Rittersdorf (Eifel)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 0 '  N , 6 ° 30'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Bitburger Land
Height :	285 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.87 km 2
Residents:	1399 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	118 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54636
Area code :	06561
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 109
Association administration address:	Hubert-Prim-Strasse 7 54634 Bitburg
Website :	www.rittersdorf.eu
Local Mayor :	Holger Klein ( CDU )
Location of the local community Rittersdorf in the Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm

Rittersdorf

Rittersdorf moated castle

Rittersdorf is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land .

geography

The place is in the southern Eifel , approx. 4 km north of Bitburg in the Nimstal . The next larger city is Trier (approx. 30 km).

In addition to the main town, the residential areas Bildchen, Dameshof, Jäschkeshof, Hohlgaß Hof, Pferdehof, Rittermühle, Rittersdell, Wollmühle belong to the municipality.

history

Ritter village was first mentioned in the year 962, when Emperor Otto I of the Abbey of St. Maximin confirmed their possessions. At that time the place was called "Ratheresdorf". In the course of time the name in Rittersdorf has changed.

The neighboring village of Nattenheim also belonged to the rule of Rittersdorf . The rule was under Luxembourg sovereignty until the end of the 18th century .

From 1956 to 1961, cruise missiles of the type TM-61 Matador were stored near the place in bunkered silos for the US armed forces .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 595 1835 775 1871 854 1905 840 1939 875 1950 892 1961 990

year Residents 1970 1,027 1987 969 1997 1,219 2005 1,366 2011 1,433 2017 1,407

Municipal council

The municipal council in Rittersdorf consists of 16 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	WGR	total
2019	10	6th	16 seats
2014	9	7th	16 seats
2009	10	6th	16 seats
2004	11	5	16 seats

coat of arms

Blazon : "Under a black shield head with rafter beams in silver, split, in front in silver a growing red castle tower with a golden gate, in the back divided five times by gold and red."

Foundation of the coat of arms: Rittersdorf was the seat of the communities that formed the "Rittersdorf Rulership". The governors of this rule were the Counts of Manderscheid-Blankenheim until 1780. They had a silver rafter in black in the coat of arms. He returns in the shield head. In the lower, split shield, a growing castle tower is shown in front. King Rudolph von Habsburg gives permission to build a tower in 1290. This tower is the almost 700 year old, mighty keep that is still preserved today. The von Enscheringen family owned the castle complex for centuries. Your coat of arms is divided seven times by gold and red in the shield base. It returns here, divided into five because of the shield head, next to the castle tower.

Culture and sights

Buildings

• Rittersdorf Castle was first mentioned as a moated castle on the Nims on the Trier - Bitburg - Prüm - Cologne route in 1263 as a property of the Imperial Abbey of St. Maximin . In 1290 the 26 m high keep was built. Today the castle houses a restaurant and a branch of the registry office of the Bitburger Land association.
• Catholic parish church of St. Martin from 1833
• Rectory from 1757
• Village community center from 1921
• There are several crossroads across the municipality .
• The town center is the location of several historic houses and old farms

See also: List of cultural monuments in Rittersdorf

Green spaces and recreation

• Hiking and riding tours in and around Rittersdorf

See also: List of natural monuments in Rittersdorf

Regular events

• Annual fair or parish fair
• Traditional rattling or rattling on Good Friday and Holy Saturday
• Hut burning on the first weekend after Ash Wednesday (so-called Scheef Sunday)

Economy and Infrastructure

The place has several settled commercial enterprises. In the center there are restaurants as well as various craft and service businesses. A bank branch is also located there. Agriculture also enjoys a high priority thanks to several full-time and part-time businesses.

Commercial areas

• "Hohlgass" industrial park
• "Bildchen" industrial park

education

• Primary school Sankt Barbara
• Burgzwerge day care center

Personalities

• Werner Theisen (1927–1993), lawyer and newspaper publisher, known for his donation for the reconstruction of the equestrian statue at the Deutsches Eck
• Edgar Schmitt (* 1963), former soccer player and current trainer , born in Rittersdorf

literature

• Ernst Wackenroder (arr.): The art monuments of the Bitburg district (=  Paul Clemen [Hrsg.]: The art monuments of the Rhine province . Volume 12 / I ). Trier 1983, ISBN 3-88915-006-3 , p. 53, 239–246, 306 (315 p., With 12 plates and 227 illustrations in the text. Reprinted by the Schwann edition, Düsseldorf 1927).
• Michael Berens: Parish Church of St. Martin, pilgrimage chapel "Bildchen" . In: Geschichtlicher Arbeitskreis Bitburger Land (Hrsg.): The churches and chapels of the Bitburger Land . S. 80 ( online [PDF; accessed April 5, 2018]).

Web links

Commons : Rittersdorf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local community Rittersdorf on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Rittersdorf (Eifel) 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. 108 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ Heinrich Beyer : Document book of the Middle Rhine territories of Coblenz and Trier, now forming the Prussian government districts . tape 1 . Hölscher, Coblenz 1860 ( certificate 209 ).
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved August 19, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved August 19, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Declaration of the coat of arms. Retrieved July 30, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Hiking route Rittersdof-Bitburg Stahl-Bedhard-Bildchen-Rittersdorf. Retrieved February 2, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Rittersdorf equestrian route in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Hüttenbrennen in the Eifel. Retrieved May 1, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Hut Sunday in the Eifel. Retrieved August 10, 2017 .