Gefell, Rhineland-Palatinate

Gefell is a municipality in the volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Daun.

History

1563 comprised seven Gefell, 1684 four fireplaces. Gorgeous country was the village until the late 18th century to the Electorate of Trier and was under as part of the Zents Sarmersbach in the high court down the office administration down.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Gefell 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.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: " From quartered green and silver; 1) a silver tongs; 2) a red cross bar; 3) a black cross bar; 4) a silver tower. "

The coat of arms is quartered green and silver. In the green areas a silver tongs which is a symbol of the holy Apollonia, who is venerated in the small chapel of the village, adjacent to the St. Barbara and a silver tower, which is the attribute of the patron saint of the place of Saint Barbara.

The red cross on a silver background suggests that Gefell of 1357 stood until the end of the 18th century under the rule of the Electorate of Trier and the black cross shows that Gefell to 1804 church belonged to the Archdiocese of Cologne.

Religion

The citizens of Gefell are about 90 % Roman Catholic and belong to the Catholic parish of St. Hubertus Beinhausen with the parish church Hilgerath. A walk several kilometers was natural for the Gefeller citizens to participate in large numbers in the worship in Hilgerath in earlier times.