Ahrweiler

The district of Ahrweiler is a district in the north of Rhineland -Palatinate, Germany. He is (clockwise), surrounded by the district of Euskirchen, Rhein- Sieg-Kreis and the independent city of Bonn in North Rhine -Westphalia, and the districts of Neuwied, Mayen -Koblenz and volcanic Eifel.

Geography

The Rhine forms the eastern border of the circle. The Ahr, a left tributary of the Rhine, crossed the county from southwest to northeast and ends at the county line.

The district Ahrweiler Bad Neuenahr -Ahrweiler is on the edge of the Eifel. The mountains north of the Ahr are called Ahrberge - but they are not as high as the High Eifel in the south of the district.

The forests of the Eifel are a result of reforestation in the 19th century. Most often, the spruce occurs, which was originally not typical of the region. The Rodder Maar, a water-filled shallow dip to the east of the circle, was drained in the 1950s and rehabilitated in 1998, which attracted less common animals. The volcanic origin of this sink has not yet been demonstrated.

The wine -growing region along the Ahr is one of the northernmost wine-growing regions in Germany, particularly known for red wine. The Nordschleife and Nürburgring, two well known racetracks are located in the district of Ahrweiler around the Nürburgring.

Highest point of the circle and also the entire Eifel is the Hohe Acht 747 m, the deepest is north of Remagen district Rolandswerth on the outskirts of Bonn.

History

The region was conquered by the Romans under Julius Caesar around 50 BC. Some years later, the military camp Castra Rigomagus was established, from which later the city was Remagen. The Vinxtbach, a close stream and tributary of the Rhine, the border between the Roman provinces of Germania Superior and Germania was inferior. In Ahrweiler, the famous Roman Villa Rustica is located on the Silver Mountain.

Ahrweiler 893 was first mentioned in Prüm land register, the Product Classification Prüm Abbey. 1180 started off with the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, Frederick I ( Barbarossa ), Sinzig as location to meet the rulers of France and Flanders. Another important place is the monastery Khajuraho at the Laacher See in the southeast of the district of Ahrweiler.

From 1797 to 1814 the area known as Canton and Canton Adenau Ahrweiler belonged to the district of Bonn in the Département de Rhin -et -Moselle. The circles Ahrweiler and Adenau were formed in 1816, Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine, one hurried as Prussia 's provinces, including the province ( later part of the Rhine Province ) in government districts and counties. The Ahrweiler district belonged to the Region of Koblenz (until 1999) and was administratively first in seven mayors ( Ahrweiler, Altenahr, Gelsdorf, King Field, Niederbreisig, Remagen, Sinzig ) divided. Overall, the Ahrweiler district comprised 141 villages, where about 1815 people lived 24,745.

The circuit has been integrated Adenau October 1, 1932 in the district of Ahrweiler. In the district reform in 1970 the district of Ahrweiler have been added yet some communities of the dissolved district Mayen.

The Battle of the Rhine to the Ludendorff Bridge in March 1945, is a world-renowned event, not least because of the movie The Bridge at Remagen (1969).

A treasure trove local history and historical knowledge of the Ahrweiler district is edited by the district administration Ahrweiler and available in substantial parts over the Internet home Yearbook of the district of Ahrweiler.

On 15 June 2005 was appointed the first honorary citizen of the county Philipp Freiherr von Boese stock.

Policy

Council

The council of the district of Ahrweiler consists of 46 elected district council members and the district administration as chairman. The district council election on 7 June 2009 yielded the following election results:

District administrators

Regional Cooperation

With Bonn and the Rhine -Sieg district of Ahrweiler is cooperating in the Regional Working Group on Development, Planning and Transportation Bonn / Rhein-Sieg / Ahrweiler.

Coat of arms

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• The county leads the coat of arms since July 5, 1927 after approval by the Prussian State Ministry.

Traffic

Through the circle area motorways A61 ( Koblenz -Mönchengladbach ) that have not yet continuously navigable A 1 ( Trier- Cologne), the A 571 and A 573 lead Furthermore pull through numerous federal roads, including the B 9, B 258, B 267 and B 412, the district area.

In the Rhine Valley was built in 1844/1856, the Bonn- Cölner railway company upriver from Cologne Bonn to Rolandseck a distance, which was extended by the Rhenish Railway Company 1858/59 on Remagen and Koblenz to Bingerbrück.

Add to Remagen in 1880 joined the Ahrtalbahn to Ahrweiler, which was continued by the Prussian State Railways 1886 to Altenahr and 1888 to Adenau. For strategic reasons, was in 1912 a branch in Dümpelfeld after Lissendorf added. The connection from the Ahr valley on the right bank of the Rhine on the Ludendorff Bridge and its approach roads were until 1919, a year after the end of World War I, is completed. In the closing stages of the Second World War played this, later known as the Remagen Bridge, a crucial role.

Mines and Industries of Brohltales 1901 were reached by narrow- gauge railway of the Brohltal Railway Company Ltd, of Brohl am Rhein -. Partially with gear operation - after 20 km Kempenich led by the circle The passenger was set there 1960/61. The state railway network, this related to longer distances of 33 kilometers, so that the power is halved today:

The transport between the two then independent towns of Bad Neuenahr Ahrweiler and served from 1906 to 1919 the Electric trackless train Ahrweiler, an early trolleybus line.

Cities and Towns

The district of Ahrweiler consists of 74 cities and towns, all of which combined to four free cities or municipalities belong to the four unitary councils.

(Population at 31 December 2012)

Association of Free municipalities / cities:

Association of communities with their member municipalities:

• 2 municipality Altenahr

• 3 municipality Bad Breisig

• 4 community association Brohltal