Lissendorf

Lissendorf is a municipality in the volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Upper Kyll whose administrative headquarters is in Juenkerath. Lissendorf is a nationally recognized tourist.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geographical location

The place is located in the Eifel. To Lissendorf includes the residential places Dennerthof, Mühlenbachhof and Sonnenhof.

Climate

The annual rainfall is 838 mm. The deposits are located in the upper third of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 70 % of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is April, the most rainfall comes in December. In December, falling 1.5 times more rainfall than in April. Precipitation varies only slightly and are distributed extremely evenly throughout the year. At only 5% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

History

Lissendorf is situated on the old Roman road from Trier- Cologne ( Agrippastraße ). Numerous side roads favored the Roman period the settlement of this area. Roman grave finds near the town prove this settlement.

The first documented mention owes Lissendorf the Prüm urbary a freight directory Prüm Abbey from the year 893 In the Middle Ages, a noble family " of Lissendorf " was mentioned. However, this family became only regional importance. From the 14th century it came under the jurisdiction of the House Manderscheid - Blankenheim. In the 16th century the village belonged to the county Gerolstein. During the French occupation was Lissendorf seat of the cantonal government in Saarland Department.

An important date in the recent history was the completion of the railway line between Cologne - Trier with the construction of the local railway station at the end of the 19th century.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Lissendorf consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The 16 seats in the City Council are distributed among three groups of voters.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "In green the golden antlers and with the scab of an eight- Enders ".

The local church Lissendorf has taken over the crest of the local noble family of Lissendorf. The tincture this coat of arms, however, was not reconstructed. Lissendorf therefore took the antlers as a character, but the color itself chose

Traffic

The Lissendorf Train Station is located on the Eifelbahn (Cologne - Euskirchen - Gerolstein -Trier ), on the rail passenger transport

  • The Eifel -Express ( RE 22) Cologne - Euskirchen - Gerolstein By binding to Trier (RB 83) and
  • The Eifel -Bahn (RB 24) Cologne - Euskirchen - Kall, in the HVZ to Gerolstein

Operate.

In Lissendorf station chain, the former Middle Ahrtalbahn Juenkerath - Lissendorf - Hillesheim (Eifel ) - Ahrdorf ( Ahr) - Dümpelfeld from.

For the entire public transport (PT ) the rate of transport association Region Trier ( VRT) and the tariff of the transport association Rhein-Sieg and collective space border of the NRW rate applies.

Personalities

  • Albert Caspers ( born 1933), former Chairman of Ford Germany and former president of the football club FC Cologne 1
  • Christian Vietoris (* 1989), race car driver
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