Geichlingen

Geichlingen is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality New Castle.

  • 2.1 Origin of the place
  • 2.2 Up until the French occupation in 1794
  • 2.3 territory belonging and administrative divisions since 1815
  • 4.1 Attractions 4.1.1 Village Church
  • 4.1.2 Other Buildings
  • 5.1 Economics proximity to Luxembourg
  • 5.2 infrastructure

Geography

Location

Geichlingen located 35 km north- west of Trier, a few kilometers from the border with Luxembourg and the Luxembourg border town of Vianden.

Scenic Geichlingen is on the western edge of the South Eifel, also on the edge of Good Land, which at the Islek in the north and here - as well as the South Eifel - limits the Ösling in the West. The village also lies in the South Eifel nature, the German part of the German - Luxembourg Nature Park.

Geichlinger Bach, local structure, local development

The Geichlinger Bach, formerly called Lützergaybach or Litzergay that flows through even the landscape of Isleks characterizing narrow wooded valley north of Geichlingen, officially called Berscheiderbachtal, at the output then the northeast, the lowest -lying district, the locals dialect Op since Baach [ ɒp da ba called ː χ ] (On the / the stream ), and ends 3 km further south in the town of Körperich in the Gaybach.

History

Origin of the place

The first written mention of the village dates from the year 1096 as a Gerhard von Vianden entered the Abbey of Echternach and that his " yard with all the accessories to serfs, courtyards, churches, mills, lands, hunting and fishing rights Geichlingen " gave. The mention of this place in a obtained only as a replication of the 12th century Pope certificate for the Echternach Abbey from the year 1069 is probably due to a later addition.

1096 words already existing, Geichlingen could place names to be entitled to the ingen - places of the Frankish conquest period. But since Frankish cemetery are missing, the place should be a settlement expansion of the Carolingian period for which a neighboring -ingen - places analog local name was chosen.

Up until the French occupation in 1794

Geichlingen was under the Luxembourg sovereignty capital of an eponymous dairy farm in the county of Vianden. At the administrative and judicial district of the dairy Geichlingen included, in addition Geichlingen also the neighboring villages Gentingen, Hommerdingen, Körperich, Roth and Seimerich as well as the paper today in Luxembourg places begging, Fouhren and Long village.

In 1794, French revolutionary troops had the Austrian Netherlands, which included the Duchy of Luxembourg, occupied and annexed in October 1795. From 1795 to 1814 the town belonged to the canton of Vianden in the forests department. Geichlingen was the seat of a Mairie.

Territory belonging and administrative divisions since 1815

In 1815, the former Luxembourg territory east of the Sauer and the Our was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Thus the place came Geichlingen 1816 Bitburg in the Trier region in the province of the Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine, which merged in 1822 in the Rhine Province.

Was Geichlingen 1816-1861 seat of the mayor, who was only the community Geichlingen, belonged from 1862 to 1922 ( renamed in 1927 in office) to the mayoralty New Castle - land, from 1923 to 1972 for the mayoralty Körperich and part since 1973 the municipality newly formed New Castle of.

Since 1946, the area is part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland -Palatinate, from 1970 to the newly formed district of Bitburg -Prüm, in 2007 renamed " the district of Bitburg -Prüm ".

The parish of St. Lawrence Geichlingen belongs to a parish community with the other parishes Körperich ( official residence of the priest ), Kruchten and Nusbaum in the deanery of St. Willibrord Westeifel in the diocese of Trier.

Parish council

The local council in Geichlingen 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.

Culture and sights

Attractions

Village Church

The parish church of St. Lawrence is a hall church and consists of the originating at the core of 1757 and 1822 extended to the east room, an attached to its southern long side tower, the ground floor probably dates back to the Middle Ages, and a modern vestry with a flat roof.

On the outside, the building stylistically inconsistent designed with lying on the west side Baroque portal and arched windows from the 18th century, one inherited from predecessor Dreischneuß in the gable above the portal and the remodeling in 1822 added orbiting Fensterbankgesims. The unarticulated tower with octagonal spire was given its present appearance in the 18th or 19th century.

The interior has four bays with cross vaults. The choir in the eastern yoke is increased by one step and not otherwise deducted. A high altar with its tabernacle and two-sided wooden partition walls, a side altar and a pulpit in the Rococo style date from the time it was built, and received its present livery in an interior renovation in the 1970s. An arched passageway leads to the ground floor of the tower, where the confessional is. On the west side there is a wooden gallery, which is supported by two cast-iron columns. The pews dates from the 19th century. In 2008, the church received a provisional in the choir -positioned positive organ.

Other buildings

The former rectory dates back to the core of the late 18th century and was rebuilt in 1830. From this time, the current door frame come with naming the former pastor Pütz and the rectangular window. The today is probably the oldest house in the village was extensively renovated in 1980 last.

From the period from the early 19th century still exist some partially preserved regionally typical farmhouses and farms, which are as a cultural monument historical monument.

Built around 1920/30 former village school with teacher's residence is a two-storey with Walmdachbau influenced by the reform architecture facade design. With the old school hall on the ground floor is the village hall today.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Geichlingen

Events and Traditions

Largest among the recurring village and club function is always the first weekend held in September since 1991, squeezing hard together with market, entertainment and dance music. The name refers to the sold there plum cake made ​​of yeast dough, which is called in the region, dialect Kuäätschentoat [ kuɛ tʃən.toat ː ] or taart [ ta ː ʁt ].

Customs in place are general Catholic customs, pulling the Möhnen from house to house Weiberfastnacht, the huts or castle burning Sunday after Ash Wednesday, the "egg position " on Easter Sunday and the maypole by the village youth.

Dialect

The most Platt called local dialect, the dialect Eifler, a Moselle-Franconian dialect is common as in the whole region until well into the younger generation into it.

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, proximity to Luxembourg

Until the second half of the 20th century, the main source of income was agriculture in the town. Today, the largest operation in the village is a large furniture store with carpentry, with many workers also from the surrounding region.

A large part of the labor force works in the region, many of them across the border in Luxembourg. The small neighboring country is also as in the whole border region and for local businesses an important market.

For several years settle due to the sharp rise in land prices in Luxembourg Luxembourg nationals in increasingly close to the border and conveniently located German towns - as well as in Geichlingen - to.

Infrastructure

Nearby points of contact for basic services are otherwise a 12 km or 15 minutes away by car New Castle.

The nearest regional center of Bitburg and the Federal Highway 60 is reached by the passing through the place federal highway 50 within 24 km or 25 minutes, in a further 5 km from Bitburg from the station Bitburg- Erdorf with connection to the railway lines Eifel-Mosel-Express/Eifelbahn, the nearest regional center in Trier about 50 km or 45 minutes by car, the city of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg -Findel international Airport also approximately 50 km.

The Federal Highway 50 and County Roads 6 and 53 Geichlingen connect with neighboring villages Berscheid ( 5 km), Nasingen ( 4 km), Niedergeckler ( 4 km), Lahr ( 3 km) and Obersgegen ( 3 km).

There are mainly on school transport oriented, weekday bus service in the traffic group Region Trier ( VRT), among others, to New Castle and Bitburg.

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