Bruch, Rhineland-Palatinate

Hernia is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Wittlich -Land. Fracture is a nationally recognized tourist.

3.1 municipal
3.2 Coat of Arms

4.1 Wasserburg
4.2 Other points of interest
4.3 See also

Geographical location

Fraction lies in the Eifel on long-distance hiking trail Eifel about 10 kilometers west of Wittlich to 190 m above sea level. Sea level and lies on both sides of the Salm. To break also includes the residential places Brucher castle, house Zender, Lerchenhof, Upper Mill and Sonnenhof.

History

North of the local situation of fracture remains of a Roman villa complex were found in the 1930s. Even the discovery of Roman cremation cemetery within the boundaries of the community suggests a first settlement in the period from the 1st to the 3rd century.

Break is first mentioned in records in 1138. A Fridelo de Brucha dips on in the founding document of the monastery Himmerod. By the extinction of this family of fracture around the year 1334 the history of the place which was closely connected with the family history of fracture. After that, the rule was broken to Dietrich of Dune ( down ).

In the 16th century break was given its own jurisdiction. The associated gallows was on the so-called Gallows Hill to the east of the castle, an old connection path by mountain hamlet.

In the 18th century the above geographic location of the place led to a strange situation. The place belonged to two different territories, since the west of the Salm -lying part of the Duchy of Luxembourg and the eastern belonged to the Electorate of Trier.

From 1794, all fracture was under French rule, 1815, the place on the Congress of Vienna was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. Since 1946 he is part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

Demographics

The development of the population of the community broken, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in breach 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

With the approval of the 1983 rupture has the right to run their own coat of arms.

The coat of arms description reads: " sign, from top left to bottom right six times diagonally split of gold and red, topped with a silver castle tower with blue roof and two blue windows ".

Coat Explanation: The split diagonally, red and gold shield was the coat of arms of the noble lords of breakage, the first noble family, who inhabited the castle Brucher in the first half of the 12th century as a headquarters.

Culture and sights

Wasserburg

The water castle break in a mountain valley surrounded by woods at the Salm was given its older parts from the early 14th century and was the seat of attested since the 12th century masters of breakage. Today, the castle is in private hands.

Additional points of interest

Castle House ( Hepgesburg ) ( 1413 )
Oil mill ( from the 19th century, based on one of the oldest Salmmühlen of 1284)
Pottery pitcher with old bread oven dating from the 17th century
Parish Church of St. Roch (built 1807)
Disused copper mine from 1740
Gallows Hill, medieval place of execution
Castle Road 6 sandstone statues and reliefs

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