Dockweiler

Dockweiler is a municipality in the volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Daun. Dockweiler is a nationally recognized tourist.

History

The first mention of Dockweiler ( " Dochwilre " ) is found in a charter of King Conrad III. , When he on August 1, 1144 after the death of the Count Palatine William the monastery Springiersbach his rights and possessions confirmed and took it under his protection. In early times the site belongs to the reign Kerpen, who fell to the Lords of Manderscheid - Schleiden in the 15th century.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Dockweiler 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: "Under a red shield head, in a golden rafter beams, diagonally left divided by silver and red, front a slanting left black rust, behind a doppelblättrige, golden heraldic rose with golden sepals and large, round, red hickeys. "

The Golden rafter beams in red stands for the centuries- long basic rule of the Counts of Manderscheid ( coat of arms: "In gold, a red chevron bar" ) in Dockweiler, the black rust is the attribute of the churches and local patron St. Lawrence. The doppelblättrige golden rose refers to the coat of arms of the Dukes of Arenberg ("In Red three ( 2:1) Golden Rose / Mispelblüten " ), at the Dockweiler by inheritance in the 17th century fell.

Location description

In the Romanesque church (around 1200) there are limes and chestnuts, which have an age of about 200 years and are considered natural monuments. In Dockweiler forest there is a mineral spring. South of the local situation is a Blocklavafeld ( natural monument ). Hiking opportunities are in the forest area in the triangle Dockweiler down - Kelberg.

Transport links

  • By road: B 421 and B 410
  • Railroad: breakpoint at the old train station in the Dauner Road, from May to October daily cycle traffic on the Eifelquerbahn with connections from / to Gerolstein, down, elm, ash Kaiser, Mayen and Andernach
  • Bus: 2 regional routes: 500/9311 Gerolstein - down - Cochem and 511/9367 sometimes transmit Juenkerath -Hille Home Down
John F. Dockweiler Daun (Verbandsgemeinde) Municipal council Romanesque art Arbach Basberg Beinhausen Bereborn Berenbach Berlingen, Germany Berndorf, Rhineland-Palatinate Betteldorf Birgel Birresborn Bleckhausen Bodenbach Bongard Borler Boxberg, Rhineland-Palatinate Brockscheid Darscheid Demerath Densborn Dohm-Lammersdorf Drees Duppach Ellscheid Esch, Vulkaneifel Feusdorf Gefell, Rhineland-Palatinate Gillenfeld Gunderath Hallschlag Hinterweiler Hohenfels-Essingen Horperath Immerath, Rhineland-Palatinate Kalenborn-Scheuern Kaperich Katzwinkel, Vulkaneifel Kerpen, Rhineland-Palatinate Kerschenbach Kirchweiler Kirsbach Kopp, Germany Kradenbach Lirstal Lissendorf Mannebach, Vulkaneifel Mehren, Vulkaneifel Meisburg Mosbruch Neichen Nerdlen Neroth Niederstadtfeld Nitz Nohn Oberbettingen Oberehe-Stroheich Oberelz Oberstadtfeld Ormont Pelm Reimerath Retterath Reuth, Rhineland-Palatinate Rockeskyll Salm, Germany Sarmersbach Sassen, Germany Saxler Schalkenmehren Scheid, Rhineland-Palatinate Schutz, Germany Stadtkyll Steffeln Steineberg Strohn Udler Utzerath Wallenborn Walsdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate Weidenbach, Vulkaneifel Welcherath Winkel, Rhineland-Palatinate
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