Halsdorf

Halsdorf is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bitburg -Land.

Geography

The place is located in the southwest Eifel on the plateau between Enz and Prüm. The county town of Bitburg is located about 10 km east of the municipality, the state's border with Luxembourg about 10 km to the west. The municipality covers an area of 3.21 km ², of which 91% in comparison extremely high proportion is used for agriculture, while only 1% is composed of forests. Distributed over the ridge of the district are several wind farms built up in recent years.

To Halsdorf includes the residential places Buren canal, Big Marsh and Schroeder ditch.

History

Like most villages in the area is Halsdorf incurred in land acquisition period from the 8th century. It suggests the ending of the name " village ". The village appears first documented in 1501 as " Haltzdorf ". In the French occupation in the early 19th century, the previously belonging to Viandener dairy Mette village came to the place Mairie Baustert. The latter went on in 1816 in the same mayor, whose seat was relocated in 1871 Oberweis. At the time the village had 106 inhabitants Hals.

While the village in 1615 still consisted of four households, it consisted of six houses already in 1700. 64 inhabitants in 1803, and the population rose to 1962 on 133 and eventually reached after several fluctuations present level of 103 inhabitants ( 2012).

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

Parish council

The local council in neck village 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

Within the village several old farms have been preserved in good condition. Then there are some existing in the municipality roadside crosses. The site also characterizes the Catholic Church of St. Ignatius Branch and Francis Xavier from 1726, next to which is a warrior memorial is located. The village square is lined with a fountain and is just off the main through-road the county road Olsdorf bed Willingen- Enzen.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Halsdorf

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