Ochtendung

Ochtendung is a municipality in the district of Mayen -Koblenz in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality May Field, which has its headquarters in the city Polch.

  • 7.1 Attractions
  • 7.2 Tourism
  • 8.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Ochtendung is located in a former volcanic region. The nearby extinct volcanoes Mount Carmel and Tönchesberg evidence of volcanic activity in different periods.

Ochtendung is close to the A48 and the A61, and each has its own motorway exit. The place is located above the Nettetal. Neighboring municipalities are Lonnig, Bassenheim, Andernach, Kruft and Saffig. Until recent years, the B 258 began in Koblenz and led over Ochtendung Mayen and then to Belgium at the Nürburgring over. The part between Koblenz and Mayen was graded because of the proximity to highway 48; since this is the L98.

Until Ochtendung are still (as of September 2010), the rails of the former railway line between Koblenz -Lützel Mayen Ost, which was shut down in December 1983 for passenger traffic. Today runs on the route from Ochtendung a railway line cycle path.

Community structure

To Ochtendung include the districts Alsingerhof, Emmingerhof, bag Heimer farms (former district of Bassenheim ) Fressenhof and Waldorferhof.

History

The name of the place Ochtendung is derived from the word Thing, thing, ( Ochtendung of " demo of things "). A Thing was told earlier times the term for a court, or more precisely, for the place was held at the court.

Emperor Charles IV granted Ochtendung on January 8, 1354 Frankfurt city law. 1563 included the town under the name Ochtendunk 75, 1683 64 fireplaces. Gorgeous country they belonged to the late 18th century to the Electorate of Trier and initially formed a separate administrative district with headquarters at the castle Wernerseck, but under later became the office administration Münster- May- field.

Ochtendung has 5,362 inhabitants. The development of the population of Ochtendung, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Archeology

The East Eifel is a " treasure trove " for archaeologists. 3 km north of Ochtendung, in the area of the volcano " pan heads ," a Neandertalerkalotte with 3 stone artifacts ( a wide scraper, a discoid core and a small margin ) was found in 1997 by Axel von Berg. When the cap is the skull cap of an adult male ( 30-45 years ), which was broken under the pressure of the earth into three parts, but again could be put together seamlessly. Your age could be dated geologically and with the leucine analysis 160000-170000 years; So it comes from a so-called " early Neanderthal ". Particularly interesting are the dome is due to their morphological proximity to homo erectus and because it has the edges traces of human processing. Presumably she was " fashioned " and used as a tool or shell. The dome was quickly covered by sediment and therefore is in a very good state of preservation.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Ochtendung consists of 22 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman location.

Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:

Coat of arms

Blazon: ". Argent, a red continuous beams cross, bewinkelt of four black rings ( circles ) "

Coat Explanation: The red bar Silver Cross is the emblem Kurtriers to the Ochtendung over seven hundred years was passed, the circles (rings ) symbolize the old courthouse site in May Field, called at the time "thing" or " Thing". From this term also the place name is derived Ochtendung - " demo of things " the place was called in the first documentary mention on 10 June 963. These were a Schenkungsakt the Frankish Gaugrafen Udo and his two Viscounts Raginbold and Bernhard in favor of the pen of Munstermaifeld.

Community partnerships

The municipality maintains partnerships with Caiazzo in Italy and La Chaussée -Saint -Victor in France.

Culture and sights

Attractions

  • Castle Wernerseck
  • Tumulus (Roman tomb )
  • Kulturhalle Ochtendung
  • Catholic Parish Church of St. Martin
  • Town hall
  • Remnant of the ancient city walls

See also: List of cultural monuments in Ochtendung

Tourism

  • Wheel and Sculpture

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Johann Jakob Kraft (1806-1884), Bishop of Trier in
  • Jacob Vogt (1902-1985), German weightlifter
  • Jürgen Weigt (* 1957), General of the Bundeswehr
  • Peter Peters ( b. 1962 ), German journalist and football official
  • Kristin silver iron ( * 1985), German table tennis player

Pictures

Church

Center with City Hall in background

Ochtendung, in the background of Mount Carmel

Swell

  • Human Evolution, 19.1 pp. 1-8 (2004) (Journal)
  • Terra Nostra, GeoUnion writings of Alfred Wegener -Stiftung, 2006/2 (Congress magazine )
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