Birresborn

Birresborn is a municipality in the volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Gerolstein. Birresborn is a nationally recognized resort.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms

• 4.1 Rail transport
• 4.2 roads

• 6.1 pastor

Geography

Birresborn is about 6 km south of Gerolstein to 350 m above sea level. NHN in Kylltal.

To Birresborn include sour water, the cabin forest frieze and the suburb of Rome.

Neighboring municipalities are (from north clockwise): Gerolstein 7 km, Michel Bach (part of Gerolstein ) 4 km, Salm 8 km, Mürlenbach 4 km, 4 km and Kopp Büdesheim 9 km.

Mountains

• Rödelkaul ( 592 m above sea level. NHN )
• Daxberg ( 548 m above sea level. NHN )
• Goldberg ( 523 m above sea level. NHN )
• Volcano Kalem ( 509.4 m above sea level. NHN )

Waters

• Kyll
• Fischbach
• Schlemmbach

Mineral sources

Adonis source

The Adonis source lies in the middle of the village and has been closed since November 2003 because of contamination. The source also present temple near the Kyllbrücke, drunk in the last to free the mineral water of Adonis source and could be filled is, since closed.

Linde source

The Linde source is located approximately four kilometers north of Birresborn on the way to Gerolstein. The still remaining source pavilion is a listed building and has been restored since July 3, 2009 and also the mineral water bubbles up again. Of the impurities of Adonis source Linde source is not affected. Here is now year-round free drinking water and of course bottled.

Nature Reserves

• Volcano Kalem
• Ice caves and Fischbachtal
• In Felst
• Hundsbachtal

History

The place name may be the earliest dating back to the 7th century and probably goes back to the Old High German citi = flat, house. He appears secured for the first time in 762 as Birgisburias Carasco in a deed of King Pippin the Younger for the monastery of Prüm on. The Birresborner range of Kylltales was probably not inhabited during the Roman era. Due to the extensive archaeological discoveries in the surrounding hills, however, is to start from the Roman period settlement for this.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Birresborn consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:

Mayor

• November 29, 1952 - June 9, 1970 Joseph Stadtfeld
• June 10, 1970 - October 9, 1970 Peter Wirtz (resigned )
• October 9, 1970 - October 22, 1970 Hans Heinen ( as 1st Assistant Secretary after the resignation of Wirtz )
• October 23, 1970 - November 30, 1982 Anton Charles
• 1. Dezember 1982 to 2009 Josef Bach
• Since 2009, Michael Zander

Coat of arms

The blazon is: " Azure, on a silver three- Berg, in an oblique left green oak leaf, a silver fountain quadrisected water jet ".

The fountain indicates " Born" (well) in place names, as well as the mineral and medicinal springs, the three mountain with the oak leaf symbolizes the wooded and mountainous surroundings of the place.

Traffic

Rail transport

The breakpoint Birresborn is located on the Eifel circuit (Cologne - Euskirchen - Gerolstein -Trier ), on the rail passenger transport the Eifel (RB 83) Gerolstein Trier wrong.

For the entire public transport (PT ) the rate of transport association Region Trier ( VRT) applies.

Birresborn is situated on the main road 24

• Highway A 1 ( Cologne ) about 50 km north
• A 48 ( Koblenz ) about 30 km west
• A 60 (towards Wittlich ) about 25 km south

Train

• Primary school Birresborn (1st - 4th grade )

Church

Birresborn is a place with citizens primarily of Catholic denomination. The parish of St. Nicholas Birresborn includes also the parishes of St. Matthias Kopp, St. Lucia Mürlenbach and Mary Magdalene Densborn to. The parish belongs to the Diocese of Trier.

Pastor

• Helmut Bauer Schmitz †
• Gerhard swan

Attractions

• Ice Caves, millstone quarries
• " Adam & Eve", over 200 years old pine
• Linde source

Freeman

• Peter Peters ( * 1924, † July 23, 2009 )