Waxweiler

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Coat of arms of the local community Waxweiler
Waxweiler
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Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '  N , 6 ° 22'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
Association municipality : Arzfeld
Height : 350 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.96 km 2
Residents: 1111 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 186 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 54649
Area code : 06554
License plate : BIT, PRÜ
Community key : 07 2 32 322
Community structure: 2 districts
Association administration address: Luxemburger Strasse 6
54687 Arzfeld
Website : www.waxweiler.com
Local Mayor : Manfred Groben ( CDU )
Location of the local community Waxweiler in the Eifel district Bitburg-Prüm
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Waxweiler from the northeast

Waxweiler is a municipality in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Arzfeld . Waxweiler is a state-approved resort and designated as a basic center according to state planning .

history

For a long time the origins of the place were presumed to be around 700, but in 2002 the remains of a Roman settlement, discovered at the beginning of the 20th century and dated back to around 150 AD, were uncovered.

The first documentary mention of the place under the name "Waleswilre" took place in a precarious contract issued by the Prüm Abbot Farabert II on July 15, 943 , in which a Ramengar and his wife Adalgard of the Prüm Abbey gave his property in Waxweiler. In 1222 the ex-abbot Caesarius from Prüm mentions the place under the name "Wasvilre" in the commentary on the Prüm Urbar .

Waxweiler belonged to the Luxembourg rule of Neuerburg . In 1353 sold Friedrich from Neuerburg place Waxweiler for 1,000 pounds scissors Turnosen of the Trier Archbishop Balduin , presumably to repurchase, because at the beginning of the 15th century was Waxweiler owned by the Lords of New Castle. In 1414, Irmgard von Bolchen , heiress of the Kronenburg and Neuerburg domains, and her husband Johann von Rodemachern granted the residents of Waxweiler the same rights and freedoms as the citizens of Neuerburg had had since 1332. Gerhard von Rodemachern, Irmgards and Johann's son, confirmed the freedoms of Waxweiler in 1440. In a description of the conditions in the Neuerburg rule from 1683, Waxweiler was described as follows: “The freedom of Wachsweiler, formerly surrounded by walls, now in ruins, with twenty houses whose residents enjoy citizenship, depends on Neuerburg and the lords on Neuerburg have high, medium and low jurisdiction, hunting, fishing, etc., have a Mayer and seven aldermen. The gentlemen receive one thaler and seven shillings in cash and three Malter rye from the mill, two Malter from the ban , oven and pensions, chickens and eggs from some private ". The Waxweiler court was divided into the Manderscheid dairy and the Waxweiler freedom. The villages of Heilhausen , Kinzenburg (part), Kopscheid , Lauperath and Pintesfeld also belonged to the Manderscheid dairy . The status of Freedom Waxweiler within the rule of Neuerburg and at the same time within the Duchy of Luxembourg remained unchanged until 1794.

In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the Austrian Netherlands , to which the Duchy of Luxembourg belonged, and annexed it in October 1795 . Under the French administration , the area belonged to the canton of Arzfeld , which was administratively assigned to the department of forests . Waxweiler became the chief town ( chef-lieu ) of a Mairie .

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 municipality of Waxweiler, at that time usually still written as "Wachsweiler", belonged to the district of Prüm in the administrative district of Trier from 1816 and to the Rhine province from 1822 on . Waxweiler became the seat of the mayor's office of the same name , to which eight communities belonged.

In the Eiflia illustrata from the 1850s, it was noted for Waxweiler that the place had received a completely different reputation since the Prussian occupation, the streets were paved and several new houses were built. Waxweiler was since 1821 the seat of a peace court , a pharmacy and a had post expedition received. Two general and livestock markets were held annually.

In May 1902, the Prussian state parliament approved a draft law, on the basis of which construction of the Pronsfeld – Waxweiler and the Pronsfeld – Neuerburg lines could begin in 1903. With the construction, the connection to the German rail network took place via the Westeifelbahn ; it was of great importance for the country's economic development, but was also approved for strategic military reasons ( Schlieffen Plan ). Both routes were officially opened on July 6, 1907. Kaiser Wilhelm II and, alternatively, Crown Prince Wilhelm were invited because of the importance of this event, but did not accept the invitation. The railway line, which was badly damaged in World War II , was reopened in 1950. 1964 the passenger traffic was stopped. In 1987 the line was closed. The tracks were dismantled.

