Schankweiler

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '  N , 6 ° 23'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	South Eifel
Height :	230 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.55 km 2
Residents:	185 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	28 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54668
Area code :	06523
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 114
Association administration address:	Pestalozzistraße 7 54673 Neuerburg
Website :	www.schankweiler-eifel.de
Local Mayor :	Gerhard Schmalen
Location of the local community Schankweiler in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

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

geography

The municipality is located in the South Eifel nature park and extends from the northern slope of the Ferschweiler plateau down into the Enz valley . The Rohrbachermühle residential area also belongs to Schankweiler .

history

Grave finds provide evidence of an early settlement in this area. There are legacies from the time of the Cord Ceramics to the Hallstatt culture and the Romans . The Franks left behind an extensive burial ground and various individual graves. It can be assumed that there will be around 4000 years of continuous settlement history in this area.

The first mention of the village of Schankweiler ( Crenchovilare ) shows a deed of donation from 721 in which Bertrada and her son Charibert donated their closed property Crenchovillare in Bedgau an der Prüm to the Echternach monastery .

In the early Middle Ages, Schankweiler, like Holsthum, belonged to the Luxembourgish lordship of Bourscheid , which from 1496 came into possession of various lines of the von Metternich family and in 1753 to the baron Schenk von Schmidtburg .

The parish of Schankweiler belonged to the Deanery Bitburg in the Archdiocese of Trier , Holsthum was a branch of Schankweiler. The patron saint of the church was always St. Michael . In 1570 the parish was still called Hoilzwiler , in a visitation protocol from this time, Holtzwiler was replaced by Schunkwiler . From 1658 only the current name Schankweiler is still in use. In 1594 today's church was built or renovated. The tower, without a helmet, and the sacristy were added in 1729. In 1796 the two bells were confiscated by the French in the first coalition war. Today, St. Michael in Schankweiler is a branch church of Holsthum and has been part of the Irrel parish community in the Bitburg dean's office since 2011.

In 1757 there was no school building, but there was a "winter school", the teacher was hired for three months.

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 220 1835 278 1871 297 1905 260 1939 215 1950 214 1961 226

year Residents 1970 233 1987 200 1997 200 2005 192 2011 194 2017 193

politics

Municipal council

The council in Schankweiler 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 : "In red a silver, seven-stepped stepped gable, topped with a red, silver day-lit chapel with a roof turret over blue wavy beams, accompanied on the right by a silver cup, on the left by a silver oak leaf with three silver acorns."

Justification for the coat of arms: The stepped gable shown in silver in the coat of arms stands for the shape of the parish church tower in the village. The western front of the Mariahilf pilgrimage chapel, which was built in 1762 and located on a hill above the village, appears stylized on this surface. In the front of the coat of arms there is a cup with nickel wire decoration from the late Neolithic stone box grave of Schankweiler from the tradition of corded ceramics and the cup culture that developed from it. It indicates the early settlement. The sessile oak motif indicates the forest and the origin of the place name. The horizontally lying wave bar symbolizes the river Enz, where the place is located.

Culture and sights

Buildings

• The Schankweiler Klause is a pilgrimage church built in 1762/63 with a valuable high altar .
• The parish church of St. Michael is a single-aisled building with a ribbed vault dating from the 16th century.
• The Fraubillenkreuz is a menhir that has been converted into a cross. It stands on the side of the road on the Ferschweiler plateau in the Eifel, between Ferschweiler, Schankweiler, Nusbaum and Bollendorf.
• Shank cross at a farm on the opposite side of the Enz
• The stone box on the Hartberg is located northeast of the village.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Schankweiler

Green spaces and recreation

• Hiking trails in and around Schankweiler

Regular events

• Annual fair or parish fair is celebrated on the first weekend in July.

Web links

Commons : Schankweiler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official homepage of the local community Schankweiler / Südeifel
• Short portrait of Schankweiler ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) at Hierzuland , SWR television
• Stone box in Schankweiler
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Schankweiler 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. 101 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ Camille Wampach : Documents and source book on the history of the old Luxembourg territories up to the Burgundian period , 10 vols., Luxembourg 1935–1955 I 2 No. 33
4. ^ ^{A b c d} Philipp de Lorenzi: Contributions to the history of all parishes in the Diocese of Trier. Bischöfliches General-Vicariate, 1887, p. 159 ( dilibri.de ).
5. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved August 7, 2019 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved August 7, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Description of coat of arms / justification. (PDF) Ortsgemeinde Schankweiler, p. 29 , accessed on November 20, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Schankweiler hiking trails. Retrieved November 20, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Hiking route Felsenweg Schankweiler. Retrieved November 20, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Hiking route Bollendorf - Ferschweiler-Plateau - Schankweiler Klause. Retrieved November 20, 2017 .