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Location of Minderlittgen within Bernkastel-Wittlich district | |
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Coordinates: 50°00′35″N 6°50′24″E / 50.00972°N 6.84000°E / 50.00972; 6.84000Coordinates: 50°00′35″N 6°50′24″E / 50.00972°N 6.84000°E / 50.00972; 6.84000 | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Bernkastel-Wittlich |
Municipal assoc. | Wittlich-Land |
Government | |
• Mayor | Axel Hecking |
Area [1] | |
• Total | 8.18 km2 (3.16 sq mi) |
Elevation | 348 m (1,142 ft) |
Population (2017-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 712 |
• Density | 87/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 54518 |
Dialling codes | 06571 |
Vehicle registration | WIL |
Website | www.minderlittgen.de |
Minderlittgen (in Eifel dialect: Mannerleehtchen) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Contents
1 Geography
1.1 Location
2 History
3 Politics
3.1 Municipal council
3.2 Coat of arms
4 Culture and sightseeing
4.1 Clubs
4.2 Regular events
5 References
6 External links
Geography
Location
The municipality lies in the Eifel and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is in Wittlich, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.
History
In 912, Minderlittgen had its first documentary mention as Lutiaco from King Karl III. The placename’s base form is Lutiacum. Over the ages, it has had many names:
- 912 Lutiaco
- 1152 Minoris Lideche
- 1330 Minre-Lyethge
- 1503 Minnerlietge
- 1569 Minderlietigh
- 1728 Minderlötig
Until 1147, St. Maximin’s Abbey was the landholder in Minderlittgen. Thereafter the village was held by the Electorate of Trier. Beginning in 1794, Minderlittgen lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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:[3]
CDU | WG Bauer | WG Nober | WG Hecking | Gesamt | |
2009 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 seats |
Coat of arms
The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a cross gules surmounted by a fleur-de-lis of the field and argent two pallets gules and a canton azure.
Culture and sightseeing
Clubs
The municipality of Minderlittgen currently has a volunteer fire brigade, a music club, a men’s singing club (together with Hupperath), a sport club (Spielvereinigung Minderlittgen-Hupperath e. V.), a tennis club, a church choir, a Möhnen club (association of women who participate in the festivities on Fat Thursday, or Weiberfastnacht) and a church building club at its disposal.
Regular events
Kappensitzung: a Carnival event staged by the music and sport clubs.
Möhnensitzung: a Carnival event staged by the Möhnen club.- Carnival parade on Shrove Tuesday
Sportfest, staged by the sport club (in Hupperath)
Kermis with music club’s concert evening
References
^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)". DESTATIS. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.
^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
External links
Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
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