Dünfus

Dünfus is a municipality in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Treis- carding.

Geography

Dünfus situated in a depression to the south of Brohlbachs west of the communities Brohl and Forst ( Eifel). To Dünfus includes the residential places Weier mill and Rosental yard.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1288. 1686-1688 was the construction of a chapel in honor of St. Bartholomew. The rule Kurtriers went out in 1794 with the occupation by the French revolutionary army until 1814 belonged to the canton Dünfus Munstermaifeld. 1815 it to the Congress of Vienna was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia and was under the administration of the Prussian mayoralty carding. In 1933, Dünfus to the Official A carding engine Treis in the Cochem. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Dünfus 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

The municipality since 1985 runs the following coat of arms: "shield quartered, Field 1: in gold a black box, box 2: green a silver rose, Field 3: in red a silver rafter beams, box 4: in gold a black broad knife diagonally to the left ".

The ash urn from prehistoric times comes from " Häckel Mountain" and was found there in 1929 excavations. The rose refers to the courtyard of the monastery Rosenthal, which the monastery in 1297 by Heinrich von Polch acquired. The Pyrmont had in place a yard; from their coat of arms dates of rafter beams. The blade ( Schindmesser ) has the church patron, St.. Bartholomew, attested from the Kapellenbau 1684.