Wallersheim (Eifel)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 12 '  N , 6 ° 32'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality :	Prüm
Height :	520 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.51 km 2
Residents:	769 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	53 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54597
Area code :	06558
License plate :	BIT, PRÜ
Community key :	07 2 32 318
Community structure:	7 districts
Association administration address:	Tiergartenstrasse 54 54595 Prüm
Website :	www.wallersheim-eifel.de
Local Mayor :	Werner Feld
Location of the local community Wallersheim in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm

View of the center of Wallersheim around the parish church St. Nikolaus (left) and the settlement center Loch (right)

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

geography

The place is in the Prüm Kalkmulde and in the North Eifel Nature Park about seven kilometers east of Prüm . The municipality's districts Gellenberg, Dog Mountain, Schank, changing soaps, soaps and White Wolf Wasen, which includes residential space Hunt Sea Katz. The former hamlet "Loch" has merged with the village of Wallersheim. The village of Weißenseifen only partially belongs to Wallersheim.

history

The area around Wallersheim was settled very early, two menhirs are dated to the Neolithic . Also from the Roman period were in the district , a Roman settlement and Roman tombs found Wallersheim. The Roman Army Road from Trier to Cologne led through the Wallersheim community forest.

The place name Wallersheim is probably derived from a person "Walamar". The ending "-heim" is to be interpreted as the property of Walamar. The first documentary mention can be found in the "Carta Gisleberti", a deed of gift to the Prüm Abbey from 777.

Another mention of the place dates from the year 852, in a document of the Emperor Lothar the place was called "Wallimaris in pago Caroscow".

Caesarius called the place "Walmersheym" in the 13th century and lists the estates and fiefs that the Prüm Abbey owned there.

Wallersheim was a Prümsche Schultheisserei , to which, in addition to Wallersheim, Hof Anzelt was also included. In 1777 there were 38 houses and 32 chimneys in Wallersheim.

Until the end of the 18th century Wallersheim belonged to the Electorate of Prüm . In 1815/16 Wallersheim came under Prussian administration and became the seat of a mayor's office , which later became the mayor's office of Prüm-Land .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 300 1835 451 1871 500 1905 472 1939 656

year Residents 1950 706 1961 631 1970 696 1987 745 2005 751

politics

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Under a silver head with three red balls in red a silver church flag covered with a red cross."
	Justification for the coat of arms: The balls represent the symbol of the church patron St. Nicholas . The silver church flag is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Prüm Abbey , in which the Prüm lamb (Salvatorlamm) carries this flag. The colors red and silver indicate that they belong to Prüm and Kurtrier .

Attractions

• In Wallersheim, 17 crossroads can be discovered, which are distributed over the entire municipality.
• On a hill northwest of Wallersheim there is a standing menhir 1.60 meters high, which is probably due to the megalithic culture that was widespread in the Neolithic Age .

See also: List of cultural monuments in Wallersheim

Web links

Commons : Wallersheim  - Collection of Images

• Local community Wallersheim on the website of the Association of Prüm
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Wallersheim in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Hike to the 17 crossroads

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 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 66 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ Entry on Roman cremation cemetery in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.
4. ^ ^{A b c} Johann Friedrich Schannat : Eiflia illustrata or geographical and historical description of the Eifel , Volume 4, Johann Peter Bachem, 1854, p. 428.
5. ↑ Gerhard Elsen: 1200 years Wallersheim: village chronicle ed. occasion d. 1200 year celebration and d. Inauguration d. Village square from 6.-8. August 1982 . Ed .: Wallersheim community.
6. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections