Beilingen

Beilingen in the Eifel is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality memory.

Location

Beilingen is located about three kilometers northeast of memory. Furthermore, it is precisely in the approach path of the airbase Spangdahlem so special noise protection measures are required for the houses of the inhabitants. To Beilingen includes the living space Hubertushof.

History

Gorgeous country belonged Beilingen until the end of the 18th century the Duchy of Luxembourg and was part of the rule breaking.

After 1792 French Revolutionary troops had the Austrian Netherlands, which included the Duchy of Luxembourg, occupied and annexed in October 1795. From 1795 to 1814 the place belonged to the canton Dudeldorf in the department of forests.

In 1815, the former Luxembourg territory east of the Sauer and the Our was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Thus, the community came Beilingen 1816 Wittlich district in the Trier region in the province of the Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine, which merged in 1822 in the Rhine Province. Since 1946, the community is part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Beilingen 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.

Coat of arms

The blazon is: " In the left diagonally split front plate in silver an emerging Tatzenkreuz in red, the intersection of the beams covered with golden stone, behind five of gold and red divided diagonally right ."

The Lords of fracture led a five right diagonal of gold and red divided plate as crest. Churches and places of Beilingen saint is St. John the Baptist. His characters are ax, cross, or lamb. Here is a processional cross was chosen as a sign of local patrons.

Economy

Until around 1900 Beilingen was known for its exquisite flax. Hemp and flax were grown and exposed fibers then spun and woven in homework. Even today, land is farmed more than half of its territory by four local businesses.