Uppershausen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′  N , 6 ° 19 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	South Eifel
Height :	515 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.41 km 2
Residents:	62 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	18 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54673
Area code :	06564
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 128
Association administration address:	Pestalozzistraße 7 54673 Neuerburg
Website :	suedeifelinfo.de
Local Mayor :	Alfred Weires
Location of the local community Uppershausen in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

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

geography

Uppershausen is on the edge of the South Eifel nature park . The Merlbach residential area also belongs to the community.

history

Uppershausen belonged to the Luxembourg rule of Neuerburg until the end of the 18th century and was assigned to the administration of the Plascheid dairy .

In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the Austrian Netherlands , to which the Duchy of Luxembourg belonged, and annexed it in October 1795 . From 1795 to 1814 the place belonged to the canton Neuerburg in the forest department .

In 1815, the former Luxembourg area east of the Sauer and Our was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . 1816 thus came the community Uppershausen to Bitburg in Trier in the Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine , the 1822 in the Rhine province came up, and was approved by the mayor Weidingen managed.

After the First World War temporarily occupied by the French , the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946.

Uppershausen is a branch of the parish Ringhuscheid (today part of Krautscheid ).

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 40 1835 60 1871 96 1905 93 1939 104 1950 86 1961 106

year Residents 1970 96 1987 82 1997 81 2005 71 2011 78 2017 68

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Uppershausen consists of six council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Under gold over red by pinnacle cut divided shield head, divided from silver over blue, above a left-turned black reversible plow, below a three-pronged golden crown."

Founding of the coat of arms: Uppershausen belonged to the sovereignty of the Neuerburg rulership until the end of the feudal period and to the county of Vianden. The colors red and silver illustrate this affiliation. The four full and two half pinnacles refer to the town's multi-storey houses. The reversible plow in the heart bar symbolizes the clearing and cultivation work on our undulating ridge in the Islek. In the (sky) blue of the base of the shield and in the depiction of the Marian crown, reference is made to a religious moment: Adoration of the Virgin Mary and dedication of the chapel to Our Lady = village patroness.

Culture and sights

Buildings

• A chapel on site was originally built in 1939 as thanks for a healthy return from the First World War , but it was not used as a church until 1944 with a service. In 1965 the present chapel was built in its place.

Green spaces and recreation

• There are extensive hiking opportunities.

Regular events

• The local fair takes place on the weekend before National Mourning Day in November.

Economy and Infrastructure

• Around two thirds of four farms use the municipal area for agriculture (as of 2010).

Personalities

• Marco Hontheim, drummer in the band Jupiter Jones , lives in Uppershausen

Web links

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

• Portrait of Uppershausen
• Uppershausen tourism site
• To search for cultural assets of the municipality Uppershausen 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. ^ ^{A b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved August 7, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved August 7, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Description of coat of arms / justification. (PDF) Ortsgemeinde Uppershausen, p. 57 , accessed on October 29, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Andreas Feichtner: Get off the roller coaster, into the ex-house: Jupiter Jones plays for the first time with a new singer in Trier. In: volksfreund.de. December 11, 2014, accessed May 13, 2016 .