Büdesheim

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

• 2.1 Middle Ages
• 2.2 Modern Times
• 2.3 Place name
• 2.4 Population development

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Location

Büdesheim is located on the B 410 approximately 10 miles from the cities of Prüm and Gerolstein on the eastern edge of the municipality of Prüm.

Altitude

The village lies at an altitude of 450-480 m. Heights north- west of the town reach up to 545 m and 560 m south. The Apert is with 631.3 meters is the highest mountain in the district.

Geology

The place Büdesheim lies in a wide valley on the eastern edge of the Prüm Kalkmulde. The valley as a local small trough consists of oberdevonischem " Büdesheimer goniatites - slate ", including " Ooser Plattenkalk ", and is of mitteldevonischem dolomite back ( Schönecker dolomite, Givetian stage, about 360 million years old ) surrounded. To the south and southeast of the village there are Devonian Klerfer layers. The upper part of Apert consists of quartzite. In a residual basalt at Apert, the active mineral springs and the immediately adjacent yolk Acher Trockenmaar shows the beginning of the eastern volcanic Eifel.

History

Finds from the Neolithic period found that has found a place to settle with the production of stone tools at Büdesheim in Dreisbachtal.

On the southern ridge of the Romans, the Roman road from Trier built after the turn of time to Cologne. This road should have a rich Romans persuaded to build something off of it in the fertile valley, in the area of ​​today's church his villa. From this villa in 1909 remains were unearthed during construction of the nave, together with a water line for a bathroom. In another area of the places Büdesheim and Oos ( now part of Gerolstein ) was built on the Roman road the place Ausava. Grave finds from the 1st and 2nd century Roman settlement confirm this yet. When Germans Storm 275/276 Ausava was destroyed and never rebuilt.

After the Romans settled in the 5th century, the Franks the place Büdesheim. From the Merovingian Frankish grave finds were made.

Middle Ages

778 gave the Franke Helmoin be real property on Büdesheimer area to the abbey of Prüm. In the year 893 a church was first mentioned in writing in the Prüm land register. In the donation of your hardware by 964 is called as the first pastor a Willefrid. In 1063, the feast of the dedication and description of the parish by Bishop Eberhard took place. 1500, the church was rebuilt, from the building is still the choir received.

Modern Times

1576 came Büdesheim to the electorate of Trier. As a result, a noble family with possession of farm and mill made ​​. 1687 to the 19th century, the nave, the tower and vestry were rebuilt. In the 18th century Büdesheim Schultheißerei (own administrative and judicial district) in kurtrierischem Oberamt Prüm. A survey in 1777 showed for the village of 320 inhabitants and 39 houses. 1794 attracted a French revolutionary troops in 1798 and made Büdesheim a part of the Saar- departments, Büdesheim became the Mairie. 1815 Büdesheim was under Prussian administrative seat of a mayor. 1883 West Eifelbahn between Gerolstein and Prüm was built by the Vlierbachtal with a railway station in Büdesheim. This route is no longer in operation since 1980. 1970/71, with administrative reform remained Büdesheim in the municipality of Prüm -Land (now municipality of Prüm ), but became part of the new district Bitburg -Prüm (now the district of Bitburg -Prüm ). In 1992 the Pilgrim Chapel was built.

Place name

The place name is probably derived from the personal name Budin and the suffix -heim ( early period Frankish conquest ). The name is interpreted as a home, Estate of Budin. The first written reference 778 as Bidonisuaim in a deed of gift to the abbey of Prüm (gift of Helmoin ). Since 1807, the name Büdesheim is detected.

Population Development

Development of the population (31 December):

Data source: Statistical Office of Rhineland -Palatinate

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Büdesheim consists of twelve 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

Blazon: " From Red divided over silver, above a growing golden crowned lion, on the shoulder of a silver sechsstrahliger star, below five ( 2:1:2 ) red rings ".

Foundation of the arms: Two farms in Büdesheim that a Schultheißerei Prüm Abbey, came as a fief in 1579 to Gerlach Auwach. Even now there are in Büdesheim Auwart'sche the house, with the coat of arms " of Auwart ". The coat of arms shows in red a golden crowned lion with silver, six-pointed star on the shoulder. " Also, there was a noble race of Büdesheim, which owned the farm to Büdesheimer Büdesheim and the mill there ." The Büdesheim led by 5 ( 2:1:2 ) rings in the coat of arms; they are in the lower part of the municipality coat of arms. The Auwart'sche coat of arms, the lion, is in the upper part of the municipal coat of arms.

Attractions

• Worth seeing is the " St. Peter and Paul Church " with the arms of the Electors of Trier Johann Hugo von Orsbeck at Entrance Portal ( 1687 ). The choir comes still the old church of 1500 and the vestry a growing 1687th Today's church nave and tower were rebuilt in 1909.
• Within the village and the district there are 26 remarkable way crosses. The best known among them are on the road to Oos probably the oldest crossroads in the old district of Prüm ( formation time is about 13-14. Century), the legendary " Blood Cross " at the Drees Bach ( actually the " dog Bach" ) built to the east of Apert ( 1542 / 1548) and the " Ellicks Cross" of 1640th
• Pilgrim Chapel
• Hunting lodge SteinReich

See also: List of cultural monuments in Büdesheim

Personalities

• Klaus- Dietrich Flade ( born 1952 ), astronaut
• Heinrich Wilhelm Schaub (1875-1930), member of the Landtag of Hesse