Protection (Eifel)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 8 '  N , 6 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Down
Height :	370 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.04 km 2
Residents:	145 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	16 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54570
Area code :	06599
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 065
Association administration address:	Leopoldstrasse 29 54550 Daun
Website :	www.schutz-vulkaneifel.de
Local Mayor :	Thomas Oertlin
Location of the local community of Schutz in the Vulkaneifel district

Schutz is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Daun and is located on the Burberg ( 528.5  m above sea  level ).

Neighboring places

• Wallenborn 5 km
• Weidenbach 3.5 km
• Bleckhausen 1.3 km
• Deudesfeld 3.5 km
• Niederstadtfeld 4.2 km

history

Schutz was first mentioned in a document in 1238.

Until the end of the 18th century, Schutz belonged to the Electorate of Trier and was under the administration and jurisdiction of the Manderscheid office .

In 1794 the Left Bank of the Rhine was occupied by French revolutionary troops in the First Coalition War. From 1798 to 1814 Schutz belonged to the canton of Manderscheid in the Saar department .

At the Congress of Vienna (1815) the region came to the Kingdom of Prussia , protection was assigned to the newly established district of Daun in the administrative district of Trier in 1816 and administered by the Weidenbach mayor . Protection included the Heckelsmühle (correct: Hinkelsmühle), the Regmühle and the Slide Mill. The latter is no longer preserved.

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  Western district (winter 2003)

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  St. Wendelin Chapel, pencil sketch (1999)

The St. Wendelin Chapel in its current form dates from 1845.

After the Second World War , the municipality of Schutz became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 122 1835 131 1871 160 1905 162 1939 176

year Residents 1950 164 1961 176 1970 195 1987 154 2005 152

politics

Municipal council

The council in protection 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 : "Under a red shield head, inside a golden zigzag bar, in silver a green mountain, inside a silver mill wheel."

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Schutz (Eifel)

Web links

Commons : Protection  - collection of images

• Website of the local parish protection
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Schutz 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 - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections