Reuth, Rhineland-Palatinate

Reuth is a municipality in the district of volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Upper Kyll whose administrative headquarters is in Juenkerath. Reuth is a nationally recognized tourist.

  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geographical location

The place is located in the Eifel. To Reuth also includes the hamlet Neureuth.

History

The place name Reuth has the meaning of a medieval clearing.

1335 gave the Counts of Blankenheim, the city Kyle with the place Reuth to King John of Bohemia, and received it as a fief back. 1423 Reuth went into the possession of the Counts of Loon. Reuth came in 1469 to the Counts of Manderscheid.

After 1794, the left bank of the Rhine was occupied by French revolutionary troops belonged Reuth 1798-1814 to Canton Lissendorf in Saar Department and was assigned by the Mairie Stadtkyll. By the Congress of Vienna ( 1815) Reuth came to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1816 part of the circle Prüm in the Trier region. The church was under the administration of mayor Stadtkyll.

As part of Rhineland-Palatinate, functional and territorial reform Reuth was reclassified along with 14 other communities on 7 November 1970 by the same resolution Prüm district in the county down (since 2007 County Volcanic Eifel ).

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Reuth 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 is: " split of gold and red, on a split of blue and silver wave front bar quite a flipped red ax back over three golden balls (1:2) a golden miter, is a red cross ."

The golden and red color of the coat of arms refers to the medieval membership of the place Reuth to the County of Manderscheid - Blankenheim. The blue and silver wave bar in the lower part of coat of arms symbolizes the same name with the place Reuther Bach. The place name Reuth is attributed to a medieval clearing. For the clearing and the place name the ax is at the front of the field. For the saint of the village and the small chapel of the three golden balls and Mitra are available as attributes of Saint Nicholas.

Structures

  • Chapel from 1858

See also: List of cultural monuments in Reuth

Established businesses

For wind farm Reuth include nine wind turbines.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • John Schmitz (1869-1957), member of the Reichstag ( center )
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