Plascheid

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′  N , 6 ° 18 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	South Eifel
Height :	500 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.4 km 2
Residents:	88 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	26 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54673
Area code :	06564
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 106
Association administration address:	Pestalozzistraße 7 54673 Neuerburg
Website :	suedeifelinfo.de
Local Mayor :	Harald Gasper
Location of the local community Plascheid in the Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm

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

geography

Plascheid is located in the South Eifel nature park . The Beyerhof residential area also belongs to the community .

history

The first known documentary evidence comes from the year 1450. The place name can be traced back in the forms Planischit , Plonscheid , Plainscheid , Plainscht and probably goes back to the Latin word planus (= wide, flat, open). Traces of the place go back to the 13th century. Until the annexation by French revolutionary troops 1794/95 Plascheid part of the basic rule of county Vianden in Duchy of Luxembourg and was the seat of a dairy farm with the places Berkoth , Burscheid , Itzfelderhof, Fischbach , Heilenbach , Alferhof, Wehrshausen, Windhausen, chafing , Altscheuern and Uppershausen . In 1815, Plascheid was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . 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 .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 36 1835 71 1871 72 1905 85 1939 91 1950 84 1961 86

year Residents 1970 84 1987 82 1997 83 2005 68 2011 87 2017 79

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Plascheid 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.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Under the shield head supported by a silver-black-silver bar, silver over green by a tin cut, with a red double flank silver, inside a black wayside cross with base, tapered shaft and framed high cross."

Justification of the coat of arms: The three battlements in the shield head refer to three distinctive multi-storey houses that were important on the Piescheider Höhe for centuries. The green indicates agriculture and forestry, which were both key elements in the Piescheider's livelihood. The main field shows the colors red - silver - red. A cross is shown in the silver heart post. It stands on the way to Neuerburg and bears the inscription HENERIKUS ROPPES VON PLASCHET 1762. The colors red - silver - red indicate the county of Vianden, the stripe in silver - black - silver to the rule of Neuerburg. For a long time Plascheid was the seat of a dairy farm under these houses.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

• Shaft niche cross from 1725 location
• A wayside cross from 1762 Lage

See also: List of cultural monuments in Plascheid

Green spaces and recreation

• Hiking routes in and around Plascheid

Regular events

• Annual fair or parish fair on the first weekend after May 15th.
• Castle burning on the first weekend after Ash Wednesday (so-called Scheef Sunday)

Web links

Commons : Plascheid  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• To search for cultural assets of the local community Plascheid 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. 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 . 
5. ↑ Plascheid coat of arms
6. ↑ Nice hiking tour around Ammeldingen, past the towns of Plascheid, Zweifelscheid, Engelsdorf, Emmelbaum, Windhausen, Heilbach. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 16, 2018 ; accessed on February 15, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Hut Sunday in the Eifel. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .