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Basberg
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Location of Basberg within Vulkaneifel district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Vulkaneifel |
| Municipal assoc. | Hillesheim |
| Mayor | Petra Himmels |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 2.32 km2 (0.90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 449 m (1473 ft) |
| Population | 65 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 28 /km2 (73 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | DAU |
| Postal code | 54578 |
| Area code | 06593 |
| Website | www.basberg.de |
Basberg is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hillesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.
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The municipality lies at the foot of the Katzenberg (conservation area) south of Lissendorf in the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth.
In 1491, Basberg had its first documentary mention. Towards the end of the Middle Ages, Basberg belonged to the comital family of Manderscheid-Blankenheim. In 1491, the then landholder Count Johann von Manderscheid-Blankenheim enfeoffed Wilhelm von Daun with estates and landholdings in Basberg. Among its other holdings, Prüm Abbey also held an estate in this village in the Eifel. When Basberg came under Prussian administration in the 19th century, it belonged to the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Lissendorf.
On 7 November 1970, part of the municipality of Basberg with 55 inhabitants was transferred to Steffeln.
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman[2].