Olzheim

Olzheim is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Prüm. Olzheim is a nationally recognized tourist.

Geography

Olzheim lies on the River Prüm. To Olzheim includes the residential places Half mile, Knob Pesch, Arenthhof, yard Glad Born, yard Harelstein and Vennhof.

History

Olzheim 801 is mentioned as Ulmezum first time in Liber aureus Prumiensis. 1330 Olzheim is mentioned as a separate parish for the first time. 1367, three years before his death, pledged Johann, the last lord of Schoenberg corners, the yard Olmetze. 1485 a new late-Gothic church was built.

Olzheim belonged until 1576 to the territory of the Prüm Abbey. The Elector of Trier James III. von Eltz took over the Prüm territory belonged since Olzheim gorgeous country until the end of the 18th century to the Electorate of Trier and formed its own Schultheißerei within the Office Prüm.

In 1794, French revolutionary troops had occupied the left bank of the Rhine. Under the French administration Olzheim 1798 was assigned to the Canton Prum, who belonged to the Prüm district in Saarland Department. Olzheim became the seat of a Mairie.

Due to the decisions on the Congress of Vienna, the region came in 1815 with the Kingdom of Prussia. Under the Prussian administration Olzheim 1816 mayoralty seat of the newly formed district of Prüm in the Trier region.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Olzheim consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The twelve seats in the City Council are distributed among three groups of voters.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: " From silver divided over red, top three green elm leaves, below a growing silver crook ".

As an indication of the place name ( ulmezum = Ulmetum = elm forest ) are three green elm leaves in the upper shield member. In the lower part of a growing plate crook is played. It is both a reference to the local patron St. Brictius as well as the former territorial belonging to the Abbey of Prüm. Finally, the label fields of red and white represent the colors of the Prüm Abbey and the Electorate of Trier again.

620138
de