Rupperath

Rupperath City of Bad Münstereifel Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 16 ″  N , 6 ° 52 ′ 40 ″  E
Height :	597 m
Area :	5.26 km²
Residents :	447  (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	85 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st July 1969
Postal code :	53902
Area code :	02257
Location of Rupperath in Bad Münstereifel

Rupperath is a district of Bad Münstereifel in the district of Euskirchen , North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The place is southeast of Bad Münstereifel. District road 56 runs through the village . Directly south of the village is the border with the neighboring state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1054. In the Middle Ages it was a clearing island that belonged to the Johanniter coming Adenau . The parish church of St. Petruskirche was built from 1904 to 1905 in neo-Romanesque style. The previous building dates back to 1785.

On July 1, 1969, the previously independent municipality of Rupperath was incorporated into Bad Münstereifel.

Others

• The RVK bus line 819 stops in town. The TaxiBusPlus is available.
• The primary school children are brought to the Catholic primary school St. Helena in Mutscheid .
• Rupperath is known as an old hand weaving village . There is a hand weaving museum in the village .
• There is also a wind choir in Rupperath, which has gained national fame in recent years.

Web links

• Rupperath on the homepage of Bad Münstereifel
• The hand weaving museum on the Bad Münstereifel homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures . Retrieved March 11, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 87 .