Irrhausen

Irrhausen is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It is located on Irsen and heard of the collective municipality to. The community is located directly at the valley of the 1,000 butterflies.

History

Up to the end of the 18th century belonged to the rule Irrhausen Dasbourg in the Duchy of Luxembourg ( district Echternach ). In 1794, French revolutionary troops had the Austrian Netherlands, to which the duchy of Luxembourg was at the time, occupied and annexed in October 1795. Under the French administration, the area belonged to the Canton Arzfeld, who was administratively assigned to the district Bitburg in the department of forests. Due to the decisions on the Congress of Vienna, the former Luxembourg territory east of the Sauer and the Our 1815 awarded to the Kingdom of Prussia. Under the Prussian administration Irrhausen belonged to the mayor's Arzfeld in 1816 the newly formed district of Prüm in the Trier region, which was part of 1822 to the Rhine province.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Irrhausen consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 in a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The six seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters. In the previous election in 2004, the council members were elected by majority vote.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was designed by Dr. Christian Herald Credner from Lambert Mountain.