Celery

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Prüm
Height :	470 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.37 km 2
Residents:	288 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	17 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54608
Area code :	06551
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 308
Community structure:	4 districts
Association administration address:	Tiergartenstrasse 54 ; 54595 Prüm
Website :	www.sellerich.de
Local Mayor :	Herbert Meyer
Location of the local community Sellerich in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

Sellerich, view from Hontheim

Sellerich on the edge of the Schneifel is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Prüm .

Community structure

In addition to the village of Sellerich, the municipality of Sellerich also includes the districts of Herscheid , Hontheim and Sellericherhöhe, as well as the Schneifelhaus and Schnee-Eifel-Hof residential areas .

history

Sellerich is first mentioned in a document in 1068 as Selrike . Until the end of the 18th century, Sellerich belonged to the Prüm Abbey . After the French occupation, the place came under Prussian administration and was added to the Prüm district. The Second World War led to the almost complete destruction of the place due to fierce fighting.

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	241
1835	290
1871	403
1905	346
1939	444
1950	348

year	Residents
1961	322
1970	333
1987	299
1997	341
2005	318
2017	307

Municipal council

The municipal council in Sellerich consists of eight council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman. The eight seats in the municipal council are divided between two groups of voters.

Web links

Commons : Sellerich - Collection of images

Internet presence of the Sellerich Tourist Office
To search for cultural assets of the local community Sellerich in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 66 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).

[2] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 66 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

[regionaldaten-3] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data

[4] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections