Schuld

Debt is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Adenau. Debt is a government- recognized tourist.

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 Cultural

Geographical location

Blame lies picturesquely in a tight loop in the Ahr Ahr narrow. The town is located on the regional road 73 in the Ahr Valley, from which the country road branches off the inflow of Buchholz stream 75/165 on Esch to Bad Münster Eifel.

History

Fault committed in 1975 its 1000 - year celebration and founded this anniversary on the so-called " Reifferscheider certificate " from the year 975 In this paper, an intrinsic description of the parish Reifferscheid, guilt is defined as " ... et inde usque terminationem scolta " mentioned, can be implied concluded that guilt was a separate parish at that time. Another important source is the Weistum of Schulder High Court of 1368. Here "Four Honschaften " of guilt is of the speaking, which included the Honschaften Dümpelfeld, Insul and Niederadenau. Debt was the administrative and judicial seat of this Honschaften. The term " Honschaften " ( hundreds ) comes from Frankish times, so one can assume that the place must have existed already in the 7th and 8th centuries.

To " Schultheissen Office of the four Honschaften on the debt", the name the end of the 18th century, belonged to the villages Dümpelfeld, Harscheld, Insul, Lückenbach, Niederadenau, guilt, and Sierscheid Winnerath.

On a settlement in Roman times but indicate finds, as in 1964 in the course of land consolidation remains of a Roman estate were discovered. Debt belonged to the county of Nürburg, later the same Electoral Cologne office and was the seat of a sheriff office. The Schulder "four- dog shank " was obliged to take the necessary sand for construction work on the Nürburg. The Archbishop of Cologne was the sovereign. However, other landowners had possessions and rights in debt.

The Cologne cathedral chapter was 1216 Tenth land clearing in the forest Schulder. Knights roll man of Sinzig was in debt vassal of the Duke of Jülich. Meanwhile possessions took over in 1387 the Knights Coming Adenau.

The Schulder citizens gave themselves in 1791 a separate municipality order in which the rights and obligations of all the inhabitants of the place were regulated. The Schulder parish church, in its beginnings back to the 13th century, though certainly must already 975 been a church in the village. 1923/24, there was a new building. The church was almost completely destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt with difficulty after the war. In the 1970s, these " Gertrude's Church " was extended to a greater extent and renovated.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in debt consists of twelve 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 blue bow wave in the coat of arms symbolizes the Ahr, the. Four circles in the bow wave, the four Honnschaften who belonged to blame The black cross indicates the former belonging to the Electorate of Cologne and the lily to Mary, dedicated to the chimney chapel.

Culture and sights

Structures

• Parish Church of St. Gertrude
• Schorn Chapel

See also: List of cultural monuments in debt

Cultural

• Open-air theater
• Day race Köln-Schuld - Frechen, organized since 1952 by the RC Eagle Cologne

Tourism

By blaming the Ahr Cycle Route and the distance footpath passes AhrSteig that goes beyond the heights.