Winterspelt
Winterspelt ( pronunciation: [ vintəʃpɛlt ] ) is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Prüm. Winterspelt is a nationally recognized tourist.
- 2.1 Development to the Congress of Vienna
- 2.2 Amalgamations
- 2.3 Statistics on Population Development
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
Geography
Geographical location
Winterspelt is located southwest of Großlangenfeld in the Schnee Eifel in close proximity to the German - Belgian border.
Community structure
The parish includes the hamlets of Winterspelt with Breitenfenn, Eigelscheid with Weißenhof, Elcherath, Hasselbach, Heckhalenfeld, Hemmeres, your, Urb with Steinebrück, Berghof and Urbermühle, Wallmerath.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring towns on the Belgian side are Burg- Reuland and St. Vith.
Geology
The near-surface geological underground form Devonian shales with greywacke intercalations.
Climate
The annual rainfall is 924 mm. Rainfall is high. They are located in the upper quarter of the detected values in Germany. At 79% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values are registered. The driest month is April, the most rainfall comes in December. In December, falling 1.5 times more rainfall than in April. Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. At 28% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.
History
Development until the Congress of Vienna
Winterspelt was the capital of a prümischen Schultheißerei to which except Winterspelt itself also Eigelscheid, Elcherath, Hemmeres, and your Walmerath belonged; the present district of Urb belonged to Schultheißerei Bleialf. Both Schult Hot estates were part of the Office of Prüm and belonged to the late 18th century country wonderfully to the electorate of Trier. Heckhalenfeld other hand, belonged to the dairy Harspelt in the reign Dasbourg and gorgeous country to the Duchy of Luxembourg.
In 1794, French revolutionary troops had occupied the left bank of the Rhine. From 1795 belonged Heckhalenfeld to Canton Arzfeld in the forests department, the other villages in the church today Winterspelt of 1798 at the Canton Schönberg im Saarland Department.
After the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna ( 1815), the communities Winterspelt and Urb the mayor's Winter Scheid, the community Heckhalenfeld the mayoralty Leidenborn, were both in the circle Prüm and Trier Region and from 1822 allocated in the Rhine Province, .
Incorporations
On 1 January 1971, the two were formerly independent communities Heckhalenfeld (then 77 inhabitants ) and incorporated Urb (80 inhabitants) after Winterspelt.
Statistics on Population Development
The development of the population of Winterspelt based on the present-day municipality; the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Winterspelt consists of twelve 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 twelve seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters. In the previous election in 2004, a majority vote was held.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms description reads: "shield of red before silver split, forward a golden rafter beams, behind an upright, red flaming sword with black handle ."
Explanation of the coat of arms: In the chancel of the moose Rather church is a capstone with a heart-shaped shield showing a red rafter beams. He is the builder of the church, the Prüm Abbot William of the family of the Earl Manderscheid, who led the red rafter beams in gold in the coat of arms. He stands in the coat of arms in colors reversed for the district Elcherath. The second field is the coat of arms the flaming sword is an attribute of the archangel Michael, the churches and local patron of Winterspelt.
Attractions
- Parish Church of St. Michael
- Church in Elcherath
- Way crosses within and outside the village
- Chapels in Urb, Hemmeres, and your Heckhalenfeld
See also: List of cultural monuments in Winterspelt
Traffic
The " junction Winterspelt " the A 60 is the first on the German side.
Others
Winterspelt and the surrounding area is scene of the novel by Alfred Andersch.