Großlittgen

Großlittgen (phonetic transcription in Eifel dialect: " Gruhssleehtchen " ) in the Eifel is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel -Wittlich, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Manderscheid. Großlittgen is a nationally recognized tourist.

  • 5.1 Sons and daughters of Grosslittgen
  • 5.2 associated with Großlittgen people

History

The place was first mentioned in records in 912 as Lutiaco. 1134/35 Bernard of Clairvaux founded at the location of the Cistercian Abbey Himmerod. During the Napoleonic Wars Großlittgen ran from 1794 under French rule. 1802, the abbey was dissolved. Due concluded at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 contracts the left bank of the Rhine, and thus the place was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia.

In 1922 the monastery was re-established by Himmerod German Cistercian monks from the Abbey Marienstatt in the Westerwald. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Großlittgen consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The 16 seats are distributed among three groups of voters.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: "Under a silver shield head, is a red cross beams, split by registered wandered golden peak, is a black lion. Gules, a sword in the right, left looped in red two intertwined gold rings "

It was approved in 1987 by the District Government of Trier.

Culture and sights

To Großlittgen heard the Cistercian Abbey Himmerod.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Großlittgen

Economy and infrastructure

The state- recognized tourist destination has a kindergarten and a primary school. In the south, the Federal Highway 60, the motorway runs to the east 1

Personalities

Sons and daughters of Grosslittgen

  • Robert Bootz (1650-1730), Cistercian abbot
  • Carl Hau (1881-1926), German jurist
  • Erich Koenen ( born 1955 ), General of the Bundeswehr

Associated with Großlittgen people

  • Wolfgang Altendorf (1921-2007)
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