Mettendorf
Mette village is a village- dominated municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality New Castle. Mette village is a nationally recognized tourist and reported as a basic center in accordance with state planning. The name is derived Mette village and originally means "middle village".
- 4.1 Attractions
- 5.1 associations
- 5.2 educational institutions
Geography
Mette village is about 40 kilometers from Trier in Enzbachtal, a tributary in the Eifel. In addition to Bitburg Trier is the closest major city.
At Mette village also includes the residential places Ehlenhof and Steffeshof.
History
The town's name suggests a Frankish settlement. The first written record dates from 832 in the Golden Book of the Abbey of Echternach. There Mette village is listed under the name Machconvillare. Next name exist with metendorph ( 1063 ), mectindorf ( 1345 ), villa metendorp ( 1360 ), mettendoirff ( 1451 ), meittendorf (1563 ) and Mette village (since 1621).
First, the place for Prüm Abbey belonged before joining the county of Vianden Luxembourg 1220. Here Mette village was then the seat of a Schöffengerichts and capital of a dairy farm. Count Henry I of Vianden handed over the place in 1248 to the Order of Trinitarians brought into the country, according to the Viandener template could also build a two-aisled church in 1477. After the annexation of the Austrian Netherlands, to which Luxembourg belonged, by French revolutionary troops of the French place in 1795 and belonged to the forest department. In 1815 he was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. After the First World War temporarily again occupied by the French, the place is since 1946 part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.
1815 had 753 inhabitants and Mette village was divided into lower, middle and upper village. These parts have long since grown together. The church is still the center of the village.
The development of the population of Mette village, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Mette village consists of 16 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 16 seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms description reads: "In the split front plate in red with a silver bar in the back of a silver blue-red split Maltese Cross ".
Mette village was under 1222, according Güterverzeichnis Prüm Abbey. Their patronage was owned by the abbey of the counts of Vianden metallic Vogts ( Luxembourg ). The Counts of Vianden led a white bar in red. The patronage goes by the Counts of Vianden Vianden to the Trinitarians in 1248 over. The Trinitarians lead as crest after notification of the State Archives Luxembourg a blue-red split Maltese Cross.
Culture and sights
Attractions
- The Mette Strand parish church, dedicated to St. Margaret, is a stone altarpiece from the early 17th century.
- In the center stands as a monument to Father Maximilian Kolbe an overgrown by climbing plants concrete structure with a bell.
See also: List of cultural monuments in Mettendorf
Infrastructure
Clubs
In Mette village has many active clubs. Example, provides the FC Mette village on sporting activities for children and adults in the areas of football, Nordic walking and running. Founded in 1924, The Volunteer Fire Mette village is an auxiliary base defense. Music clubs are driving the men's choir Liederkranz Mette village and the Musikverein Lyra Mette village.
Educational institutions
Mette village has the primary and secondary school " Hildegardis " and a kindergarten.