Hörschhausen

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

Geography

Hörschhausen is located in the Natural Park of Volcanic Eifel and partly in the nature reserve " Kelberg ". by the location of the flow Katz Winkel Bach and the Uessbach. Near the Hochkelberg located ( 674 m above sea level. NN ).

Hörschhausen is located on the B 257, which leads into the next larger towns such as Kelberg and elms.

Neighboring municipalities are Katzwinkel, OVP, Horperath, Berenbach, Utzerath and Gefell.

History

Hörschhausen 1494 was the first time erwaähnt documented and belonged to the late 18th century, together with Katzwinkel to the Official Nürburg in the Electorate of Cologne. The Apollinaris chapel was built in 1762.

During the construction of the access road to Berenbach (now State Road 101), took place in 1851 a pitcher of 1,800 Roman coins.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Hörschhausen 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 blazon is: " In silver over black split shields above a black bar cross, below a golden house anchor in the form of the letter H".

The black bars cross points to the country's former domination of the Electorate of Cologne.