Wirft

Throws is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Adenau.

Geography

Throws located in the High Eifel, about 7 km west of Adenau and about 9 km north of the Nürburgring ( start and finish ). About 40 percent of the municipal area is woodland.

Throws to include the district Kirmutscheid and the living space Dreimüllerhof.

History

First mentioned in a document of the place is called " Wirff " in 1254th Ten years later, the place is owned by the monastery Himmerod, from 1290 he was one of Reifferscheid in the Electoral Cologne office Nürburg.

In the Eiflia illustrata the place is described in 1852 as follows:

Throws originally heavily agricultural, the so- utilized area has declined by over 50 percent since 1977. 2007 still existed five farms with an average of 18 ha of cultivated area. Some income is now achieved through the provision of accommodation, also in the context of the events at the Nürburgring.

Throws two Catholic churches are assigned, one of which is dated in the origins to 1214.

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

Parish council

The local council in Throws consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.