Weinsfeld (Prüm)

Weinfeld City of Prüm Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 32 ″ N , 6 ° 22 ′ 3 ″ E
Height :	435 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	238 (June 1, 2014)
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	54595
Area code :	06551
Location of Weinsfeld in Rhineland-Palatinate

St. Leonhard, bell tower (1735)

Weinsfeld is a district of the city of Prüm in the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate .

location

Weinsfeld is located in the Prüm valley , which runs south of the village. The two district roads 111 and 195 run through the village. Federal highway 60 runs east of the village . Neighboring places are Steinmehlen in the north and Watzerath in the south .

history

Weinsfeld was first mentioned in a document in 1282. During excavations, Franconian grave fields were discovered, which means that people lived in Weinsfeld as early as the 8th century. This is also indicated by a deed of foundation by Bertrada von Mürlenbach from the 8th century, because it mentions a Winard farm. A church for Weinsfeld is mentioned for the first time in 1570.

On January 1, 1973, the previously independent municipality of Weinsfeld was incorporated into the city of Prüm.

Attractions

The Roman Catholic branch church of St. Leonhard (bell tower from 1735, nave from approx. 1961)
Alt - St. Leonhard
new church (1961)
inner space
Nave with gallery
organ
Crucifixion group

Population development

year	Residents
1933	196
1939	183
2014	238

Web links

Commons : Weinsfeld - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Carolingian city of Prüm. Verbandsgemeinde Prüm, accessed on September 10, 2015 .
^ Entry on St. Leonhard (Weinsfeld) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.
↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 176 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. County of Prüm. Accessed September 2018(Population figures with sources on private website; online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[1] Carolingian city of Prüm. Verbandsgemeinde Prüm, accessed on September 10, 2015 .

[2] Entry on St. Leonhard (Weinsfeld) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 11, 2016.

[3] Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 176 (PDF; 2.8 MB).

[4] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. County of Prüm. Accessed September 2018(Population figures with sources on private website; online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).