Waxweiler

Waxweiler is a municipality in the district of Bitburg -Prüm, in Rhineland -Palatinate. She is a member of the collective municipality. Waxweiler is a nationally recognized resort and recognized as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

Geography

The place is located in the Eifel, south of Prüm and is run by the federal highway 60. The approximately 1,100 inhabitants municipality is located 350 meters above the sea level.

Heilhausen is a district of Waxweiler, the district Waxweiler includes the residential places Ginshausermühle, Godeshausermühle, In Kaul and Konradhof.

History

For a long time we suspected the origins of the place in time to 700, but in 2002 was placed in the already discovered at the beginning of the 20th century remains of a Roman settlement dates that are already dated at about 150 AD.

The first documentary mention of the place under the name " Waleswilre " was carried out in a document issued by the abbot of Prüm Farabert II on July 15, 943 precarial contract in which a Ramengar and his wife Adalgard Prüm Abbey zuwendete his goods in Waxweiler. 1222 mentioned the Prüm Ex - Abbot Caesarius the location under the name " Wasvilre " in the comments on the Prüm land register.

Waxweiler belonged to the Luxembourg rule New Castle. In 1353 Frederick sold by the New Castle location Waxweiler for 1000 pounds scissors Turnosen of the Trier Archbishop Baldwin, presumably for re- purchase, because at the beginning of the 15th century Waxweiler was in possession of the Lords of New Castle. In the year 1414 awarded by Irmgard Bolchen, heiress of the lords Kronenburg and New Castle and her husband John of Rodemachern the inhabitants of Waxweiler same rights and freedoms as they had the citizens of the town New Castle since 1332. Gerhard von Rodemachern, Irmgard's and John's son confirmed in 1440 the freedoms of Waxweiler. In a description of conditions in the rule of New Castle dating from 1683 Waxweiler was described as follows: "The freedom wax hamlet, formerly surrounded by walls, now in ruins, with twenty houses whose residents enjoy civil rights depends on New Castle from and the Lords of New castle have high, medium and low justice, hunting, fishing, etc., set a Mayer and seven aldermen. The gentlemen refer dollars a year and seven shillings in money, and three bushels of rye from the mill, two bushels from the spell, oven and pensions, chicken and eggs of some private ". The court Waxweiler divided into the dairy Manderscheid and freedom Waxweiler. For dairy Manderscheid included the villages Heilhausen, Kinzenburg ( part ), Kopscheid, Lauperath and Pintesfeld. The status of freedom within the rule Waxweiler New Castle and at the same time within the Duchy of Luxembourg remained unchanged until 1794.

In 1794, French revolutionary troops had the Austrian Netherlands, which included the Duchy of Luxembourg, occupied and annexed in October 1795. Under the French administration, the territory of the canton Arzfeld, who was administratively assigned to the department of forests belonged. Waxweiler was capital ( chef-lieu ) of a Mairie.

Due to the decisions on the Congress of Vienna, the former Luxembourg territory east of the Sauer and the Our 1815 assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia. Under the Prussian administration Waxweiler the community was, at that time, "Wake Hamlet " written in the rule, from 1816 to the circle Prüm in the Trier region and from 1822 to the Rhine province. Waxweiler became the seat of mayor of the same name, were among the eight municipalities.

In the Eiflia illustrata from the 1850s was noted for Waxweiler that the place had received a very different reputation since the Prussian occupation of the streets are paved and built several new houses. Waxweiler was since 1821 the seat of a peace court, a pharmacy and a post office expedition had received. Every year, two stuff and livestock markets were held.

On April 1, 1972, until then independent municipality Heilhausen was incorporated.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Waxweiler consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the local council:

Mayor

2004 Klaus Juchmes was elected on nomination of the CDU with 80.4 % of the vote for mayor. He was confirmed in his office in 2009.

Coat of arms

The blazon is: " In halbgeteiltten and split shields in front and above in a red gold anchor cross, nine times divided down from silver and blue, back in an upright red, golden snake, pierced by a silver Dobbelhaken ".

The red cross is from the arms of the anchor Irmgard von Bolchen, 1414 Waxweiler granted city rights; Silver and blue are the colors of the Duchy of Luxembourg, the former sovereign; The color red in the left half of the shield has the parish patron saint, John the Baptist, towards; the snake is taken from the coat of arms of the early 17th century in Waxweiler and just recently was pastor.

The coat of arms was designed by Joseph Decku from Unkel 1967 and approved by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Interior.

Attractions

The attractions of Waxweiler especially one built around the parish church in 1770. A plaque here is reminiscent of the legendary origin of the Echternach procession. According to legend, the Waxweiler had celebrated and danced, held indoors to follow the sermon at the church. As punishment, they damned the Holy Willibrord, weiterzutanzen from now on always during and jump. Later, however, he redeemed them for the promise to make a pilgrimage to Echternach, had set out from where the holy Willibrord in his missionary work. Even today it is the privilege of Waxweiler to lead each year on Whit Tuesday held procession.

In 2004, extensive renovations were carried out in the Church. Upon application of a wood preservative to protect the roof of the church tower, one of the last work under the Renovation, but was on 16 December 2004 a fire. The supporting beams have been so far weakened rapidly despite the rapid intervention of the surrounding fire departments, that the roof of the tower collapsed. He crashed through the roof of the side aisle and damaged a neighboring house.

Other attractions include the St. Mary's Column, built in 1948, as well as several old penitential crosses.

See also:

  • List of cultural monuments in Waxweiler
  • List of natural monuments in Waxweiler

Traffic

1907, the city was connected to the West Eifel track. The heavily damaged in World War II railway line was opened in 1950, but in 1964 turned to the passenger again. In 1987 the line was closed down altogether. After the dismantling of the tracks the distance between Pronsfeld Waxweiler and is now used as hiking and biking trail.

During construction of the A 60 Waxweiler received its own connection point.

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