Waldhof-Falkenstein
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Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ' N , 6 ° 12' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm | |
Association municipality : | South Eifel | |
Height : | 458 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 3.01 km 2 | |
Residents: | 21 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 7 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 54673 | |
Area code : | 06524 | |
License plate : | BIT, PRÜ | |
Community key : | 07 2 32 130 | |
Association administration address: | Pestalozzistraße 7 54673 Neuerburg |
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Local Mayor : | Dieter Hartmann | |
Location of the local community Waldhof-Falkenstein in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm | ||
Waldhof-Falkenstein is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Südeifel and is located on the Ourschleife / Falkenstein nature reserve . Falkenstein Castle is part of Waldhof- Falkenstein .
With 21 inhabitants, Waldhof-Falkenstein is one of the least populous communities in Germany and the smallest with a double name .
history
Falkenstein is first mentioned in 1173 as the castle seat of Ludovicus de Falcunstein . The town's chapel dates from the first half of the 12th century. The fortifications of Falkenstein Castle were destroyed by the French in 1679. In the Luxembourg register of the year 1777, Falkenstein is still referred to as a parish. According to the visitation protocol from 1761, the church at the castle was in good condition, only the tower was in need of repair. The residents of Waldhof earned their living by working at the castle. Until the end of the 18th century, the castle was the seat of the Falkenstein lordship, which belonged to the Duchy of Luxembourg ( Vianden quarter ) .
In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the Austrian Netherlands , to which the Duchy of Luxembourg belonged, and annexed it in October 1795 . Under French administration , the area belonged to the canton of Vianden in the Diekirch arrondissement , which was part of the department of forests .
Due to the resolutions at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the former Luxembourg area east of the Sauer and Our was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia . Under the Prussian administration, the hamlet of Waldhof with Falkenstein Castle came to the Roth mayor's office in the Bitburg district , which was assigned to the Trier administrative district .
- Population development
The development of the population of Waldhof-Falkenstein, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Municipal council
The council in Waldhof-Falkenstein consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Culture and sights
- Falkenstein Castle (Waldhof)
- Hiking routes in and around Waldhof-Falkenstein
See also: List of cultural monuments in Waldhof-Falkenstein
Web links
- Waldhof-Falkenstein tourist site
- To search for cultural assets of the local community Waldhof-Falkenstein in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ District administration of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm: Administrative affiliation of the individual communities ( online PDF )
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Hiking route Vianden - Falkenstein. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .