Landscheid

Landscheid

Coat of arms
Landscheid

Coordinates: 49°59′14″N 6°46′21″E / 49.98722°N 6.77250°E / 49.98722; 6.77250Coordinates: 49°59′14″N 6°46′21″E / 49.98722°N 6.77250°E / 49.98722; 6.77250
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Bernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc. Wittlich-Land
Government
 • Mayor Ewald Heck
Area
 • Total 30.17 km2 (11.65 sq mi)
Elevation 310 m (1,020 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 2,093
 • Density 69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 54526
Dialling codes 06567, 06575
Vehicle registration WIL
Website www.landscheid.de

Landscheid (in Eifel dialect: Lähscheld) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Eifel. The municipal area is 56% wooded and 31% of it is under cultivation. Landscheid belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is in Wittlich, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.

Constituent communities

Landscheid’s Ortsteile are Burg an der Salm, Landscheid and Niederkail. Also belonging to Landscheid are the homesteads of Hau, Raskop, Mulbach and the Altenhof.

Neighbouring municipalities

Landscheid borders on Großlittgen, Hupperath, Bergweiler, Bruch, Arenrath, Binsfeld, Spangdahlem, Gransdorf and Schwarzenborn.

History

The first traces of settlers come from the first centuries of the Christian Era. The Burscheider Mauer is a Celtic ringwall that was used as a refuge castle.[2]

In 1157, Landscheid had its first documentary mention as Langescheit. Today’s outlying centre of Burg was first mentioned in a written document in 1184, as was Niederkail in 1211. The landlord was Himmerod Abbey, and the overlord was the Archbishopric of Trier. Another source[3] says that in 1070, Niederkail was mentioned as the nobleman Godefried von der Keyle’s home.

Beginning in 1794, the Landscheid area lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

With effect from 1 December 1975, the three municipalities of Burg (Salm) with 390 inhabitants, Landscheid (1135 inhabitants) and Niederkail (627 inhabitants), which until this time had been self-administering, were dissolved and the municipality of Landscheid was reconstituted through a merger of the three former municipalities.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[4]

  SPD CDU FWG Total
2009 2 8 6 16 seats
2004 2 8 6 16 seats

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: Schild gespalten, vorne in Gold ein blauer Krummstab, hinten in Rot ein sechs-speichiges goldenes Rad.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale Or a crozier bendwise azure and gules a wheel spoked of six of the first.

The blue crozier symbolizes Abbess Gertrude of Nivelles, who is the church’s patron. The six-spoked golden wheel was taken from the arms formerly borne by the once self-administering municipality of Niederkail. It symbolizes both itinerant trade and agriculture.

Landscheid was granted the right to bear its own arms on 5 December 1980 by the Regierungsbezirk government in Trier.

Culture and sightseeing

Regular events

In the main centre of Landscheid, in the tradition of the old itinerant trade, a spring market and a Christmas market are held.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Through the municipality runs the Autobahn A 60 with an interchange right in Landscheid. Bundesstraße 50 links Landscheid with the regional centres of Wittlich and Bitburg.

Landscheid is connected to local public transport by RegioLinie 400 (Bitburg-Wittlich).

Established businesses

Education

In Landscheid are one kindergarten with all-day chilcare and one primary school. Secondary schools are to be found in Wittlich and Bitburg.

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
  2. ↑ Kulturdatenbank Region Trier (1)
  3. ↑ Kulturdatenbank Region Trier (2)
  4. ↑ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  5. ↑ suki
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