Reimerath

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Kelberg
Height :	530 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.54 km 2
Residents:	58 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	23 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53539
Area code :	02692
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 233
LOCODE :	DE REA
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Dauner Strasse 22 ; 53539 Kelberg
Website :	www.vgv-kelberg.de
Local Mayor :	Matthias Schneider
Location of the local community Reimerath in the Vulkaneifel district

Reimerath is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the association community Kelberg .

geography

It is located in the Vulkaneifel Nature Park and the conservation area "Kelberg". The community is divided into the districts of Reimerath and Bruchhausen.

history

Reimerath was first mentioned as "Recinroth" in a document dated May 25, 1216, when Count Gerhard von Are of the parish church in Adenau confirmed the foundation of his father Ulrich's Anniversar . The Bruchhausen district was mentioned in 1409.

Reimerath belonged to the late 18th century to the office of mayor Welcherath the Electoral Cologne Office Nürburg .

In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the left bank of the Rhine . Under the French administration , Reimerath belonged to the canton of Adenau in the Rhine-Moselle department from 1798 to 1814 . Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 , the region became part of the Kingdom of Prussia . Under Prussian administration, the municipality of Reimerath was assigned to the Adenau district in the Koblenz administrative district and was administered by the Kelberg mayor . This went on in 1927 in the Kelberg office and in 1968 in the Kelberg Association. After the First World War , the area was under French military administration . When the Adenau district was dissolved in 1932, Reimerath came to the Mayen district . The region has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 and belonged to the French occupation zone until 1949 and 1955, respectively .

As part of the municipal reorganization of Rhineland-Palatinate, the community came on November 7, 1970 from the district of Mayen , which was dissolved at the same time, to the district of Daun (now the district of Vulkaneifel ).

In Reimerath there is an old quarry where trachyte was previously extracted.

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	64
1835	116
1871	74
1905	61
1939	76

year	Residents
1950	73
1961	87
1970	77
1987	70
2005	68

politics

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Under a silver shield head with a black bar cross in blue a wreath of golden roses with silver lugs."
	Explanation of the coat of arms: The black bar cross indicates the earlier membership in the Electorate of Cologne ; the wreath of roses symbolizes the patronage of the rosary queen , to whom the Reimerath chapel is consecrated.