Seffern
Seffern is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bitburg -Land.
Geography
Seffern is located in the south-west Eifel, about 10 km north of the center of the county town of Bitburg. The municipality is crossed by the Nims and the Bales Felderbach and extends in the valley of the two rivers. The altitude varies from 360 m above sea level. Sea level and 500 m above sea level. NN. From 4.92 km ² large district is forested with 52%, a relatively large proportion, only 32% are classified as agricultural land. The nearest links to the motorway 60 is just 5 km southeast of Bitburg Seffern. Directly west of the village runs the former Federal Highway 51, graduated since the opening of the A 60 to the national road 5.
History
From a settlement of its territory by the Romans testify in 1951 found remnants of an approximately 200-375 built estate. The up to the recent past accomplished breakdown of red sandstone has also been held to Roman times.
First mentioned was the place under the name " Seferne " 893 in Prüm land register. By the end of the 18th century Seffern was under the rule of the country's imperial abbey of Prüm and later by the Electorate of Trier. As Hofbezirk or Schultheißerei it turned an administrative center within the Office Prüm dar.
With the French occupation it was seat of the Mairie Seffern, which passed in the same mayoralty in the Prussian district of Bitburg in 1816. In 1856 the latter was ( in 1927 renamed Office Bickendorf ) incorporated into the newly created Mayor's Bickendorf, from the turn in 1970 with four other offices, the community association Bitburg- country arose in the course of municipal reform in Rhineland-Palatinate in 1970.
The number of registered households increased from 1473 than were counted 6 to 8 households in 1541 to. Since the beginning of the 19th century ( 1815 it had 291 inhabitants), the population changed remarkably little, and moves mostly in the area above the 300 -inhabitant threshold. Since 1871 with 428 inhabitants reached the peak figure is slightly decreased, to date, approximately 330
The development of the population of Seffern, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Parish council
The local council in Seffern consists of eight council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Attractions
Built 1823 Bridge over the Nims with sand stone crosses and a stone figure of the bridge Saint John of Nepomuk is one of the few remaining Baroque bridges of Rhineland -Palatinate. Religious buildings are the parish church of St. Lawrence in 1854 and the Lady Chapel of 1891. The municipal area A Way from the first half of the 18th century, which leads from the town up to the final layer of Chapel at Sefferweich runs.
See also: List of cultural monuments in Seffern
Public institutions
The community is home to an elementary school and a kindergarten. Ecclesiastical it is the seat of a parish, the member along with Seffern also the communities Heilbach, Schleid and Sefferweich.