Wiesemscheid

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '  N , 6 ° 54'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Ahrweiler
Association municipality :	Adenau
Height :	512 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.6 km 2
Residents:	242 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	43 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53534
Area code :	02691
License plate :	AW
Community key :	07 1 31 083
Association administration address:	Kirchstrasse 15 53518 Adenau
Website :	Wiesemscheid / Adenau
Local Mayor :	Andreas Baur
Location of the local community of Wiesemscheid in the Ahrweiler district

Wiesemscheid is a municipality in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Adenau community .

geography

Wiesemscheid is located six kilometers southwest of the city of Adenau on an area that shows comparatively little height differences for the Hocheifel . To the north, the municipality falls into the valley of the Wirftbach , to the south into that of the Trierbach , where it is about 405  m above sea level. NHN reaches its lowest ground point . The Schullandheim (children's home) residential area to the east of the main town belongs to Wiesemscheid .

history

Probably originated in the 13th century, the place belonged to the bailiwick of Barweiler in the electoral district of Nürburg until the end of the 18th century .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 248 1835 221 1871 163 1905 164 1939 192 1950 211

year Residents 1961 186 1970 190 1987 218 1997 286 2005 279 2019 242

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Andreas Baur is the local mayor of Wiesemscheid. Since there was no candidate for the direct election on May 26, 2019, the upcoming election of the mayor was incumbent on the council in accordance with municipal regulations. He confirmed Baur in his office on July 8, 2019.

Worth seeing

The Chapel of St. Barbara was first mentioned in 1590.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Wiesemscheid

economy

The place is only about four kilometers away from the Nürburgring and, with several guest houses, hotels and a school camp, makes use of the fact that it is part of the closer tourist catchment area of ​​the racing events there.

traffic

Wiesemscheid is in the south of the Verbandsgemeinde on the federal highway 258 Aachen - Koblenz . The next train station, Monreal on the Pellenz-Eifel-Bahn Kaisersesch - Andernach , is about 25 km east of Wiesemscheid.

Web links

Commons : Wiesemscheid  - Collection of Images

• Local community Wiesemscheid on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Adenau
• Literature about Wiesemscheid in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2020. S. 7 (PDF; 1 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Adenau, Verbandsgemeinde, 33rd line of results. Retrieved August 13, 2020 .