Winkel (Eifel)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′  N , 6 ° 57 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Down
Height :	360 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.69 km 2
Residents:	142 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	21 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54558
Area code :	06573
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 084
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Leopoldstrasse 29 54550 Daun
Website :	www.winkel-eifel.de
Local Mayor :	Jörg Prescher
Location of the local community Winkel (Eifel) in the Vulkaneifel district

Winkel (Eifel) is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . She belongs to the community of Daun .

geography

The community lies in the Vulkaneifel Nature Park and the conservation area "between Ueß and Kyll ". It is divided into the districts of Niederwinkel and Oberwinkel.

The municipality includes the residential places Birkenhof, Eichenhof, hunting lodge, Kreuzhof, Pappelhof, Reimelshof, Talhof and Tommelhof.

history

The first mention of the place as "Winkela" can be found in a document dated August 1, 1144, in which King Conrad III. the Springiersbach monastery confirmed its ownership in Winkel. From Emperor Heinrich VI. the monastery was re-confirmed in 1193.

Angle part with felt , Wagenhausen and Wollmerath to rule Wollmerath that a hereditary fief of the Counts of Wied was under the sovereignty of Kurtrier stood.

Population development

The development of the population of Winkel (Eifel); the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 88 1835 127 1871 147 1905 179 1939 184 1950 193 1961 204

year Residents 1970 193 1987 160 1997 162 2005 160 2011 138 2017 135

politics

Municipal council

The council in angle (Eifel) consists of six Council members in the local election on 26 May 2019 in a majority vote were chosen, and the volunteer mayor as chairperson.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Under a silver shield head, inside a red pliers, in red a floating silver rafter, accompanied by 3 (2: 1) silver rings." The coat of arms was approved on March 20, 1990.
	Justification for the coat of arms: The silver rafter (= angle) indicates the place name; the red pliers are the attribute of the patron saint of the place, St. Appollonia ; the three silver rings are from the family coat of arms of the barons von Landenberg , who temporarily held the rule of Wollmerath ; the colors red and silver symbolize the former sovereignty of Kurtrier .

Culture and sights

See also : List of cultural monuments in Winkel (Eifel)

Cultural monuments Niederwinkel

• The Catholic Filialkirche St. Apollonia, a three-axis hall building from the 18th century, renovated in 1934
• Two side houses from the middle of the 18th century (main street)
• A holy house from the 18th or 19th century (south of the district)

Cultural monuments Oberwinkel

• The former Hofgutkapelle, a two-axis plastered building from the mid-19th century

Web links

Commons : angles  - collection of images

• Website of the local community Winkel (Eifel)
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Winkel (Eifel) 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. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018. S. 71 (PDF; 2.2 MB; municipality is missing in the 2019 directory!).
3. ^ Heinrich Beyer : Rheinisches Urkundenbuch , Volume 1, Coblenz: Hölscher, 1860, Certificate 532 ( online edition at dilibri )
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved September 3, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved September 3, 2019 . 
6. ^ Friedbert Wißkirchen: New municipal coat of arms in the Daun district. In: Heimatjahrbuch 1992, Daun district. Retrieved July 10, 2018 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (Ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Vulkaneifel district. Mainz 2020, p. 58 f. (PDF; 4.6 MB).