PDF) Retrieved January 10, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 . 
12. ^ Truck-Center-Backes in Olzheim. Retrieved January 10, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Olzheim wind farm. Retrieved January 11, 2018 .