Steffeln

Steffeln is a municipality in the volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Upper Kyll whose administrative headquarters is in Juenkerath.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Geographical location

The village lies in the volcanic Eifel. The municipality includes the villages of Steffeln Auel and Lehnerath with the farms churchyard, Lindenhof and Peterhof and the living spaces Rodert, Römerhof, Steffelner mill and forest peace.

Climate

The annual rainfall is 946 mm. Rainfall is high. They are located in the upper quarter of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 81% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is April, the most rainfall comes in December. In December, falling 1.6 times more precipitation than in April. Precipitation varies moderately. At 65% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

History

In the Roman period (2nd / 3rd century ) was located above the modern town a stately farmhouse ( villa rustica). The Romans already dismantled the volcanic tuffs at Kirchberg. First mentioned in a document is Steffeln in 943 as stephilines owned by the Abbey of Prüm. Since the 13th century under changing rule (men and Earl Manderscheid - Schleiden, from 1617 onwards, the Counts of Manderscheid - Gerolstein ) Under the rule Steffeln However, more than 300 years was one sovereign country to Luxembourg ( until 1795 ). In contrast, the districts were Auel ( first mentioned in 983 ) and Lehnerath owned by the Counts of Manderscheid - Gerolstein.

On 7 November 1970, until then independent municipality Auel (then 153 inhabitants) was incorporated into Steffeln and the hamlet Lehnerath umgemeindet with the courts churchyard, Lindenhof and Peterhof ( together then 55 inhabitants) of the municipality Basberg after Steffeln. At the same time Steffeln was reclassified along with 14 other municipalities of the dissolved district Prüm in the county down (since 2007 County Volcanic Eifel ).

The development of the population of Steffeln based on the present-day municipality; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Steffeln 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 Coat of Arms description is: " Argent, a blue, flanked by a respective six-pointed blue star tip; in the top of an upright silver flaming sword with a golden hilt ".

The blue peak symbolizes the " Steffelnkopf " running from the place is named. The flaming sword is the symbol of the town 's patron Saint. Michael; The two stars are reminiscent of the aureole of St.. John of Nepomuk, the patron of local Auel.

Natural features

The approximately one kilometers south west volcanic cone Steffelberg was after he served since the 50s of the last century as Lavasteinbruch, expanded in the 1990s to a Teaching and Research volcano. The members of the local Eifelverein lead generally understood as " volcano Gardener" by the system.

The Eichholzmaar, one of the ten water-filled maars of the Eifel, was rehabilitated a few years ago. The crater lake has an area of ​​about 11,000 m². The Eichholzmaar is only about 3 meters deep at its deepest point. The small crater lake has evolved in recent years to become a refuge for rare birds. On the western shore there is a bird observatory.

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