Harspelt
Harspelt is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. She is a member of the collective municipality.
Geography
The place is in the countryside Islek, west of the Eifel directly on the border with Luxembourg. To Harspelt includes the residential places Harspeltermühle and Hubertyshof.
With 66% of two-thirds of its territory is used for agriculture, 30 % are passed by forest.
Neighboring municipalities are Lützkampen in the north, Herzfeld in the east, ash box, Roscheid and Sevenig (Our) in the south and Burg- Reuland (Belgium ) in the west.
History
The first mention Harspelts comes from the 11th century. Not later than the 12th century parish church was already present. This Harspelt is one of the oldest settlements in the West Eifel.
By the end of the 18th century Harspelt belonged to the administrative and judicial district of the dairy Leidenborn in the reign Dasbourg in the Duchy of Luxembourg ( district Vianden ). In 1794, French revolutionary troops had the Austrian Netherlands, which included the Duchy of Luxembourg, occupied and annexed in October 1795. Harspelt belonged to the Canton Arzfeld, who was administratively assigned to the district Bitburg in the department of forests. As the surrounding villages was Harspelt 1815 or 1822 part of the Prussian Rhine Province. Under the Prussian administration, the mayor Harspelt was formed in 1816, which was later managed by suffering Borner mayor in personal union and was renamed in 1927 in the Official Harspelt.
The First World War was Harspelt undamaged, while the destruction of the Second World War were serious. Plans for the devastation of the town in connection with the expansion of the Western Wall could still be prevented.
After 1936, the Office Harspelt was dissolved, the church first went administratively to the Office Daleiden - Leidenborn and from 1970 to the collective municipality.
The name Harspelts has changed the course of history several times, for the names of origin, there are several variants. 1420, the place had the name " Harrespelt " 1489 " Harspell " 1497 " Hardespelte " or " Hartevelt " 1511 " Haldevelt " 1517 " Herdespelt " 1548 " Hartespel " 1558 " Hortevelt " or " Hartevelt " 1589 " Hartenspelt " and about 1600 " Harspel " or " Harspelt ".
The name could have come from " Herter ", which translates as " the shepherd " or " Hirtenfeld " means " Hardt " as second option is " height ridge " translate. The third option combines the two elements' Har " and " spelled ". After that would mean " Har " from the Frankish " steep hill " and " spelled " spelled, from which could be deduced the full meaning of " spelled hill ".
The development of the population of Harspelt, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
The local council in Harspelt 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.
Economy and infrastructure
Harspelt has always been an agricultural center. The former part-time farms and some former commercial farms have been abandoned. At present, there are still two commercial farms and a joint business to the five formerly independent commercial farms from Harspelt and the neighboring towns have joined Sevenig / Our and Leidenborn. The plant community is one of the biggest companies in Rhineland- Palatinate. The only commercial operation in Harspelt is a carpenter.
Public institutions
Harspelt is the site of a volunteer fire department with 10 members.