Neichen

Coordinates: 50°15′41″N 6°52′14″E / 50.26142°N 6.87054°E / 50.26142; 6.87054
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Neichen
Municipality
Coat of arms of Neichen
Coat of arms
Location of Neichen within Vulkaneifel district
Vulkaneifel
Municipal assoc.Kelberg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Peter Annen[1]
Area
 • Total2.95 km2 (1.14 sq mi)
Elevation
480 m (1,570 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total132
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
54552
Dialling codes02692
Vehicle registrationDAU
Websitewww.neichen-eifel.de

Neichen 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 Kelberg, whose seat is in the like-named municipality
.

Geography

The municipality lies 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.

Roughly 150 people live in Neichen.

History

The name “Neichen” derives from a 14th-century description of the place as the hof von den Eichen (“Estate of the Oaks”), from which arose the shorter form Neichen through faulty separation of the last two words.[3][4]

Until 1970, the municipality belonged to the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun, when it, along with Beinhausen, Boxberg, Brück, Hörschhausen and Katzwinkel, was annexed to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kelberg.

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.

Mayor

Neichen's mayor is Peter Annen.[1]

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: In Gold ein grüner Schrägrechtsbalken, belegt mit goldenem Eichenblatt und gold-silbernen Früchten, begleitet oben und unten von je einem grünen Eichenblatt mit grün-silbernen Früchten.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Or a bend vert charged with an oakleaf of the field fructed of two argent and between two oakleaves bendwise of the second likewise fructed.

The oakleaves are

definite article ending.[5]

Culture and sightseeing

In the village centre stands the small

Catholic chapel from 1827 which is consecrated to Saint Brigid, patron saint not only of Ireland but also of, among other things, cattle. This once led to a yearly custom in which farmers would fetch water consecrated to Saint Brigid – Brigittenwasser – in little bottles from the church and take it home to put in sick livestock's fodder as needed. This was supposed to help the animals. This custom, however, is no longer practised.[6]

Neichen, chapel

Buildings

Natural monuments

The Drees, a mineral

Vulkaneifel its name. The springwater is definitely an acquired taste, but its fanciers swear by their daily glass of Drees even today.[8]

Economy and infrastructure

Since there is only one business in the village, a honey wholesaler's, most people work in the bigger places in the surrounding area, like Daun or Mayen.

References

  1. ^ a b Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
    . 2023.
  3. ^ Lamprecht: Deutsches Wirtschaftsleben im Mittelalter
  4. ^ Neichen’s history
  5. ^ Description and explanation of Neichen’s arms
  6. ^ Neichen’s history
  7. ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Vulkaneifel district
  8. ^ Neichen’s history

External links

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