Lahr, Bitburg-Prüm

Lahr is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality New Castle.

Geography

Lahr is idyllically situated in Notzenbachtal in the southern part of the West Eifel, about 8 km east of the border of Luxembourg ( Vianden ) and 40 km north- west of Trier.

To Lahr include the residential places beer village and Windhof.

History

In documents Lahr was in 1342 as Lar, 1501 Laire, 1570 Layr called Laer 1722. An interpretation has the place name the Old German tacular, lari, later Lahr, Lohr, = place / office, too.

The place belonged to the end of the 18th century in the county of Vianden Duchy of Luxembourg ( district Vianden ). Lahr was home to a dairy farm.

With the occupation of the Austrian Netherlands ( 1794), which included the Duchy of Luxembourg by French revolutionary troops, the place was French and was from 1795 to 1814 to the forests department. Lahr was the seat of a Mairie in Canton New Castle. 1815, the former Luxembourg territory east of the Sauer and the Our the Congress of Vienna was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. This came Lahr 1816 Bitburg in the Trier region and was seat of the mayor's office, which included the then independent municipality Beer village and the municipalities Muxerath, Nasingen, Niedergeckler and Obergeckler.

After the First World War at times again occupied by the French, the place is since 1946 part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

Erected in 1722 Kapellenbau in 1816 and 1873 expanded replaced by a new building, the present parish church.

In 1952 let the Lahr and Hüttinger sit up with the open-air game " William Tell ". It was a terrific team effort, the far made ​​the community Lahr is known about the native borders. The venue was almost authentic - with ponds, mountains, huts, animals, a "lake" and " hollow alley ". Tellplatz ie the terrain with " Tellhütte " today. The crossbow in the arms of the local church Lahr recalls the event. The reconstruction of the heavily damaged in World War II parish church was mainly financed from the proceeds of the Tell Festival.

Parish council

The local council Lahr 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 location.