Burg, Bitburg-Prüm
Castle is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality New Castle.
Geography
The town castle is located in the Eifel region northeast of the community Mette village. Topographically the site is dominated by high plateaus and valleys, because it is located on a slight rise above the Enztals. This causes several smaller tributaries of the Enz ( Prüm ) arise here.
History
Near the castle were excavated pottery and coins from an urban area in Roman times. The place itself is first mentioned in 1136 as a Borg, 1140 as Burge. He was one of six stock goods for the dairy Mette village of the county of Vianden in Luxembourg since 1815 and to Prussia. After the First World War temporarily occupied by the French, the place is since 1946 part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.
Statistics on Population Development
The development of the population, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Parish council
The local council in the castle is composed 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.
Attractions and local customs
- The place has its own chapel
- In the village is a protected natural monument tree
- A trail system crosses the local church
- Each year a "cottage" (broken -coated wood) is burned on Sunday after Shrove Monday. It is a pagan custom with the original aim to expel the winter spirits
- On several days before Easter the young people of the village go with wooden rattles through the village, to commemorate the events surrounding the death of Christ
- There is an annual parade held Martin
- On May 1, the maypole is set up under the auspices of the volunteer fire department, which also heralds the annual village festival
See also: List of cultural monuments in Burg
Economy
In the local church two farms prime- resident, both of which specialize in dairy farming (primarily attitude of Holstein- Red Holstein and Holstein - Holsteins ). In addition, a farm is a sideline, whose focus is on Ammenkuhhaltung (mostly Charolais cattle ). The only non-agricultural sectors are a windmill and farm shop a private distillery.