Orlenbach

Orlen Bach is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Prüm.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Cultural Monuments
  • 4.2 Natural Monuments

Geographical location

The two districts Orlen Bach and Schloßheck located along the southern edge of the Prüm Kalkmulde and south of Prüm on the A 60 The highest elevation is a forest ridge north of the hamlet Orlenbach with 551 meters above sea level.

History

Archaeological finds

Cremations that were found north of Orlen creek in the woods " Debertshecke " and studied in 1930 by the Rheinische Landesmuseum Trier, point to a first settlement in the late La Tène period ( 5th to 1st century BC). In the parcel stones in 1990 remains of Roman pottery were found, suggesting a small Roman settlement site.

Papers

Schloßheck, the larger district of Orlenbach is first mentioned in a document from 1516. The eponymous Orlen Bach 1544-1621 documented in the description of the spell Oberlauch.

Territorial accessory

By the end of the 18th century Orlen Bach belonged to the Community or to the Electorate of Trier Luxembourg dairy farm Pronsfeld.

In connection with the First Coalition War, the region came under French administration in 1794 and was one of 1798 at the Canton Arzfeld in the forests department.

Once vital parts of the Rhineland came to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 due to the closed the Congress of Vienna contracts, Orlen Bach belonged to the mayor's Pronsfeld in the 1816 newly created district of Prüm.

Population Development

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Orlenbach consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was designed by Dr. Christian Herald Credner from Lambert Mountain.

Attractions

Cultural monuments

  • The Walburgis was built in 1743 and rebuilt in 1960 after war damage again, a bauzeitlicher pillars altar shows St. Peregrinus.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Orlenbach

Natural Monuments

  • At the southern edge toward Matzerath is a designated as a natural monument old oak.
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