Kirchweiler

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

Geography

The place is located west of the saddle mountain. To Kirchweiler includes the living space Hammeshof.

History

The village appears in the records for the first time in 1201, as a nobleman from the Abbey Berlingen Himmerod bequeathed an estate at Kirchweiler. The undisputed ruler was from 1398 the Archbishopric of Trier. 1600 registered for 16 hearths in the meantime to the rule of down and to the domination of Kasselburg belonging to the village. The number dropped from the course of the plague and the Thirty Years War to 1654 to only 6 households. 1684 has already been found to increase to 10, which would correspond to about 50 residents. At this time, the inhabitants of parish hamlet lived mainly from agriculture. In this area, in 1624 11 of the 13 households were active, in addition, there was a craftsman and a population without work. The population grew until the 19th century on. Kirchweiler came in 1815 with the Kingdom of Prussia. 1862 lived 376 people in Kirchweiler. Since 1946 it has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

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

Parish council

The local council in Kirchweiler 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.