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Walsdorf 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 Gerolstein, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Walsdorf
Municipality
Location of Walsdorf within Vulkaneifel district
Walsdorf
Walsdorf
Coordinates: 50°16′47.35″N 6°42′29.54″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictVulkaneifel
Municipal assoc.Gerolstein
Government
  Mayor (201924) Horst Well[1]
Area
  Total10.83 km2 (4.18 sq mi)
Elevation
490 m (1,610 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total891
  Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
54578
Dialling codes06593
Vehicle registrationDAU
Websitewww.walsdorf-vulkaneifel.de

Geography



Location


The municipality lies roughly 3 km southeast of Hillesheim 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.


Constituent communities


The neighbouring community of Zilsdorf was amalgamated with Walsdorf on 17 March 1974.


History


In 806, Villa Wallemaresdorp had its first documentary mention in a document dealing with a donation to Prüm Abbey; however, it is not universally agreed that this is a reference to Walsdorf. It is certain, though, that there were landholdings on the Arensberg (mountain) in 1023. In 1353, a Centerei Walsdorf (“tithing centre of Walsdorf”).[3] On 17 March 1974, the formerly self-administering municipality of Zilsdorf was amalgamated with Walsdorf.


Politics



Municipal council


The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[4]

 SchäferMeyersMüllerSlupekTotal
2009542112 seats

Mayor


Walsdorf's mayor is Horst Well; the representative from the outlying centre of Zilsdorf is Helmut Hohn.[1]


Coat of arms


The German blazon reads: In silbernem Schild ein schräglinker, roter Balken, belegt mit 3 goldenen Mispelblüten mit blauen Butzen, oben begleitet von einem roten Ring, unten von einer roten Lilie.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Argent a bend sinister gules charged with three cinquefoils Or pierced azure, the whole between an annulet and a fleur-de-lis, both of the second.

Both Walsdorf and the formerly separate centre of Zilsdorf lay under the Imperially immediate ownership of the Dukes of Arenberg in the Middle Ages. They bore three cinquefoils (this device is so-called in English heraldry,[5] but the German blazon describes them as Mispelblüten, German for common medlar blossoms) in the same tinctures in which they appear in Walsdorf's arms (and the field in their arms was of the same tincture as the bend sinister in Walsdorf's arms). These cinquefoils now appear as a charge in the municipal arms to recall this era in the municipality's history. The annulet is Saint Arnulf's attribute and the lily Saint Anthony's, thus representing the municipality's two patron saints, the former being Walsdorf's and the latter Zilsdorf's. In each case, the saint is both the village's and the church's patron.[6]


Culture and sightseeing



Buildings



Zilsdorf


Natural monuments


Worthy of note are the Walsdorfer Trockenmaar, a dried-up maar, the lava quarry in the south of Walsdorf and the volcanic crater Arensberg (also called Arnulphusberg) in the north.

Walsdorf from the south (2006)

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. Lorenz van Nerven in Die Geschichte von Walsdorf-Zilsdorf zitiert nach "Geschichte". Archived from the original on 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2010-08-06..
  4. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  5. Parker on cinquefoils
  6. Description and explanation of Walsdorf’s arms
  7. Directory of Cultural Monuments in Vulkaneifel district



На других языках


[de] Walsdorf (Eifel)

Walsdorf ist eine Ortsgemeinde im Landkreis Vulkaneifel in Rheinland-Pfalz. Sie gehört der Verbandsgemeinde Gerolstein an.
- [en] Walsdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate

[ru] Вальсдорф (Айфель)

Вальсдорф (нем. Walsdorf) — коммуна в Германии, в земле Рейнланд-Пфальц.



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