Ulmen

Elm is a town in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland -Palatinate in the Eifel. Elm is the seat of administration of the municipality elms, which they also belong. Elm is a nationally recognized resort and recognized as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

• 3.1 City Council
• 3.2 twinning

• 4.1 Museums
• 4.2 Structures
• 4.3 Music
• 4.4 Sport
• 4.5 Regular events
• 4.6 Images of landmarks
• 4.7 Education

Geography

Boroughs

At elm consists of the quarters Meiserich, Vorpochten and Furth.

Geology

The Ulm Maar has about 11,000 years the youngest volcano north of the Alps and 37 m deep. The volcanic activity can be seen at depths of more than 4 meters of ascending gas bubbles. The Ulm Maar has no natural inlet or outlet. The two studs who today hold constant the water level, were dug in the 19th century.

When spinster pond is a 118,000 years old verlandetes Maar. It is geographically much larger than the Ulmener Maar. Formerly used as a fish pond for the lords of the castle, it was dried up over the centuries, so that peat was cut in the 1930s there. 1942, the meadows were jammed again to control the water level through the inlet to the nearby Maar.

History

The first mention of elm 1074, but testify Merovingian tombs south of the castle an elderly population of the district. Roman finds in the place can not be verified at present. In elm is a hill grave is dated to about the year 500 BC.

Heinrich von Elm drew in the fourth crusade tions Byzantium, from where he brought back precious treasures, including the famous Limburg reliquary, which can be visited on the Lahn still in the Cathedral of Limburg today. His successors were subjected to the peace of the archbishopric of Trier in the 15th century. The Sun King Louis XIV conquered twice elms and burned it down. Both times were rebuilt the town and castle. Beginning in 1794, elms under French rule, the young men of the village had to move with Napoleon's troops to Moscow. 1815 it to the Congress of Vienna was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. Since 1946 he is part of the newly founded state of Rhineland- Palatinate.

Many old buildings still bear witness of the historical past of elms. In the 19th century, when confiscated by Napoleon building passed into Prussian ownership, auctioned a citizen Cochem castle and used it as a quarry. As elms in 1831 almost completely destroyed by fire, the houses with the stones of the castle were rebuilt. Since it is a ruin.

In the adjacent forest, finds an old source, which supposedly Roman and Celtic figures were found. Born This is called " Dietzjes Bärechje ", which is due to children's source, because for centuries women prayed here for a good birth and healthy children.

1376 Elm received by Emperor Charles IV, the city rights. These were lost again in 1815 as part of the takeover of the Rhineland by the Prussians. According to the decision of the Rhineland- Palatinate Cabinet from 1 September 2009 elm was awarded the designation of " city " again on 2 October 2009.

Policy

City ​​council

The council consists of 20 elms 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.

Allocation of seats in the City Council:

Twinning

In 1994, elms and the French community Lormes took first contacts on a partnership. Both communities connects the elm (French " Orme ") in the place names. The partnership documents were signed in Lormes on June 23, 1996

Culture and sights

Museums

• School museum with a simulated classroom of the elementary school.

Structures

• The castle elms, which is now only preserved as a ruin, was built around the year 1000, on the ruins of a Roman building, which is not substantiated by finds. The present condition is characterized by little successful restoration measures, which largely cover the original substance.
• St Matthias Parish Church, built in the Neo-Romanesque -Gothic style

See also: List of cultural monuments in elm

Music

• The marching band blue-white elm 1952 eV under the baton of Rainer Pias.
• The Musikverein elm eV under the direction of Thomas Wagner, was founded on January 24, 1969, is now one of 50 active and 66 inactive club members.

Sports

The sports club Fortuna elm eV was founded on 21 September 1921 and provides active sport in the departments Aerobics, Women's Gymnastics, Men's Gymnastics, Soccer, AH, Athletics, Rope Skipping, table tennis, gymnastics and volleyball.

Regular events

• Every year in July took place at the castle ruins, the castle Ulmener hard until the end of the 2000s.
• Every two years, on 3 October is the feast of Appel Eifelverein on the Old Post Place

Images of attractions

Ulmener center with marketplace and community hall, seen from the castle.

Front of the castle ruins at elms.

Interior view of the castle ruins at elms.

Education

• Kindergarten elm
• Primary School Elm
• Realschule plus the volcanic Eifel Elm / Lutz Erath

Bundeswehr location

Elm was the site of the Eifel Maar barracks. After it was revealed that, contrary to previous election promises of the then Defence Minister Volker Ruhe (CDU ), the whole barracks is closed, the largest demonstration took place in the history Ulmen place: On 20 March 1995, some 3,000 participants moved to a torchlight procession from the community hall to the barracks. It remained, however, at the closure of the barracks. On 27 June 1997, the last soldier left the barracks. The site was renamed as part of a conversion action in " Eifel Maar Park " and has been in civilian use.

The school for service dog nature of the Bundeswehr was moved in elms in April 2005 of Koblenz- boys home in the former ammunition depot in Hochpochtener forest. It is the central military training center of the Bundeswehr for service dogs and their dog handlers ( DHFhr ). As part of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the school for police dogs being on 8 August 2008, the hitherto nameless property in Hochpochtener forest was presented at a solemn appeal by the name Countess von Maltzan barracks. This goes back to the vet Maria Countess von Maltzan, which, despite the danger to their own lives politically persecuted in the Third Reich helped to survive. The local church elms took over on 30 January 2009 to sponsor this unique facility in Germany Bundeswehr.

Traffic

Elm is located at both the federal highway 48 as well as to the federal highways B 257 and B 259, which connect with elms Cochem and the Nürburgring. By bus Lutzerath, Cochem, down Gerolstein Mayen and Koblenz are regularly accessed directly. Elm has a station on the Eifelquerbahn on which take place in the summer months trips to Kaiser Esch and Gerolstein. In addition, elm is on the volcano -wheel route.