Virneburg

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Virneburg (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '  N , 7 ° 5'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality :	Vordereifel
Height :	402 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.4 km 2
Residents:	380 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	70 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56729
Area code :	02656
License plate :	MYK, MY
Community key :	07 1 37 105
Association administration address:	Kelberger Strasse 26 56727 Mayen
Website :	www.virneburg-eifel.de
Local Mayor :	Torsten Zilles
Location of the local community Virneburg in the district of Mayen-Koblenz

Virneburg is a municipality in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Vordereifel , which has its administrative headquarters in Mayen .

geography

Geographical location

The local community Virneburg is located in the Vulkaneifel . The next towns are approx. 15 km in the east Mayen and 15 km in the west Adenau .

The average altitude is 402  m above sea level. NHN . The place is located in a valley - surrounded by four mountains, the Brauberg, Schafsberg, Mühlenberg and Bleiberg. In the middle of the village there is another mountain on which the Virneburg stands.

The Nitzbach flows through the village and flows into the Nette at Bürresheim Castle . Around the place there are mainly forests, pastures and meadows.

Virneburg, aerial photo (2016)

Neighboring communities

Virneburg borders on the following communities (clockwise, starting from the north): Welschenbach , Langenfeld , Mayen , Hirten , Luxem , Nachtsheim and Baar .

history

Ruins of the Virneburg

The history of the town of Virneburg is closely linked to the history of the castle of the same name , the ruins of which are considered the town's landmarks. The castle was probably built in the second half of the 12th century and was first mentioned in a document in 1192. The castle spot was created later at the foot of the castle hill.

In 1815, at the Congress of Vienna, the Rhineland and with it Virneburg were awarded to the Kingdom of Prussia . Virneburg became the seat of a mayor's office in the newly established district of Adenau in 1816 , and at the same time the seat of a peace court . The Virneburg district, ten villages, 13 hamlets, five farms and two mills belonged to the mayor's office of Virneburg .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 259 1835 338 1871 302 1905 235 1939 258

year Residents 1950 327 1961 354 1970 378 1987 398 2005 460

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Torsten Zilles became mayor of Virneburg on August 12, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 92.92% of the vote. Torsten Zilles' predecessor was Herbert Pung, who held the office from 2008.

badges and flags

Blazon of the coat of arms: "Divided by silver and gold, on top of a flat green three-mountain a striding gold-crowned and blue-armored red lion with raised left front paw, below seven red diamonds (4: 3)."

Description of the flag: “Hoisting flag gold-red-gold in the ratio 1/6: 4/6: 1/6 horizontally striped. In the middle on the red stripe the coat of arms of the local community Virneburg. "

According to legend, the origin of the lozenges is explained as follows: The Hungarians penetrated as far as Kaisersesch in 933. Here they were defeated by a German army. Count Albick von Virneburg stood out in particular. As a thank you, the emperor awarded him the coat of arms with the 7 diamonds, which symbolized the long shields of the defeated Hungarians.

The coats of arms can still be found in many places today, including in the churches in Wanderath, Weiler, Nachtsheim, Mayen, Monreal, Schleiden , in the chapel in Einig and in Cologne Cathedral . They also adorn the coats of arms of the local communities Arft , Anschau , Baar , Bermel , Boos , Ditscheid , Ettringen , Luxem , Monreal , Münk , Nachtsheim Weiler and Welling .

Until 1615 the coat of arms only contained the 7 red diamonds on gold. Then the county came to Löwenstein-Wertheim and the lion was also included in the coat of arms.

On June 26, 1990 Virneburg received permission to fly a flag.

Attractions

Chapel of St. Trinitatis in Virneburg

St. Trinity

The St. Trinity Chapel is a baroque hall building from the end of the 17th century.

Castle ruins

In the center of Virneburg are the ruins of the Virneburg of the same name, ancestral seat of the Counts of Virneburg . It is located on an elevation and is surrounded by the four surrounding Virneburg mountains: Schaftberg, Bleiberg, Brauberg and Mühlenberg.

Virne Castle Path

Ascent to the castle ruins

The round leading to Virneburg trail "Virne-Burgweg" was established in early 2008 as one of the Songlines completed the circle Mayen-Koblenz. The 9.9 km long hiking trail leads over 313 meters of altitude and through a mixture of forest and heathland. In September 2008, the trail was voted trail of the year in the day trips category at the "Tour Natur" hiking fair in Düsseldorf.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Virneburg

Infrastructure

Fire truck 8/18 W of the Virneburg fire brigade

• Virneburg fire brigade: The Virneburg volunteer fire brigade is one of the five base fire brigades of the Vordereifel community and as such is responsible for the local communities of Virneburg, Hirten , Baar and Herresbach .
• Day care center: In the Au there is a day care center above the community center.

literature

• Klaus Markowitz: On the history of the house and the castle Virneburg . In: Rheinische Heimatpflege . Volume 42, 2005, pp. 263-273.
• Michael Maiworm: On a 'dream path' into the Middle Ages. The Virne Castle Path . In: Eifel-Jahrbuch 2014. ISBN 978-3-921805-93-0 , pp. 145–151.
• Achim H. Schmidt: The early counts of Virneburg and their ancestral castle - research on the early history of a castle and a count family in the East Eifel . In: Olaf Wagener (Ed.): Castles and fortifications in the Eifel. From antiquity to the 20th century. Petersberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86568-925-2 , pp. 74-93.

Web links

Commons : Virneburg  - Collection of Images

• Local community Virneburg on the website of the association community Vordereifel
• Historical map of the county of Virneburg 1789
• Literature about Virneburg in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-Statistical Description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province , Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830, page 669
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Vordereifel, Verbandsgemeinde, 25th line of results. Accessed February 16, 2020 . 
6. ^ Bulletin Vordereifel: Constituent meeting in Virneburg. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, edition 35/2019, accessed on February 16, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Bulletin Vordereifel: Farewell to local mayor Herbert Pung. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, issue 44/2019, accessed on February 16, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Springiersbacher Chronicle Virnenburg or Virneburg. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 48, Leipzig 1746, column 1774–1779.