Kaperich
Kaperich | |
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Location of Kaperich within Vulkaneifel district Vulkaneifel | |
Municipal assoc. | Kelberg |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Robert Karst[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi) |
Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 167 |
• Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 56767 |
Dialling codes | 02657 |
Vehicle registration | DAU |
Website | www.kaperich.de |
Kaperich is an
Geography
Location
The municipality lies in the
Neighbouring municipalities
Kaperich’s neighbours are Lirstal, Höchstberg and Uersfeld.
Constituent communities
Kaperich has an outlying hamlet called Kölnische Höfe, which is home to roughly 25 people. This hamlet is sometimes also called “Pochtener Höfe”.
History
In
Kölnische Höfe
Kölnische Höfe, sometimes also called Pochtener Höfe, was built sometime about 1500. In 1741, the Uersfeld church books listed two estates there.
The name “Kölnische Höfe” goes back to the former Electorate of Cologne landholdings there (“Cologne” is Köln in German), and the popular name “Pochtener Höfe” comes from the hamlet’s location in the Pochtener Wald (forest), which had its first documentary mention as Puthena in 1050.
It is worth noting that, except in instances such as road signs and titles in documents, the name almost never takes the form “Kölnische Höfe” owing to the niceties of German grammar, for “Kölnische Höfe” is the form unprejudiced by an article. However, in common usage, the name always takes a definite article. Furthermore, it also inflects for case. Thus it is die Kölnischen Höfe in the nominative and accusative, den Kölnischen Höfen in the dative and der Kölnischen Höfe in the genitive. The name is also plural, meaning that the verb must take the third-person plural form if the name is the subject.
The communal bakehouse (Backhaus, or more popularly Backes in German) standing at the entrance to the hamlet is under monumental protection, and as such is the only building in the municipality with this distinction (see Culture and sightseeing – Buildings below). The quarrystone building was built in 1923.[3]
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by
Mayor
Kaperich’s mayor is Robert Karst.[1]
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
Regular events
Since 1985, in the outlying hamlet of Kölnische Höfe, a “bakehouse festival” (Backesfest) has been held every other year in September. Up to 1,500 visitors take part in this event, which is organized by the “Hiester Wanderverein” (hiking club).
References
- ^ a b Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
- Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Kaperich’s history – Click on Der Ort.
- ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Vulkaneifel district
External links
- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
- Kaperich in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)