Sinspelt

Sinspelt is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality New Castle. Sinspelt is a nationally recognized tourist.

Geography

The place is located in the West Eifel about 8 km south of the city of New Castle in Enztal. To Sinspelt and the living space home is Ehr.

History

At the time of the Romans was Sinspelt a road junction. It was here a Roman country house, the " Simonis villa" (House of Simon ). The first written mention of the village dates from 1435.

By the end of the 18th century Sinspelt belonged to the county of Vianden Luxembourg and the management of the dairy Geckler was assigned.

In 1794, French revolutionary troops had the Austrian Netherlands, which included the Duchy of Luxembourg, occupied and annexed in October 1795. From 1795 to 1814 the place to Canton New Castle belonged to the department of forests.

In 1815, the former Luxembourg territory east of the Sauer and the Our was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Thus, the community came Sinspelt 1816 Bitburg in the Trier region in the province of the Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine, which merged in 1822 in the Rhine Province, and was managed by the mayor Outscheid. 1856 came the community for mayor Baustert.

After World War II temporarily occupied by the French, the place is since 1946 part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

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

Parish council

The local council in Sinspelt consists of eight council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Economy

Originally mainly dominated by agriculture, the city developed gradually through additional development to residential.

Attractions

Worth seeing are the branch church Mary Queen and the landmarked courtyard Heyenhof from 1804 (in the canal 4).

See also: List of cultural monuments in Sinspelt

Regular festivals and events

Larger events in the village are the fair on the last weekend of May and the bike Sunday. Even old customs are maintained to this day in the village community. These include, for example,

  • " Castle Burn" to expel the winter
  • " Rattling" in Holy Week

Local trails

There are seven local trails with a total length of 25 km, indicated by white letters on a blue background.

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