Spangdahlem

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 59 '  N , 6 ° 41'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Storage
Height :	305 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.44 km 2
Residents:	967 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	72 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54529
Area code :	06565
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 311
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 36 54662 Speicher
Website :	www.vg-speicher.de
Local Mayor :	Klaus Rodens
Location of the local community Spangdahlem in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm

Spangdahlem in the Eifel is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the collective municipality of Speicher .

geography

Geographical location and traffic

Spangdahlem is about ten kilometers northeast of Speicher. The community consists of the two districts Spang and Dahlem and is characterized by many arable fields and a varied landscape. Next to Spangdahlem is the US air force base Spangdahlem Air Base . Since the completion of the A 60 in 2002, the town has had a motorway connection and can also be reached conveniently via the B 50 .

climate

The annual precipitation is 779 millimeters. The precipitation is in the middle third of the values ​​recorded in Germany. Lower values ​​are registered at 58 percent of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is April, with the most rainfall in August. In August there is 1.6 times more rainfall than in April. The precipitation hardly varies and is very evenly distributed over the year. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at only 7 percent of the measuring stations .

history

Spangdahlem Air Base

The area around Spangdahlem was already settled in Roman times. In the Weilbach valley between Dahlem and the Gelsdorf farm near Gransdorf , remains of buildings from Roman times were found in 1844.

The first documentary mention of the district of Dahlem can be found in a list of properties of the Prüm Abbey from the year 867. The place is called "de uilla dalon", later the place is called "Dahleim" (1220). The district of Spang is first mentioned in 1254 as "Spangen". The Brandenmühle is first mentioned in 1181.

Up to 1794 Spang and Dahlem belonged to the Electorate of Trier Kyllburg . Both localities have formed a municipality for centuries and were always called Spang-Dahlem together, also because there were or are several places with the name Dahlem in the near and far. The Eiflia Illustrata from 1854 found it worth mentioning that two general and cattle markets are held annually in Spang-Dahlem, one on the second Thursday after Corpus Christi and the other on the first Thursday after the Assumption of Mary .

During the French administration, Mairie Spang was assigned to the canton of Kyllburg in the arrondissement of Prüm in the Saar department .

After the Prussians took over the Rhineland (1815), a mayor's office was set up in Spang in 1816 , which belonged to the Wittlich district in the Trier administrative district . The municipalities of Binsfeld , Dahlem and Spang belonged to the mayor's office in Spang. The seat was later moved to Binsfeld.

At the beginning of the 19th century Spang had 566 inhabitants who lived in 95 houses, Dahlem 309 inhabitants in 58 houses. The Brandmühle (Brandenmühle) and the Schleiermühle (Scheuermühle), each with eleven residents, also belonged to Dahlem.

Population development

The development of the population of Spangdahlem in relation to today's municipal area; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses :

year Residents 1815 662 1835 897 1871 955 1905 978 1939 810 1950 887

year Residents 1961 1,016 1970 935 1987 802 1997 891 2005 811 2019 967

politics

Municipal council

The council in Spangdahlem consists of twelve 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

The description of the coat of arms reads: "In silver a continuous red bar cross, covered with a blue heart shield, in it a white tower with extension and black tower cross and a cross attached to the ends of the crossbar."

Explanation: The Electorate of Trier cross indicates that the places belonged to the Electorate of Trier until the end of the 18th century. The symbol of the community is the still existing tower of the former parish church on Nikolausberg. The tower and annex are recorded with the characteristic tower cross in the heart shield.

Cultural monuments

There are a number of listed cultural monuments in Spangdahlem.

Town center

• The Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus in Spang, a neo-Gothic hall made of red sandstone, built in 1874/75 by Heinrich Bruck from Wittlich; at the church the war memorial 1870/71, an obelisk from 1875 and a baroque shaft cross from 1729 (Kirchgasse).
• The Catholic branch church St. Hubert in Dahlem, a hall building from the 18th century, with a late medieval choir tower, tower roof with bell lantern (Trierer Straße).
• The first schoolhouse in Spang with a teacher's apartment and stable, a plastered building, built in 1833 by municipal master builder Bruck from Wittlich (Stiftstrasse)
• The former school of Spang, a rectangular building made of red sandstone from 1885/86 (Kirchgasse).
• The former school of Dahlem, a rectangular building made of red sandstone from 1902/03 (Neustraße).
• Several houses from the 18th and 19th centuries (main street).
• Several wayside crosses (crosses) from the 17th century (Engelsrech, Hauptstrasse, Kreuzgarten).

District

• The monument zone "Friedhof mit Alter Nikolauskirche", the southwestern part of the cemetery with the preserved parts of the Alte Nikolauskirche (medieval west tower), portal with acanthus tendril arch from the 17th century; In the cemetery there is a pastor's tomb from 1844 and grave crosses, mainly from the 18th and early 19th centuries.
• The Dahlem Chapel from 1622; Shank cross, probably around 1622 (northeast of Dahlem).
• The Brandenmühle, essentially a Renaissance building from the 16th century, reconstruction in the 18th or early 19th century.
• The Scheuermühle, a Winkelhof in the Weilbach valley from the 19th century.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Spangdahlem

Personalities

• Anton Oehmbs (1735–1809), theologian, university professor and canon in Trier

Web links

Commons : Spangdahlem  - Collection of Images

• To search for cultural assets of the local community Spangdahlem in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, 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
4. ↑ Informational directory of cultural monuments, Eifelkreis Bitburg-Pruem , page 68 (PDF; 1.7 MB)