Wallerode
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State : | Belgium | |
Region : | Wallonia | |
Province : | Liege | |
District : | Verviers | |
Municipality : | Saint Vith | |
Coordinates : | 50 ° 18 ′ N , 6 ° 9 ′ E | |
Residents: | 374 pop. | |
Height: | 520 m | |
Post Code: | 4780 | |
Prefix: | 080 | |
Website: | www.st.vith.be |
Wallerode is a village in the German-speaking Community in Belgium and part of the municipality of Sankt Vith and the municipality of Amel . The place has around 400 inhabitants, 372 of them in the municipality of Sankt Vith (information as of December 31, 2015) and 34 in the municipality of Amel (January 1, 2013).
geography
Wallerode is about three kilometers northeast of the core town of Sankt Vith. The area around the village is characterized by agricultural grassland, and to the east of the village are extensive forests. North of Wallerode is the town of Medell , which belongs to the large municipality of Amel.
history
Wallerode was first mentioned in a document in 1157 as Waltenrote in the description of the wilderness area of the Archbishops of Cologne. Around 1660, Wallerode Castle was built , possibly on the remains of an old castle, which today, as a protected cultural monument, is the town's greatest attraction. Some residential buildings in the village of Wallerode were added to the municipality of Amel during the Belgian municipal reform in 1977 , so that Wallerode is now officially listed as a district of both the municipality of Amel and the municipality of Sankt Vith.
Personalities
- Ernst von Frühbuss (1794–1864), district administrator of the Malmedy district and owner of Wallerode Castle
- Oswald von Frühbuss (1839–1899), district administrator of the Malmedy district and owner of Wallerode Castle
Web links
- Wallerode , on St. Vith.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ residents of the community of ST. VITH per location. (PDF) (No longer available online.) City of St. Vith, December 31, 2015, archived from the original on February 12, 2016 ; accessed on February 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Website of the municipality of Amel: Information about the individual localities in the municipality