Berndorf, Rhineland-Palatinate
Bern village is a municipality in the district of volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the Hillesheim.
Geography
Bern village is situated between Hille home and Kerpen Kerpen southwest of the nature park Eifel. At Berne Village includes the residential space Schwalbenhof.
History
The town was first mentioned in 1121 as Count Theodoric of Ahr Steinfeld Monastery to the Archbishop of Cologne, Frederick I abdicated. The possessions of the monastery, half of the village " Berendorp " with the parish church and the whole tithe were by Pope Innocent II (1130-1143), and confirmed in 1087 by the Cologne Archbishop Philip I of Heinberg. After Liber Valoris the parish " Berindorp " belonged to Cologne Eifel deanery.
Since 1352 belonged Bern village ( " Berendorf " ) nationwide wonderful for Electorate of Trier and the Electoral-Trier Office Hille home. After a " sworn clientele " of two bailiffs to Hille home from 1379, the Margrave of Jülich exercised their rights " Berendorf " from.
In the context of the French Revolution in 1794, the region came under French administration and was part of 1798 at the Canton down in the Saarland Department.
After the Rhineland came under the Treaties, the Congress of Vienna to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815, Bern village belonged to the mayoralty in 1816 Kerpen newly created Kreis Daun, since June 22, 1822 to the Prussian Rhine Province and from 1871 to 1918 with the German Empire.
During the municipal reorganization of Rhineland-Palatinate the place came 1968 on Hillesheim.
The development of the population of Bern village, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Parish council
The Municipal Council in Bern village consists of twelve 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 blazon is: " two tier plate, front a red cross on a silver background; behind a golden key with averted beard on a red background. "
The red cross on a silver background is the former national domination of the Electorate of Trier, in Bern village, which belonged to the Electorate of Trier Office Hilleseheim. The golden key on a red background is the attribute of St. Peter and thus refers to the parish saint of the village.
The coat of arms was approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Rhineland -Palatinate, on 7 August 1961.
Structures
The site is dominated by the Romanesque fortified church. The parish church of St. Peter was built next to it is from the year 1927.
See also: List of cultural monuments in Berne Village
Personalities
Anton Friedrich Josef Schütz ( born April 19, 1894 in Bern village; † 6 October 1977), better known artists in New York ( USA)
Others
The place was the writer Michael Preute the inspiration for the last name of his alias ' Jacques Berne Village ".