Krautscheid

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

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor

• 5.1 Public bodies

Geography

Geographical location

The local church is located between New Castle and Arzfeld on a highly visible plateau in the South Eifel, about 15 km east of the border with Luxembourg. To the local community Krautscheid include the districts Ringhuscheid, Bellscheid and Krautscheid.

64 % of its territory is used for agriculture, 31 % are forest existed (as of 2011 ).

Neighboring communities

Krautscheid bordered to the north Lauperath, to the east by Niederpierscheid and Oberpierscheid, Berkoth and Uppershausen in the south and Arzfeld in the northwest.

History

The first certain mention of the place under the name " Kruisscheit " is derived from a contract of sale of the year in 1231. Walterus In this one sacerdos de Kruisscheit is called (Priest Walter to Krautscheid ) as a witness.

Until 1794, the three now part of the municipality of villages Bellscheid, Krautscheid and Ringhuscheid belonged to the Luxembourg rule New Castle. Krautscheid was the capital of a dairy farm, this administrative and judicial district included, in addition Krautscheid The villages Bellscheid, sticks, Mauel, Niederpierscheid, Oberpierscheid, Ringhuscheid, the courtyards Windshausen and Wehrshausen and part of Arzfeld to.

During the French administration (1795-1814) the three villages was administered by the Mairie Ringhuscheid, which belonged to the Canton Arzfeld in the department of forests.

Under the Prussian administration ( after 1815 ) the places initially belonged to the mayor's office in the county Ringhuscheid Prum, from 1854 to the mayoralty Waxweiler.

Today's church was from the dissolved municipalities Krautscheid (then 97 inhabitants), Bellscheid (46) and Ringhuscheid (159 ) new formed on 1 January 1973.

The development of the population of Krautscheid relate to the current municipal area; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Krautscheid consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The six seats in the City Council are distributed among three groups of voters.

Mayor

December 2, 2007 Oswald Keschtges was elected with 57.6 percent for the mayor and confirmed in his office in 2009. He took over from Ralf Leonardy.

Attractions

• Listed chapel from the mid-18th century
• Several times a year, see here motorsports events ( stock car and autocross ) instead. The first races were conducted in 1969 and attract visitors from a wide area to.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Krautscheid

Economy and infrastructure

Krautscheid is an agricultural municipality. Since 1971, when a further 48 farms were counted, the agricultural area of 603 ha to 420 ha ( 2010) has decreased, which were managed by seven companies.

The place is located at the intersection of several state and county roads. The nearest motorway junction Waxweiler / Schoenecken located 10 km to the east on the main highway 60

Public institutions

The local church is the site of a volunteer fire department.