Pintesfeld

Pintesfeld is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. She is a member of the collective municipality.

Geography

The town is located north of Waxweiler in the western Eifel, a few kilometers east of the state borders of Luxembourg and Belgium.

Neighboring municipalities are Merlscheid in the north, the east, and Dackscheid Waxweiler in the south.

With 82.2 %, a comparatively large part of its territory is used for agriculture, 12.8% are of forest existed (as of 2011 ).

History

The ending of the place name " field" after the place probably in the medieval clearing phase of the 11th - 12th Century emerged. Was first documented in 1364 as Pintesfeld " Pientsfelt ". In feudal times it belonged first to the courtyard Weidingen, but then went to the dairy Manderscheid in the reign of New Castle in the Duchy of Luxembourg. Under French administration, he was in Canton Arzfeld in the forests department.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Pintesfeld 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.

Mayor

On June 13, 2004 Albert Blum was elected with 83.9 % of the vote in primary election for mayor. He was reelected in 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Pintesfeld is an agricultural municipality today. Since 1975, when six farms had been counted yet, the agricultural area of 242 ha to 397 ha ( 2010) has increased, which were managed by five companies.

Pintesfeld located away from busy thoroughfares; the junction Waxweiler / Schoenecken the Federal Highway 60 is about 7 km away and can be reached via state roads.