Dorsel

Dorsel is a municipality in the southwestern district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Adenau.

Geographical location

The place is located in the High Eifel in the upper valley of the Ahr, about 80 kilometers south of Cologne. The western boundary of the municipality forms the border between Rhineland -Palatinate and North Rhine -Westphalia.

To Dorsel includes the residential places Dorselermühle, Heide farms, hunting lodges and steelworks.

History

The place was first mentioned around 1149 in the name of Henry of Dorsel. From the 13th to the late 18th century Dorsel was part of the duchy of Arenberg.

In 1794, French revolutionary troops had occupied the left bank of the Rhine. Under the French administration Dorsel belonged to the Canton Adenau, who was assigned to the Rhine-Moselle department. Under the contracts at the Congress of Vienna contracts was the region so that even Dorsel, 1815 Kingdom of Prussia. The dorsal part of 1816 to the mayoralty Aremberg in a circle Adenau, the part of the district of Coblenz and from 1822 to the Rhine Province was. 1932, the county Adenau was dissolved and the community Dorsel assigned to the district of Ahrweiler. Since 1946, the community belongs to the state of Rhineland -Palatinate and since 1970 the municipality Adenau.

From the 17th century to the blowing out of the blast furnace in 1870 was to steel mill in the Ahr valley below Dorsel, an ironworks in operation. In 1972, the village school was closed.

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

Parish council

The local council in Dorsel 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.

Attractions

The site is dominated by the parish church of St. Sebastian, which was built from the year 1200.

Patron Saints of the Holy Dorsel are St. Sebastian and St. Roch.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Dorsel

Traffic

Dorsel is located directly on the planned route for closing the gap motorway A 1 between Blankenheim and down.