Spangdahlem
Spangdahlem is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality memory.
- 2.1 Statistics on Population Development
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
Geography
Location and transport
Spangdahlem is located approximately 10 kilometers northeast of memory. The municipality consists of the two districts Spang and Dahlem and is characterized by many arable fields and a varied landscape. In addition there is the Spangdahlem U.S. Air Force Base Spangdahlem Air Base. Since the completion of the A 60 in 2002, the place has a motorway access and is also moderately low traffic on the B to reach 50.
Climate
The annual rainfall is 779 mm. The deposits are located in the middle third of the detected values in Germany. At 58% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values are registered. The driest month is April, most rainfall occurs in August. In August, falling 1.6 times more precipitation than in April. Precipitation varies little and are very evenly distributed throughout the year. At only 7% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.
History
The area around Spangdahlem was inhabited in Roman times. In Weilbachtal between Dahlem and the farm Gelsdorf at Gran village in 1844 the remains of buildings from the Roman period have been found in years.
The first mention of the Dahlem district is found in a freight directory Prüm Abbey from the year 867 The place is called in " de uilla Dalon ", later the place " Dalheim " is called ( 1220 ). The district Spang is first mentioned in 1254 as " clasps ". The fire mill finds its first mention in 1181.
Until 1794 Spang and Dahlem belonged to the Electoral-Trier Office Wilsecker. Both villages were for centuries a church and were always together called Spang -Dahlem, also because there are several places called Dahlem was in the immediate and wider environment or are. The Eiflia illustrata from 1854 found it noteworthy that two annual Junk and cattle fairs are held for Spang -Dahlem, the one the second Thursday after Corpus Christi and the other on the first Thursday after the Assumption.
During the French administration, the Mairie Spang -Dahlem was assigned to Canton Wilsecker in the arrondissement of Prüm in the Saar department.
After the takeover of the Rhineland by the Prussians ( 1815), a mayoralty was established in 1816 in Spang, who belonged to the circle of Wittlich. To mayoralty belonged the communities Binsfeld, Dahlem and Spang. Later, the office was moved to rush the field.
Beginning of the 19th century had Spang 566 inhabitants who lived in 95 houses, 309 inhabitants in 58 houses Dahlem. At Dahlem still owned the mill fire (fire mill) and the veil mill ( scouring mill ), each with eleven residents.
Statistics on Population Development
The development of the population, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Spangdahlem consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The twelve seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters. In the previous election in 2004, a majority vote was held.
Coat of arms
The Coat of Arms description is: " Argent, a continuous red beam cross, covered with a blue heart-shaped shield, in a white tower with cultivation and black cross and tower on the transom ends plugged on the cross."
Explanation: The Kurtrierische cross indicates the affiliation of places to Electorate of Trier until the end of the 18th century. Symbol of community is still present on the Nikolausberg tower of the former parish church common. Tower and mounting are included with the characteristic tower cross in the heart sign.
Cultural monuments
In Spangdahlem there are a number of standing under monument protection cultural monuments.
- The Catholic parish church of St. Nicholas in Spang, a neo-Gothic hall building of red sandstone, built in 1874/75 by Henry Bruck from Wittlich; at the church the war memorial 1870/71, an obelisk of 1875 and a Baroque shaft cross from 1729 ( Kirchgasse ).
- The Catholic branch church of St. Hubert in Dahlem, a hall building from the 18th century with late medieval choir tower, tower roof with bell-shaped lantern ( Triererstraße ).
- The first school house of Spang with teacher's house and barn, a stucco building, built in 1833 by local builder Bruck from Wittlich ( Stiftstraße )
- The former school of Spang, a red sandstone ashlar from 1885 /86 ( Kirchgasse ).
- The former school of Dahlem, a red sandstone ashlar from 1902 /03 ( Neustraße ).
- Several houses from the 18th and 19th centuries (the main street ).
- Several roadside crosses ( shaft crosses) from the 17th century (Engel computing, High Street, cross the garden).
- The monument zone " cemetery with age Nicholas Church," the southwestern part of the cemetery with the obtained parts of the Old Church of St. Nicholas (medieval west tower ), portal with acanthus - arc from the 17th century; in the cemetery tomb of a priest in 1844 and grave crosses, mainly from the 18th and early 19th century.
- The Dahlem chapel of 1622; Stem cross, probably around 1622 (northeast of Dahlem ).
- The fire mill, at heart, a Renaissance building from the 16th century, renovated in the 18th or early 19th century.
- The scouring mill, a Winkelhof in the valley of the creek, because from the 19th century.
See also: List of cultural monuments in Spangdahlem