Jucken

Itching is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. She is a member of the collective municipality.

Geography

The street village lies to the west of the Eifel and is crossed by the border of the German - Luxembourg Nature Park. Belonging to itching residential places Berens Empire ( 470 m above sea level. NN ), Enztalhof (410 m), Kockel mountain ( 470 m) and Rothumseifen (470 m) are located in different altitudes on the hilly terrain. The hamlet Juckerstraße (510 m) is only part of the municipality of itching, sometimes it is on the districts of Karlshausen and doubt Scheid.

66 % of its territory is used for agriculture, 29 % are passed by forest.

Neighboring municipalities are Ölmscheid and Kickeshausen in the north, Emmelbaum in the east, in the southeast doubt Scheid, Scheid doubt and Karlshausen in the south and in the west Daleiden.

History

The colonization of the countryside in the south of the Eifel has already taken place in the 6th century.

The existence of the town is shown from 1640. At that time occupied documents of ecclesiastical tithes Lords of Vianden, which belongs to the parish Ölmscheid village " itching ". The town's name comes from the Old High German word Jukan, which means " sprout, grow " is to be translated.

By the end of the 18th century belonged to the dairy Binscheid itching in the Luxembourg rule Dasbourg in the neighborhood Vianden.

After taking possession of the Austrian Netherlands (1794 ), which included the Duchy of Luxembourg, and the acquisition of the French administrative structures (1795 ) Itching belonged to the Mairie Ölmscheid in Canton Arzfeld, of the district Bitburg in the department of forests belonged administratively.

Following decisions at the Vienna Congress in 1815, the region came to the Kingdom of Prussia. Under the Prussian administration was itching from 1816 to the mayoralty Ölmscheid in the newly built circuit Prüm in the Trier region.

1929 was the place to the electrical power grid in 1961 connected to the county water line. The street lighting was installed in 1963, the channeling took place in 1968.

The 1963 built and 1964 inaugurated the school in itching was closed in 1974 with the school reform.

The first volunteer fire department was established in 1956, which will have its own fire station in 1972.

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

Parish council

The local council in itching 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

Today's Juckener chapel was built in 1930 in honor of St. Valentine's day. In 1956 she received a second bell. The listed Hetzgeshof is a courtyard from the 18th century.

See also: List of cultural monuments in itching

Economy and infrastructure

Itching is an agricultural municipality today. Since 1971, when 39 farms had been counted yet, the agricultural area of 374 ha comparatively strong on 268 ha ( 2007) has decreased, which were managed by 11 companies.

The town is crossed by the extending in a north-south direction the country road 13 that leads from Leimbach after Arzfeld. The approximately 3 km north of itching lying Federal Highway 410 is also accessible via the L 13.

Itching is the site of a volunteer fire department with 11 members.

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