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Horperath 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.

Horperath
Municipality
Location of Horperath within Vulkaneifel district
Horperath
Horperath
Coordinates: 50°14′46″N 6°57′23″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictVulkaneifel
Municipal assoc.Kelberg
Government
  Mayor (201924) Heinz-Peter Reuter[1]
Area
  Total2.40 km2 (0.93 sq mi)
Elevation
470 m (1,540 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total122
  Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56766
Dialling codes02692
Vehicle registrationDAU
Websitehorperath.de

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.


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


Horperath’s mayor is Heinz-Peter Reuter.[1]


Coat of arms


The German blazon reads: Von Silber über Rot geteilt, oben ein schwarzes Balkenkreuz, unten 3 (2:1) goldene Kugeln.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per fess argent a cross sable and gules three bezants.

Until the end of feudal times, Horperath, as part of the Amt of Nürburg, was an Electoral-Cologne holding,[3] and the Cross of Cologne in the upper half of the escutcheon recalls this time. The chapel in Horperath was built in 1747.[4] The three bezants stand for Saint Nicholas’s attribute of three golden globes[5] and thus represent the village’s and the chapel’s patron saint.[6][7]


Culture and sightseeing


Buildings:


References


  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.
  3. Fabricius, S. 72, 257
  4. KD Kreis Mayen 1, S 239
  5. Pfleiderer, Attribute der Heiligen, Ulm 1898, S. 237
  6. de Lorenzi II, S. 136)
  7. Description and explanation of Horperath’s arms
  8. Directory of Cultural Monuments in Vulkaneifel district



На других языках


- [en] Horperath

[ru] Хорперат

Хорперат (нем. Horperath) — коммуна в Германии, в земле Рейнланд-Пфальц.



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