Neroth
Neroth is a municipality in the volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Gerolstein. Neroth is a nationally recognized tourist.
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Location
Neroth lies at the foot of Nerother head between Daun and Gerolstein in the nature park Eifel. It is connected with these places on local roads. In addition, has Neroth share of protected areas "Between Ueß and Kyll " (eastern part of the municipality ) and " Gerolstein and environment" (western part of the municipality ).
History
Neroth part, also due to his name, to the medieval clearing period which was completed around 1200. It was first mentioned in 1388 as a low- Roth. The associated settlements Oberroth dog and angles were probably abandoned in the subsequent Late medieval Wüstungsperiode. Neroth was once quite important, it had a high court, where the Lords of Daun and elm- administered justice. And the Nerother castle was a plant of the Counts of Luxembourg later the Elector of Trier.
The development of the population of Neroth, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Neroth consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The twelve seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms description reads: " Between a section through battlements of gold and red split main shield and a green five- mountain, in a mousetrap silver, gold red scale ", as a reminder of the Nerother high court.
Public life
Already since 1910, there are in Neroth a volunteer fire department, which - as often in rural areas in Germany - through the involvement of the population occupies an important part of public life. It was not until much later years the various existing in Neroth sports clubs were founded.
Culture and sights
On the nearby mountain Nerother head is the joy Koppe, a ruined castle with lying near Millstone cave. In this Nerother the wanderer was founded in New Year's Eve 1919/20.
See also: List of cultural monuments in Neroth
Mousetraps
The Eifel region in the 19th century, a landscape of great poverty, also caused by the Realerbteilung, the reduced agricultural livelihoods rapidly. Agriculture was extremely sparse. Commercial and artisan earning opportunities were low. Neroth was among the villages of the Eifel so far no exception. Therefore, a part of the native villagers operational ancillary trades such as peddling with carved spoons or wicker. In one small part of it was delivered early and fixed expectant Jenische Hausierhändler and Flick craftsmen. So the conditions for entry into the handicraft production and marketing of a much requested item, the murine and rat trap, were given to a former teacher from Neroth for the people of his village, designed as a way out of the Existenznot around the middle of the century.
Many of the poorer inhabitants - Jenische and not Jenische - operated in sequence with a peddling wire products, including mousetraps. As a result, the lives of many families improved significantly. The wire goods were produced mainly by women in their homes. The men sold the traps as traveling salesmen. The " Musfallskrämer " reached far beyond the boundaries of the present Federal Republic to Poland and in the Czech Republic. The peddlers used to communicate among themselves a secret language, the Jenischhaus. However, the increasing industrialization complicated the business from the beginning of the 20th century, increasingly, until it all came to a halt in 1970. The wire manufactured goods could be measured at any time with industrial finished products or were even of higher quality. Indicator was the " staked wire ". That is, the wires were wound at crossing points with a finer wire. Today is in Neroth the mousetrap museum and documented the work and the simple life of the mousetrap makers. Furthermore, a book and a Dokumantarfilm exists on this topic.
Tourism
Since the 1960s, is located in Neroth a medium-sized hotel operation. Through contacts of Nerother Musikverein there are Dutch tourists to the regular guests.
Since 2009, lead several kilometers of the 10th stage of the new Eifelsteig of Gerolstein to down through the village, this pretty much is the center of the stage. As a result, a local restaurant with a few guest rooms has also been extended to a hotel.
Curiosity: A Luxembourg as a teacher in Neroth at war 1942
The former director of the Luxembourg National Archives Paul Spang has been teaching for a short time as a substitute teacher at the elementary school in Neroth in 1942. Spang had passed the high school in his home town of Echternach in the then occupied by Nazi Germany Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in July 1941. Access to university education remained blocked him but since this is a clear commitment to Germanness and make a voluntary disclosure to the " voluntary" labor service were required, two conditions that did not meet Spang. The visit to the primary school teacher training college in Ettelbrück, however, was not denied him, and so he decided to become an elementary school teacher, a course of study that would eventually lead him to Neroth, but could not prevent him drafted in October 1942 in the Reich Labor Service, and then as forced recruited in the German army came to the Eastern Front. After the Second World War Spang then his university studies can compete but was professor at Echternach high school and later Director of the National Archives.
With Neroth, where he was billeted with the family Felix Klaus, he has linked positive memories: "In Neroth, historically Luxembourg territory, there was only a swastika flag, and lay on the memory of the school. Here everyone was friendly with me and I was even allowed to walk with Pastor Schelian, nevertheless this the local area was not allowed to leave at the behest of the Gestapo. "