Hörscheid

Hörscheid is a municipality in the volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Daun. Hörscheid is a nationally recognized tourist.

Geography

The highest point on the boundary is the north-east location Kapp 590 m above sea level. NN. The village itself is situated on a narrow elongated hill, from which drops the terrain on both sides. In the north, a wooded slope to the top Hasenbach falls sharply from the village, south of the village is sloping meadows to Untermaubach. Both streams unite in the west of the district, the Untermaubach then flows in Boverath in the Lieser.

To the east of the district, the Alf rises, it flows from there to the south.

To Hörscheid includes the residential places and Birkenhof Sonnenhof.

Hörscheid is a village road that ends in a dead end. West of the village, the newly built stretch of the A 1 von Trier goes to Cologne. 1982 Hörscheid district winner of the competition Our village is beautiful.

History

The area was already inhabited in the Neolithic period. On the settlement area was found Celtic stone axes. The hallway Runkelhof shows traces of Roman settlement here was on the Roman road from Trier to Cologne a stone villa from the 2nd to 4th centuries. The Romans had diverted and channeled to a nearby side of Alf source. The tunnel water pipe was 1.30 m deep in the ground and ended in a fountain in the neighboring village Darscheid, but which is missing.

The village's name is derived from the Celtic word for " mountain forest " or " forest deer ", but this is uncertain. The suffix "- distinguishable " refers to an early medieval clearing. Is first mentioned in a document from 1465 Hörscheid, it was after this deed in the year 1398. During the 16th century, the settlement of five hearths existed. The village was the Office Daun incorporated since the 14th century which belonged to the Electorate of Trier since 1354. Ecclesiastical However, the whole office down belonged to the Archbishopric of Cologne. The area is inhabited primarily Roman Catholic, Hörscheid belongs since 1803 to the parish Darscheid. The bell of the Catholic Brigidenkapelle 1678 cast, then it must therefore have a chapel existed. It was renewed in 1850. The Protestant Diaspora community is part of the Dean's Office Adenau.

1787 was a winter school in Hörscheid. Later the school children went to Darscheid in a class elementary school, which was closed in 1975. Since then, the Hörscheider children attend primary school in two swift Mehren. A nursery school is also in Darscheid available.

During the so-called French period ( 1798-1814 ) Hörscheid was assigned to the Canton down in the Saarland Department. After the region was awarded the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815, following the decisions of the Congress of Vienna, the community was Hörscheid of 1816 under the administration of mayor down in the Kreis Daun, was the part of the district of Koblenz in the Rhine Province (1822 ).

Life in the Eifel was often hard for people because of the harsh climate and poor soils. Because of great distress migrated in the early 19th century a total of 31 people from Hörscheid to North America. It was not until 1860 could the diet of the population are permanently secured through afforestation of barren heath and improved agricultural methods. 1912 was an amalgamation of fragmented by inheritance fields. In 1931 a central water supply was built. 1933 a large part of the heath land was cultivated.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Hörscheid 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.

Mayor

Hans shoe was elected mayor by the municipal council in the election on 25 August 2009 and replaced Walter stones from Bach.

Coat of arms

The approved May 7, 1991 coat of arms is described as follows: " Argent, a blue wave bar, front a continuous red beam cross back over a green oak leaf, a red flame. "

The red cross on a silver background points to the centuries- long membership in the Electorate of Trier. The blue wave bar symbolizes the source of Alfbachs. The green oak leaf documented that the name Hörscheid is interpreted as " mountain forest ", and the fact that was won on the corridor Burnt Mountain oak bark for tanning. The red flame is characteristic of the local patron saint St. Brigida.

Attractions

In addition to a 1850 newly built chapel with a Baroque altar from 1738, which is dedicated to Saint Brigida of Kildare, is on the boundary of the community is a picturesque holy house, which was built in the 1960s, with a made ​​of reddish basalt Pietà. Centrally located are out of the chapel built in 1980 Fountain Square, a 2006 personal contribution of citizens renewed playground and a community center with a fire station.

• See also: List of cultural monuments in Hörscheid

Economy and infrastructure

The small village is home to three large farms, two of them relocated farms, as well as a Baugroßhandel.