Boxberg, Rhineland-Palatinate

Boxberg is a municipality in the volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Kelberg. In Boxberg springs the Lieser.

History

By the end of the 18th century the village belonged to the Electoral-Trier office down. The monastery Niederehe had to Boxberg lands that were auctioned under the French government. Under Prussian administration was Boxberg community in the mayoralty Sarmersbach. In the course of administrative reform in 1970 Boxberg the municipality Kelberg been assigned.

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

Religion

The citizens of Boxberg are about 90 % Roman Catholic and belong to the Catholic parish of St. Hubertus Beinhausen with the parish church Hilgerath.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Boxberg consists of six 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 coat of arms of the Boxberg contains a blue, diagonally right wave beams in silver. At the top is a red wheel and down a red, obliquely erect sword.

The diagonally right shaft frame has to point to the Lieser. The red wheel in the upper part of the chapel is the place, the St. Catherine of Alexandria for the saint. The sword is a symbol of the Kurtrierische place of execution, which formerly stood on the present Schillberg.