Peffingen

Peffingen is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Irrel and whose northernmost municipality.

History

In the year 789/90 Reginarda the Abbey of Echternach gave their patrimonies in pago Benese in villa que vocatur Piffingen. Peffingen is further mentioned as 853 Piffinga in the will of Luxembourg Countess Erkanfrida. The place was later to rule Bettingen. The place was self-employed in the 16th century parish with its own church. A new church, built in 1762, was under the protection of Saint Apollonia and the Fourteen Holy Helpers.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Peffingen 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 blazon is: " framework through a gold - red arrowhead cross in confused colors, 1 and 4 red, 2 and 3 Silver with blue wave bar".

The sovereignty had until the end of the 18th century the Duchy of Luxembourg. The anchor cross with double hook is intended to indicate the eventful history of the place. The two wave beams are symbolic of the Prüm, which flows through the town.

Attractions

  • The Huwelslay ( altdt. for owls rock, Huwel = owl, lei, ley, lay = rock ) is a Kalksinterfelsen on the western slope of the ridge between Heath and Holsthum Peffingen which forms a stalactite cave.
  • The Chapel of the Fourteen Holy Helpers in place with a war memorial of sandstone at the church entrance.
  • The former mill is probably the oldest building in Peffingen and has admitted as spoils a late Gothic sandstone relief.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Peffingen

Leisure Activities

  • Peffingen is through its extensive forests as a starting point for hiking tours to developed and marked trails.
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