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Coat of arms of the local community Preist
Praises
Map of Germany, position of the local community Preist highlighted

Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '  N , 6 ° 38'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality : Storage
Height : 320 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.42 km 2
Residents: 701 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 109 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 54664
Area code : 06562
License plate : BIT, PRÜ
Community key : 07 2 32 107
LOCODE : DE PR2
Association administration address: Bahnhofstrasse 36
54662 Speicher
Website : www.vg-speicher.de
Local Mayor : Edgar Haubrich
Location of the local community of Preist in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm
Bitburg Auw bei Prüm Roth bei Prüm Olzheim Neuendorf Kleinlangenfeld Schwirzheim Büdesheim Wallersheim Fleringen Weinsheim Gondenbrett Sellerich Buchet Oberlascheid Bleialf Mützenich Winterscheid Winterspelt Großlangenfeld Brandscheid Prüm Rommersheim Giesdorf Hersdorf Seiwerath Schönecken Oberlauch Niederlauch Orlenbach Winringen Dingdorf Watzerath Pittenbach Pronsfeld Habscheid Heckhuscheid Matzerath Heisdorf Nimsreuland Lasel Wawern Feuerscheid Nimshuscheid Lützkampen Großkampenberg Kesfeld Üttfeld Euscheid Strickscheid Lünebach Lierfeld Eilscheid Dackscheid Merlscheid Pintesfeld Kinzenburg Waxweiler Manderscheid Lichtenborn Arzfeld Irrhausen Reiff Sengerich Leidenborn Herzfeld Eschfeld Roscheid Harspelt Sevenig (Our) Dahnen Reipeldingen Daleiden Dasburg Preischeid Olmscheid Jucken Kickeshausen Lauperath Krautscheid Oberpierscheid Niederpierscheid Lascheid Hargarten Lambertsberg Mauel Plütscheid Burbach Balesfeld Neuheilenbach Neidenbach Usch Zendscheid Steinborn Sankt Thomas Malbergweich Malberg (Eifel) Kyllburgweiler Seinsfeld Oberkail Gransdorf Gindorf Pickließem Orsfeld Kyllburg Etteldorf Wilsecker Badem Sefferweich Seffern Schleid Heilenbach Ehlenz Oberweiler Bickendorf Nattenheim Fließem Rittersdorf (Eifel) Ließem Niederweiler Biersdorf am See Wiersdorf Wißmannsdorf Hamm (Eifel) Echtershausen Brecht Feilsdorf Hütterscheid Baustert Brimingen Mülbach Oberweis Bettingen (Eifel) Olsdorf Wettlingen Stockem Halsdorf Enzen Dudeldorf Gondorf Metterich Hüttingen an der Kyll Röhl Scharfbillig Sülm Dahlem Trimport Idenheim Idesheim Meckel Eßlingen Oberstedem Niederstedem Wolsfeld Dockendorf Ingendorf Messerich Birtlingen Altscheid Berkoth Nusbaum Biesdorf Kruchten Hommerdingen Hüttingen bei Lahr Mettendorf Niehl Burg Lahr Geichlingen Körperich Roth an der Our Gentingen Ammeldingen an der Our Berscheid Bauler Waldhof-Falkenstein Keppeshausen Rodershausen Gemünd Sevenig bei Neuerburg Affler Dauwelshausen Scheitenkorb Nasingen Muxerath Obergeckler Niedergeckler Sinspelt Niederraden Koxhausen Herbstmühle Karlshausen Zweifelscheid Leimbach Emmelbaum Ammeldingen bei Neuerburg Heilbach Uppershausen Plascheid Hütten Neuerburg Scheuern Fischbach-Oberraden Utscheid Weidingen Übereisenbach Wallendorf Bollendorf Echternacherbrück Ernzen Ferschweiler Minden Menningen Eisenach Gilzem Kaschenbach Niederweis Irrel Prümzurlay Alsdorf Holsthum Peffingen Schankweiler Spangdahlem Herforst Beilingen Philippsheim Speicher (Eifel) Preist Orenhofen Auw an der Kyll Hosten Nordrhein-Westfalen Belgien Luxemburg Trier Landkreis Trier-Saarburg Landkreis Vulkaneifel Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlichmap
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Model of a Murus Gallicus (construction principle as for the castle wall in Preist)

Preist is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the collective municipality of Speicher and is one of the Fidei locations . The motto of the Preist community is: "Iwa Preist goes neist."

history

Between Auw an der Kyll and Preist there are the remains of a rampart fortification (sometimes also referred to as the "Keltenring"), which suggest that people lived in the area of ​​today's Preist as early as 200 AD. The design of this wall construction has found its way into the literature under the term “ post slot wall type 'Altkönig-Preis'”. The place is mentioned for the first time under the name Bristiche in a sales deed , according to which the Trier Abbey of St. Irminen acquired a share of the tithe in 1283 . Although the Trier cathedral chapter also had possessions in today's price, the place belonged to the Irmin High Court of Orenhofen and was administered by its bailiffs, the respective owners of the Scharfbillig estate, until 1794. In 1473 Price counted 10 fireplaces, in 1636 there were 15 houses. Only after the Thirty Years War did sustained population growth set in. In 1840 there were 82 houses with 467 inhabitants. The population is around 800 today. In the course of the last land consolidation measure, incipient urban sprawl was countered, among other things, by creating a ring road around the community to mark the outer boundaries of the building areas.

