Speicher, Germany

Memory is a city near the Kyll in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate and the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name. Memory is recognized as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

  • 4.1 center
  • 4.2 Gemarkung
  • 4.3 See also

Geography

Memory is the natural and cultural landscape of the South Eifel, near Bitburg. The town is located 20 kilometers north of Trier, and 19 km west of the county town of Wittlich (each crow flies).

For memory includes the residential places station memory, Bermeshausen, Commeshof, Laymühle, scarf Felderhof and memory mill.

History

The first written mention memory 834 in a deed as madabodi Spicarium ( Spicarium from Latin spica = ear ), in 1136 the name appeared on Spichera in a document. Ancient finds in Speicherer forest that are of Roman origin, but suggests that memory is even older.

Memory was in 1354 under the Luxembourg sovereignty and counted to rule breaking. 1815 memory has been added to the Kingdom of Prussia.

To the Romans, is the development of a thriving late in the first and n at the beginning of the second century BC pottery industry due to which survives to the present day as a domestic industry. Many excavated in Speicherer forest furnaces and Tonwarenfunde evidence of an extensive production of pottery and bricks to the 5th century. From the early 14th century, memory master potters began with the production of memory stoneware that was produced until modern times. The pottery was offered by merchants in itinerant trade all over Germany towards and beyond in the neighboring countries to purchase.

The community memory was raised on May 8, 2011 on the city.

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

Policy

City ​​council

The City Council in memory consists of 20 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman city. The term city council, municipal council previously, was due to the city survey in 2011.

Allocation of seats in the City Council:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "In Black is a trailed red top, is a growing golden ear of corn; forward a golden pitcher, behind a golden potter's wheel. "

Explanation: Due to the symbols pitcher and potter's wheel, the municipal coat of arms points to the exceptional importance of the ceramic industry in the area of memory that stretches back to the Roman period. To new heights the Tonwarenfabrikation arrives in the 14th century. 1485 a brotherhood of jug bakers is founded. The ear is reference to the original form of the place name " Spicarium " on the (Latin ) spica = the ear back.

Attractions

In memory there are a number of standing under monument protection cultural monuments.

Center

  • The Catholic parish church of St. Philip and St. James, a neo-Gothic three-aisled hall church with a monumental entrance hall; 1895 planned by the Trier diocesan architect Reinhold Wirtz.
  • The Chapel of the Cross, a stucco building with roof skylights from 1777; in the south wall a crucifixion group.
  • The former town hall, a wide bearing Walmdachbau reform in architecture; built about 1920/30 (Jacob Street ).
  • The monument zone Bahnhofstrasse and Jacob Street, four villa-like houses with mansard roofs and the old town hall; built between 1920 and 1930.
  • The monument zone Maarstrasse, characteristic portion of the building at the center edges; Built in mid 19th century.

District

  • The monument zone station memory located on the Eifel railway station and the signalman's house on the Kyllbrücke the north portal of the tunnel Loskyller; order in 1871.
  • The memory mill, a four-storey building oil mill from the mid-19th century, the core probably dating from the 16th or 17th century, the main building of 1752, Chapel 1700 ( in Kylltal west of memory).
  • The Laymühle, a Quereinhaus, elaborate systems for water management in the early 19th century.
  • The Commeshof, courtyard of 1845 with a triaxial former home of 1860 and a chapel from 1858 ( in a tributary of Kallenbach's ).
  • The Bildchenkapelle, a stucco building with neo-Gothic entrance from 1877 ( in the forest east of the village ).
  • Several trails cross, 16th and 18th centuries.
Speicher (Verbandsgemeinde) As the crow flies Herforst Archbishop Protestant Reformation Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier Charles Bukowski Auw an der Kyll Beilingen Hosten Orenhofen Philippsheim Preist Spangdahlem Integrated Authority File
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