Insul
Insul is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Adenau.
Geography
Insul is located seven kilometers north of the town Adenau on both sides of the Ahr. The residential area of the village extends on a relatively flat area and rises in the southwest on the edge of the hill 271 m above sea castle. NN minimal to. The municipality is the natural area mostly counted for Dümpelfelder Ahr valley, while the southern portion already be attributed to the Reifferscheider Bergland. There it reaches to the southwestern border on the top of 521 m above sea level. NN high Scheidnück its highest point on the ground.
History
The place name Insul, in documents also are Esell ( 1669), Nettle (1728), Island ( 1758) and Oesel (1849 ) is narrated, is attributed to island. At the local situation today is even more evident that the Ahr in earlier times also had a southern branch of the river. Mouth Linguistically the place is also called " Äsel ". Insul was first mentioned as " Oensel supra Aram " in records in 1269. The area where Insul is located, belonged in the 12th century to the County Are, mid-13th century came the county with all possessions in the Electorate of Cologne. Insul (also called " nettle " ) was now a Honnschaft, which belonged to the Electoral Cologne office Nurburg, which existed until the late 18th century.
Under the French administration Insul belonged to the Mairie in Canton Adenau Adenau. After 1815, Insul was a Prussian municipality, the mayor's office to Adenau in the then newly formed county Adenau, which was dissolved in 1932. The now " official " called mayoralty Adenau came to the district of Ahrweiler, is one of the Insul ever since.
Ecclesiastical Insul belonged to the parish debt, which already existed in the 10th century. By 1570, Insul is mentioned as a branch of guilt and in 1631 a chapel in Insul in the documents. The chapel was laid down in 1882 and 1884 replaced by a new chapel is dedicated to St. Roch. In 1910, the chapel received an organ with six registers, which was established by the Bonn organ builder Klais.
A private school got Insul in 1863, before, in 1724 a teacher for Insul was mentioned. In the course of took place in the 1970s, Rhineland-Palatinate, school reform, the school was dissolved in Insul 1972, since then the children go to Adenau to primary and secondary schools.
Parish council
The local council in Insul 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
Cultural monuments
In Insul are some Asked conservation cultural monuments.
- Catholic branch church of St. Roch and Sebastian, a hall building from 1882
- Former tithe, half-timbered building and courtyard dating back to 1616 ( Bridge Street 4)
- Several farm buildings and half-timbered houses from the 19th century ( Mountain Road, Bridge Street, High Street )
- A Crossroads, niche type, from 1796
See also: List of cultural monuments in Insul
Economy and infrastructure
Since 2007 Insul is classified by the Ministry of the Interior and Sports of the State of Rhineland- Palatinate in the context of village renewal program as a focal community.
Tourist significant Insul is a stage ( with accommodations ) of hiking trail AhrSteig. In addition, the Ahr Cycle Route runs through Insul.