On August 15, 1944, the American aviator Second Lieutenant Lester E. Reuss in Preist was murdered by civilians. Reuss was the navigator of the B-17 bomber "Bad Penny" of the 303rd Bombardment Group based in Molesworth, England. Reuss' bomber was shot down on the return flight from an attack on Wiesbaden-Erbenheim airfield at 11:58 a.m. by German fighters of Jagdgeschwader 300, the nine-man crew was initially able to save themselves by parachute, Reuss landed at Preist and was murdered by civilians. According to the available trial documents, four perpetrators were found on 1./2. Sentenced to death by hanging in Ahrweiler by a US Military Commission on June 6, 1945 and June 16, 1945. One was pardoned to life imprisonment by the commander of the US 15th Army and allegedly released after some time; the other three were hanged in Rheinbach on June 29, 1945. This is considered to be the first flight trial on German soil. Reuss was initially buried in Preist, after the end of the war the Americans transferred him to the American cemetery in Luxembourg , where his final resting place is still in field A, row 6, grave 8.

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 288
1835 479
1871 524
1905 519
1939 663
1950 703
1961 729
year Residents
1970 797
1987 666
1997 721
2005 712
2011 695
2017 745
2019 701

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Preist 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 distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice CDU GLP FWG total
2019 2 7th 3 12 seats
2014 5 7th - 12 seats
2009 7th 5 - 12 seats
2004 5 7th - 12 seats
  • GLP = Voting Group Common List Price

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Preist
 Blazon : “Divided obliquely from silver over blue to the left; in front a blue cornflower; at the back within a golden ring an also golden Alb cross. "
Justification of the coat of arms: The colors silver and blue indicate the former Luxembourg sovereignty. The cornflower symbolizes the agricultural economy structure of Preis. The golden ringed , golden Alb cross stands for the old St. Cäcilia chapel in the churchyard and the patroness of the place. It is located on the lintel of the tower of the former chapel, the symbol of Preist.

Culture and sights

  • Catholic branch church of St. Cäcilia, a romanizing hall building with a western facade from 1867/68.
  • Cemetery with old church and the baroque churchyard cross from 1750.
  • The former schoolhouse with teachers' apartments, a half-hipped roof building with red sandstone and plastered surfaces, built in 1909/10 (Schulstrasse).
  • Pre-Roman ramparts and barrows
  • Several cross houses from the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • Road crosses from the 17th century.
  • The Heinzkyller Mühle, a stately mansard roof building, which was built shortly before 1800, with a barn from the 19th century (meanwhile decayed).
  • Traditional rattling from Maundy Thursday to Holy Saturday.
  • Hut burning on the first Sunday of Lent (so-called Scheef Sunday)
  • Hiking routes at price

See also: List of cultural monuments in Preist

Web links

Commons : Price  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ^ Karl E. Becker: Storage - space and time. 1980.
  3. ↑ Traugott Vitz: The Murder of Allied Airmen. In: Hangmen at war. Accessed April 28, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Kölnischer Kurier of June 9, 1945 (No. 11, p. 2) and July 10, 1945 (No. 16, p. 4).
  5. ^ Karl J. Lüttgens: Years of War, End of War and First New Beginnings in Schleiden District 1939–1946. Gemünd 1997, p. 168.
  6. ↑ John Nosbüsch: To the Bitter End: The Second World War in the Bitburg-Prüm. Trier 1978, p. 85.
  7. ↑ 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy). In: 303rdbg.com. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
  8. ^ Lester Ernest Reuss | American Air Museum in Britain. Retrieved April 28, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Mission report.
  10. ↑ University of Marburg, research and documentation center for war crimes trials [1] and [2]
  11. ↑ Schenectady Gazette of June 30, 1945, p. 1, column D "Triple Hanging Avenges Death Of US Flier" [3]
  12. ↑ Kelvin Youngs: Aircrew Remembered Aviation Personal Histories and Databases. Accessed April 28, 2019 .
  13. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved February 12, 2020 .
  14. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved February 12, 2020 .
  15. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections.
  16. ↑ Declaration of the coat of arms. Retrieved February 28, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Kylltal hiking route, the world of red sandstone in the Eifel. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 4, 2015 ; accessed on February 28, 2017 .