Reipeldingen

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

Geography

Geographical location

The place is located in the South Eifel Nature Park, situated in a hollow north of Daleiden, 5 km east of the border between Germany and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

To Reipeldingen includes the living spaces on the Kaulen and homelessness Rich.

56.6 % of its territory is used for agriculture, 39.2 % are of forest existed (as of 2011 ).

Neighboring communities

Reipeldingen bordered to the north by Esch field, to the east by Irrhausen, to the south and to the west by Daleiden Dahnen.

History

The town was first mentioned in the year 1326. 1624 had " Ripendingen " six houses.

From the time of the plague, after the place in which only six Vogt goods were inhabited, the village recovered relatively well.

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

Parish council

The local council in Reipeldingen 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.

Attractions

The town's landmark is the Catholic branch church of St. Mary from the 19th century, which is first mentioned in 1832. It is a -Baroque hall building with gable roof skylights. The altar is erected from the year 1611 comes from the church in Waxweiler. The church is a listed building.

Economy and infrastructure

Reipeldingen is an agricultural municipality today. Since 1971, when 19 farms had been counted yet, the agricultural area increased from 234 ha to 285 ha (2010), which were managed by only three companies.

About 10 km west of the local church, the Luxembourg National Road runs 7