On April 1, 1972, the previously independent community of Heilhausen was incorporated.

Heilhausen is a district of Waxweiler, the district of Waxweiler also includes the Ginshausermühle, Godeshausermühle, In der Kaul and Konradshof residential areas .

Population development

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

Population development of Waxweiler from 1815 to 2017
year Residents
1815 590
1835 793
1871 759
1905 764
1939 915
1950 1033
year Residents
1961 974
1970 1073
1987 1155
1997 1228
2005 1138
2017 1101

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Waxweiler consists of 16 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 distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU WGR total
2019 4th 7th 5 16 seats
2014 4th 7th 5 16 seats
2009 3 8th 5 16 seats
2004 - 9 7th 16 seats

mayor

In 2014 Manfred Groben was elected mayor on the CDU's proposal with 65.6% of the votes. He replaced Klaus Juchmes in this office.

Municipal institutions

  • Primary school with all-day offers / care
  • Kindergarten as well as one await you.
  • Community center
  • House of the guest
  • outdoor pool
  • RV park
  • sports ground
  • Resting place

coat of arms

Waxweiler coat of arms
Blazon : “Split and divided at the front, a red anchor cross in gold (yellow) above, divided nine times by silver (white) and blue below; behind in red an upright and left-facing, golden (yellow) snake,piercedby a lying silver (white) double hook . "

The coat of arms was designed by Joseph Decku from Unkel and approved on March 30, 1967 by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior .

Justification of the coat of arms: The red anchor cross comes from the coat of arms of Irmgard von Bolchen , who granted Waxweiler city rights in 1414. Silver and blue are the colors of the Duchy of Luxembourg , the former sovereign. The color red in the left half of the shield indicates the parish patron, John the Baptist; the snake comes from the coat of arms of the pastor who was active in Waxweiler at the beginning of the 17th century.

Attractions

Catholic Parish Church of St. John Baptist, exterior view
  • Parish church built around 1770. A memorial plaque reminds of the legendary origin of the Echternach jumping procession . According to legend, the Waxweiler people celebrated and danced in front of the church instead of following the sermon inside. As a punishment, St. Willibrord condemned them to keep on dancing and jumping from now on. Later, however, he redeemed her against the promise to make a pilgrimage to Echternach , from where St. Willibrord set out on his missionary work. It is the privilege of the Waxweiler to lead the procession that takes place on Whit Tuesday.
  • Plague cross from 1634
  • Marian column from 1948
  • several penitential crosses
  • Napoleon Oak Natural Monument.

Leisure, tourism and transport

Bahnradelpark Railway cycle paths in the Eifel

Waxweiler, in the South Eifel nature park , calls itself the “flower town”. It has a diverse club structure for various cultural, sports and leisure activities. It offers an outdoor pool, campsites and RV park as well as restaurants with overnight accommodation. The house of the guest, the Devonium and Roman museums are in the village.

The Prümtal cycle path on the former railway line connects Waxweiler with the network of railway cycle paths. The Camino de Santiago crosses the town.

Waxweiler is connected to junction no. 5 Waxweiler on federal motorway 60 E29 / E42 via the L 12 and L 33 .

Web links

Commons : Waxweiler  - 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 : Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch , Volume I, Coblenz: Hölscher, 1860, p. 242, certificate 180 ( www.dilibri.de )
  4. ^ Heinrich Beyer: Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch , Volume I, Coblenz: Hölscher, 1860, p. 159, Prümer Urbar ( www.dilibri.de )
  5. a b c Johann Friedrich Schannat , Georg Bärsch : Eiflia illustrata or geographical and historical description of the Eifel, Volume 3, Edition 2, Part 1, Mayer, 1854, S, 415 ff ( Google Books )
  6. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn, Hermann Behrend, 1898, p. 38
  7. ^ A b Georg Bärsch: Description of the government district of Trier , Volume 2, Trier, Lintz, 1846, p. 74 ff ( Google Books )
  8. Hermann Elenz rails, steam and coal dust the history of railway construction in the Eifel ff, p 51, Helios publishing and book marketing company, Aachen 1969, ISBN 3-925087-73-7
  9. Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 199 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.  
  10. State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 62 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
  11. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections