Pillig

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Coat of arms of the local community Pillig
Pillig
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Pillig highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′  N , 7 ° 19 ′  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality : Maifeld
Height : 220 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.29 km 2
Residents: 464 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 74 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56753
Area code : 02605
License plate : MYK, MY
Community key : 07 1 37 087
Association administration address: Marktplatz 4
56751 Polch
Website : www.gemeinde-pillig.de
Local Mayor : Horst Klee
Location of the local community of Pillig in the Mayen-Koblenz district
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Pillig auf dem Maifeld is a municipality in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Maifeld Association , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Polch .

Pillig, aerial photo (2015)

history

In 1563 Pillig included 47 fireplaces under the name Pülich and 38 in 1683 . Wonderfully country belonged to the village, formerly Pillich called until the late 18th century to the Electorate of Trier and the administration was under the Office Münster-Maienfeld . Pillig was the seat of a Heimburger in the Münster-Maienfeld High Court.

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 365
1835 169
1871 515
1905 472
1939 437
1950 553
1961 460
year Residents
1970 465
1987 490
1997 555
2005 507
2011 481
2017 454
Population development in Pillig from 1815 to 2017 according to the table below

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Pillig consists of eight council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Horst Klee became the local mayor of Pillig in 2016. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of 90.55% of the votes. Klee is the successor to Tilman Boehlkau.

coat of arms

Pillig Coat of Arms
 Blazon : “In red an oblique left golden wave bar. Above a golden Roman temple, below a golden Carolingian coin with a black inner field, topped with a golden cross, which is angled by four golden spheres. "

Draft coat of arms: A. Friderichs, Zell / Mosel.

Justification for the coat of arms: The wavy bar symbolizes the Elzbach . The coin commemorates the discovery of an important Carolingian coin treasure in 1957 in the former community forest in the Pilligerheck, which now belongs to Keldung , a district of Münstermaifeld . The temple points to the many Roman finds in the vicinity of Pillig, in particular to the remains of buildings in the “Sandwiese” district and west of the church.

Attractions

Parish Church Pillig

The Catholic parish church of St. Firminus dates from 1778, but has remains of late Romanesque masonry and a late Gothic tower. Most of the uniform furnishings date from the end of the 18th century.

In 1652 a calvary with life-size figures was built on the way to the nearby Pyrmont Castle .

See also: List of cultural monuments in Pillig

Web links

Commons : Pillig  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, pp. 144, 155, 210.
  3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  4. ^ Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  5. ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Maifeld, Verbandsgemeinde, twelfth line of results. Retrieved January 26, 2020 .
  6. ^ Rhein-Zeitung: Horst Klee elected as the new local mayor of Pillig. March 13, 2016, accessed January 26, 2020 .