Arbach

Arbach is a municipality in the volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Kelberg.

Geographical location

The municipality is located in the northeast of the nature park Eifel as well as in the conservation area " Kelberg ". To Arbach includes the living space on the Hoh.

History

The place was first mentioned in 1336 as Arrebarre, Arrebach, where Arre with the ears of grain are meant.

As part of Rhineland-Palatinate, functional and territorial reform Arbach was reclassified on November 7, 1970 along with 27 other communities of the same resolution Mayen in the county down (since 2007 County Volcanic Eifel ).

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Arbach consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "In gold, by an inclined right blue wave beams split, front three black cornstalks, behind a red continuous cross."

Natural Monuments

As in several communities in the area that were under Napoleonic rule long, was celebrated here in 1913, the Hundred Years' liberation from the " yoke of the French" and planted a so-called Kaiserlinde in honor of Emperor Wilhelm II and placed a memorial stone on. He can still be seen in the school's road to the old school.