Eckfeld
Eckfeld | |
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Location of Eckfeld within Bernkastel-Wittlich district Bernkastel-Wittlich | |
Municipal assoc. | Wittlich-Land |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Leo Schmitz[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 12.74 km2 (4.92 sq mi) |
Elevation | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 380 |
• Density | 30/km2 (77/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 54531 |
Dialling codes | 06572 |
Vehicle registration | WIL |
Eckfeld is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Eckfeld lies in the middle of the
Eckfeld belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land.
History
The municipality had its first documentary mention in 973 in a donation document from Emperor
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by
Culture and sightseeing
Church and monastery
The tower at Saint Catherine's Church (Kirche St. Katharina) in Eckfeld was built in 1450 and expanded into a defensive tower. Built onto the tower in 1882 was a new nave.
To Eckfeld belongs the former Buchholz Monastery with the Church of the Visitation of Mary (Kirche Mariä Heimsuchung). Saint Catherine's Church in Eckfeld is, like the church in Pantenburg, a branch church of the Buchholz church.
References
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 6 August 2021.
- Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
- ^ Details zum Eckfelder Maar
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Brief portrait with film about Eckfeld Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine at SWR Fernsehen (in German)
- Panoramic image: “Eckfeld in late summer 2004” Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German)