Eschfeld
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Eschfeld | |
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_COA.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Eschfeld within Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm district  | |
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| Coordinates: 50°06′45″N 6°12′01″E / 50.11250°N 6.20028°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm |
| Municipal assoc. | Arzfeld |
| First mentioned | 1330 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–24) | Stephan Heck[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.78 km2 (1.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 201 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 54619 |
| Dialling codes | 06559 |
| Vehicle registration | BIT |
| Website | www.eschfeld.de |
Eschfeld is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Eschfeld is located in the South Eifel Nature Park. The community includes parts of the Banzenhof residential area and the hamlet of Wässerchen. Both towns also belong to the neighboring municipality of Reiff.
History
Eschfeld's beginnings as a Celtic settlement date back to around 400 BC. BC, which is concluded by finds of bone remains and vessel shards from 1948. There is also a group of tumulus and a cremation burial ground in the Eschfeld area from the Hunsrück-Eifel culture period and the Roman period. Both are now viewed as a connected necropolis.
The first documented mention dates back to 1330, when Eschfeld belonged to the Archdiocese of Trier. Until the end of the 18th century, Eschfeld was the capital of one of the three dairy farms (administrative and judicial districts) that belonged to the Dasburg rule in the Luxembourg county of Vianden. 13 towns belonged to the Eschfeld dairy.[3]
Information on the size of Eschfeld's population was given in 1611, when ten "Feuerstätten" (dwellings) were recorded in the village. The decline in population caused by the plague that broke out in Eschfeld in 1656 was not recovered until around 100 years later. Like large parts of the Rhineland, Eschfeld was occupied by the French in 1794 and was given its own mayor's office (Mairie). During the bobbin war against the occupying forces, four Eschfeld citizens were executed in Luxembourg. During the French administration, Eschfeld belonged to the French diocese of Metz from 1802. As a result of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Eschfeld also became part of Prussia and belonged to the diocese of Trier again from 1818.
From 1904 Eschfeld was part of the Leidenborn mayor's office, from 1936 it belonged to the Daleiden-Leidenborn office and since 1970 to the Arzfeld municipality.
A loan association was founded in 1884, a rural training school was established in 1887 and a fruit-growing association was founded in 1889. Eschfeld has been connected to the electricity grid since 1928. The Second World War left a great deal of damage in Eschfeld, around 60% of the village was destroyed. On 22 February 1945, the town was occupied by American troops.
In 1969, a school was built in Eschfeld, which existed until the 1980s. The building was converted into a village community centre in 1993.
Population development
The development of the population of Eschfeld, the values from 1871 to 1987, are based on censuses:
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