Lauperath
Lauperath 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
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 5.1 Public bodies
Geography
The scattered settlement is located in the western part of the Eifel, a few kilometers east of the state borders of Luxembourg and Belgium. It is bordered by fields on a plateau of the landscape Islek. The municipality consists of two larger and four smaller settlements: Lauperath and Scheidchen and the farmstead group Kop and the individual farms Berscheiderhof, scouring tree and Reuschenhof.
66.0 % is used for agriculture, over half of the municipality, 28.2% are passed by forest.
Neighboring municipalities are Manderscheid in the north, Waxweiler in the east, the south and Krautscheid Arzfeld in the West.
Climate
The annual rainfall is 1049 mm. Rainfall is high. They are located in the upper quarter of the detected values in Germany. At 87% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values are registered. The driest month is August, the most rainfall comes in November. In November, falling 1.5 times more rainfall than in August. Precipitation varies moderately. At 62% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.
History
The first documentary mention as " Lupenroide " originates from a deed of gift of the bishop and abbot of Prüm Albero in 1136. The foundation of the town took place during a high medieval clearing phase of the 11th - 12th Century instead.
By the end of the 16th century Lauperath was under the influence of the Prüm Abbey. At the beginning of the 17th century it was administered by the dairy Manderscheid and was in the Luxembourg rule New Castle, and thus in the Spanish Netherlands. 1714 was the Duchy of Luxembourg, hence Lauperath to the Austrian Netherlands, to which it belonged until 1794. Under French rule (1795-1814) was the village in the canton of Arzfeld in the department of forests, in 1815 she went to Prussia and the circle Prüm in the Trier region has been assigned.
The development of the population of Lauperath, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Lauperath 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.
Mayor
On the same day Walter Thielen was elected with 57.1 % of the vote for mayor.
Coat of arms
Blazon: "In Blue, with silver shield head, covered with four small between two larger red labels, a golden chalice, accompanied by a golden high cross and a golden anchor. "
Culture and sights
Among the interesting buildings, the chapel of the Three Virgins heard as one of the few churches in the Eifel Tower Choir from the 15th century. Every year on May 22, the chapel festival is celebrated the patronal feast of the Three virgins on Sunday after March 10.
See also: List of cultural monuments in Lauperath
Economy and infrastructure
Lauperath is an embossed by agriculture and tourism residential community today. Since 1971, when 25 farms had been counted yet, the agricultural area of 419 ha to 560 ha ( 2010) has increased, which were managed by eleven companies.
The nearest connection point Waxweiler / nice corners on the Federal Highway 60 and is located about ten kilometers east of the village.
Public institutions
Shared facilities include a community center and a children 's playground.
Furthermore Lauperath location of a volunteer fire department with 13 members.