Mauel
Mauel is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. She is a member of the collective municipality.
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Geography
Mauel located in a valley in the western Eifel, a few kilometers east of the state borders of Luxembourg and Belgium. Drains will be the place of the Prüm, which runs north of the town center.
Mauel to include the residential places Hubertushof, Staudenhof and Urmauel.
With 37.5 %, a comparatively small part of its territory is used for agriculture, 57.5 % are of forest existed (as of 2011 ).
Neighboring municipalities are Lambert Mountain to the north, Plütscheid in the east, Oberpierscheid the south and west, Niederpierscheid in the northwest and Waxweiler in the north.
History
The place has probably formed in the region of today's Urmauels in the early Middle Ages and has shifted because of the risk of flooding. He was first documented in 1345 as " Mauwel ".
1794 Before Mauel belonged to dairy Krautscheid in the reign of New Castle, which was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg. Under French rule ( 1795-1814 ), he came to Canton in the département of Forêts Arzfeld. In Prussia, the village belonged to the first mayor Ringhuscheid and later for mayor Waxweiler.
On 1 July 1967 the until then independent municipality Staudenhof, then with six inhabitants is one of the smallest communities in Germany incorporated.
The development of the population of Mauel based on the present-day municipality; the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Mauel 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.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was designed by Dr. Christian Herald Credner from Lambert Mountain.
Regular events
A fair takes place after September 18 on Sunday.
Economy and infrastructure
Mauel is an agricultural municipality today. Since 1971, when 19 farms had been counted yet, the agricultural area of 223 ha rapidly to 35 ha ( 2007) has decreased, which were managed by only four companies.
The connection point Waxweiler / Schoenecken the Federal Highway 60 is approximately 5 km away.
Public institutions
The local church is the site of a volunteer fire department with 12 members.