Willwerscheid

Willwerscheid

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Willwerscheid

Coordinates: 50°02′10″N 06°55′48″E / 50.03611°N 6.93000°E / 50.03611; 6.93000Coordinates: 50°02′10″N 06°55′48″E / 50.03611°N 6.93000°E / 50.03611; 6.93000
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Bernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc. Traben-Trarbach
Government
 • Mayor Thomas Duckart
Area
 • Total 2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi)
Elevation 440 m (1,440 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 61
 • Density 25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 54533
Dialling codes 06574
Vehicle registration WIL
Website www.willwerscheid.de

Willwerscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The municipality belongs to the Trier Region and lies about 8 km northeast of Wittlich in the Vulkaneifel. The municipal area is 62% wooded. Willwerscheid belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Traben-Trarbach.

History

Beginning in 1794, Willwerscheid lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

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]

Economy and infrastructure

Southwest of the municipality runs the Autobahn A 1. There is an interchange in nearby Hasborn. In Wittlich is a railway station on the Koblenz-Trier railway line.

References

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


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