Oberbettingen

Oberbettingen is a municipality in the volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the Hillesheim.

Geography

The village lies in a flat extension in the Valley of Kyll in the nature park Eifel. To Oberbettingen includes the living space Meyerhof.

History

Oberbettingen was first documented in the year 845 in a charter of King Lothar. Around 1470 Oberbettingen is placed under the county Gerolstein.

Under French rule (1794-1814) Oberbettingen is assigned to the Mairie of Lissendorf. Even under Prussian rule in 1815 remains the management of the place in Lissendorf.

Oberbettingen was until 1750 a separate parish. Since then, she heard the parish Niederbettingen in the homonymous district of today's Hillesheim to. The former parish church serves merely as Branch Chapel.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Oberbettingen 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.

Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:

Coat of arms

The blazon is: " In silver, sprinkled with blue Fadenkreuzchen, a blue zigzag oblique bar".

Meaning: The arms of the local church Oberbettingen takes on the coat of arms of the noble family of Bettingen, which took its name from the place.

Traffic

The breakpoint Oberbettingen -Hille home 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.

Will be conducted of rail transport by DB Regio NRW, the 644 series in one-to three -unit for speeds up to 120 km / h using the Eifel- Express and the Eifel Railway diesel railcar of the DB.

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.

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