Walsdorf (Eifel)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 17 '  N , 6 ° 42'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Gerolstein
Height :	490 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.83 km 2
Residents:	882 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	81 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54578
Area code :	06593
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 080
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Kyllweg 1 54568 Gerolstein
Website :	www.walsdorf-vulkaneifel.de
Local Mayor :	Horst Well
Location of the local community of Walsdorf in the Vulkaneifel district

Walsdorf is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Gerolstein community .

geography

The community is located in the Vulkaneifel Nature Park about three kilometers south-east of Hillesheim .

Zilsdorf is part of the municipality.

history

In 806 a "Villa Wallemaresdorp" was mentioned in a deed of donation to the Prüm monastery . However, it is controversial whether this is Walsdorf. In 1023 there were secured goods on the Arensberg. In 1353 a "Center Walsdorf" is mentioned.

Until the end of the 18th century, Walsdorf and Zilsdorf belonged to the imperial rule of Kerpen , which was owned by the Dukes of Arenberg . Part of the village of Walsdorf belonged to the Electorate of Daun .

On March 17, 1974, the previously independent community of Zilsdorf with 138 inhabitants was incorporated into Walsdorf.

Population development

The development of the population of Walsdorf in relation to today's municipality area; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 423 1835 557 1871 678 1905 612 1939 683

year Residents 1950 763 1961 777 1970 783 1987 758 2005 916

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Walsdorf consists of twelve council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. The twelve seats in the municipal council are divided between three groups of voters .

coat of arms

The blazon reads: "In a silver shield there is an obliquely left, red bar, covered with three gold medlar flowers with blue clusters, accompanied by a red ring at the top and a red lily at the bottom."

Meaning: The red sloping bar with the medlar flowers is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Counts and Dukes of Aremberg , to whose imperial property Walsdorf and Zilsdorf belonged. The red ring stands for Saint Arnulf , who is the church and local patron in Walsdorf. The lily was taken up as an attribute of Saint Anthony of Padua , who is the chapel and local patron of Zilsdorf.

Culture and sights

Buildings

see list of cultural monuments in Walsdorf

Natural monuments

Remarkably the Walsdorfer is Trockenmaar , the lava - stone quarry in the south of Walsdorf and the volcanic crater Arensberg (also called Arnulphusberg) in the north.

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Walsdorf from the south (2006)

traffic

The Walsdorf station was on the now disused railway line Dümpelfeld – Lissendorf ("Middle Ahr Valley Railway") .

literature

• Local community Walsdorf (ed.): Village chronicle Walsdorf-Zilsdorf. Walsdorf 1999.
• Lorenz van Nerven (Ed.): Walsdorf-Zilsdorf. A local history in words and pictures. Walsdorf 2002.

Web links

Commons : Walsdorf  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Walsdorf
• Representation of the local community Walsdorf on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Hillesheim
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Walsdorf in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Lorenz van Nerven in The History of Walsdorf-Zilsdorf quoted from Archived Copy ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . 
3. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 501 ff.
4. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 181 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
5. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
7. ↑ Description of the coat of arms on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Hillesheim