Dauwelshausen
Dauwelshausen is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality New Castle.
Geography
Dauwelshausen is located in the South Eifel nature. The municipality also includes the living space Thielenhof.
History
By the end of the 18th century Dauwelshausen belonged to the county of Vianden in Luxembourg. Three-story property are recorded in 1615, which belonged to the dairy Karlshausen. The oldest surviving houses date back to the 17th century.
With the annexation of the Austrian Netherlands, which included Luxembourg and thus Dauwelshausen, by French revolutionary troops, the village belonged from 1795 to 1814 to the French between forests department.
1815 essential parts of the Rhineland, and thus Dauwelshausen were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna of 1816 at the place of the mayor's Koxhausen was administered. After the First World War at times again occupied by the French, the place is since 1946 part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.
Dauwelshausen belongs to the parish Rodershausen.
The development of the population of Dauwelshausen, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Parish council
The local council in Dauwelshausen 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.
Culture and sights
- Roadside crosses, old cast iron signpost
- Walking on the 50th parallel, which runs through Dauwelshausen
Recreational
- Playground
- Hiking on marked trails
Events
- Fair last weekend in May