Philippsheim

Philipp home in the Eifel is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality memory.

Geographical location

The place is located in a protected valley at the mouth of Aulbaches in the Kyll.

Memory, Gondorf Beilingen, Dudeldorf, Preist, Hüttingen at the Kyll, Röhl, Dahlem, Pickließem, Herforst, Metterich, Spangdahlem, Trimport, bathrobes, Auw at the Kyll, hosting, Sülm and Bins field.

History

Already settled in Frankish times, the first house on the site was built in 1721, itself founded in 1772. The earlier history of the area, however, documenting the ruins Pfalzkyll standing on Roman foundations, and a Hofgut same name.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Philip Home 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 description reads: " From Blue divided on silver, above a silver fish, down a black stone marks in the form of a four- head shank with Doppelsturzsparrenfußschaft ".

Explanation: From the founding Philipp home in 1721 do to report the oral tradition that the founder, Johann Philipp Probst, first built a hut on the fish-rich Kyll and fishing operation. In memory of the founding subject a fish was taken in the upper shield member.

Cause of the enlargement of the settlement was the reduction of the known Kyllsandsteins on both sides of the river. At this Urwirtschaftsstruktur recalls the symbol of the masons and carvers in the lower shield member.

Rail transport

The breakpoint Philip Home is located on the Eifelbahn (Cologne - Euskirchen - Gerolstein -Trier ), runs on the rail passenger transport the Eifel (RB 83) Gerolstein Trier.

For the entire public transport (PT ) the rate of transport association Region Trier ( VRT) applies.

From 1900 to 1965 Philip 's home was the starting point of the narrow gauge railway Philipp Home Bins field.