Wagenhausen (Eifel)

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Wagenhausen (Eifel)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′  N , 6 ° 59 ′  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Cochem cell
Association municipality : Elms
Height : 360 m above sea level NHN
Area : 1.8 km 2
Residents: 57 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 32 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56826
Area code : 02677
License plate : COC, ZEL
Community key : 07 1 35 087
Association administration address: Marktplatz 1
56766 Ulmen
Website : www.ulmen.de
Local Mayor : Heinz-Werner Hendges
Location of the municipality Wagenhausen in the district of Cochem-Zell
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Wagenhausen is a municipality in the district of Cochem-Zell in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Ulmen community and is the smallest community in the Eifel in terms of area .

geography

Wagenhausen is 13 kilometers west of the city of Cochem and seven kilometers south of the city of Ulmen . The village extends on a mountain ridge that slopes from north to south to the Kerbtal of the Üßbach and includes altitudes between 350  m above sea level. NHN and 380  m above sea level NHN . In terms of its natural surroundings , around 60% of the municipal area used for agriculture can be assigned to the Middle Üßbachtal .

Wagenhausen borders (clockwise) on the local communities of Wollmerath , Gillenbeuren , Lutzerath and (in the Vulkaneifel district) Immerath and Winkel (Eifel) .

history

The place was first mentioned under the name Waguenhusen on April 28, 1193, when Emperor Heinrich VI. the Springiersbach Abbey confirmed their possessions.

Wagenhausen belonged together with Filz , Winkel and Wollmerath to the Wollmerath lordship , which was inherited from the Counts of Wied and was under the sovereignty of Kurtrier .

With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops , the rule of Kurtrier ended . In 1815 the place was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 67
1835 79
1871 80
1905 74
1939 68
1950 83
year Residents
1961 73
1970 75
1987 89
1997 65
2005 59
2019 57

Municipal council

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

See also

Web links

Commons : Wagenhausen  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. a b State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  3. ^ Heinrich Beyer : Document book for the history of the Middle Rhine territories , Volume 2, Coblenz: Hölscher, 1865, p. 173, document 129 ( Google Books )
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections