Utscheid

Utscheid is located in the Southern Eifel Nature Park. The Michelbach flowing through the town flows into the Radenbach at Niederraden.

In addition to the main town include the districts Buscht, Glashütte, Hamerskaul, Neuhaus and Rußdorf to the community.^[3]

Neighboring municipalities are Fischbach-Oberraden, Weidingen, Hütterscheid, Baustert, Brimingen and Niederraden.

The municipal council in Utscheid consists of eight council members, who were elected in a majority vote at the local election on 25 May 2014, and the honorary mayor as chairman. By 2009, the council had twelve council members.

• The church of St. Peter from 1746, with partly from the Middle Ages preserved tower, has an extensive Baroque equipment
• Catholic rectory of 1767
• The 16 m high circular water tower from 1956 - and rebuilt in 1993 by Oswald Mathias Ungers49°59′22″N 6°21′32″E / 49.989312°N 6.358770°E / 49.989312; 6.358770 (Wasserturm in Utscheid-Buscht) ^[4][5][6]
• Large farmhouse of 1800
• Crossroads (Tines-Kreuz) of 1756 49°59′33″N 6°21′27″E / 49.992492°N 6.357510°E / 49.992492; 6.357510 (Tineskreuz – Wegekreuz Utscheid)
• Residential and holiday home Villa Glashütte with pitched roof, built in the years 1986-88 by Oswald Mathias Ungers, on the edge of the municipality boundary, south of the villages Buscht and Russdorf, in a forest valley on Läschbach on the site of the former glassworks.49°59′04″N 6°21′43″E / 49.984456°N 6.362017°E / 49.984456; 6.362017 (Villa von O.M. Ungers in Utscheid) ^[7][8]
• Municipal House - a conversion of the residential and warehouse of the former national product trade Weber by Oswald Mathias Ungers ^[9]

• Nature reserve "Tongrube bei Utscheid"49°58′40″N 6°21′16″E / 49.977881°N 6.354537°E / 49.977881; 6.354537 (Naturschutzgebiet „Tongrube Utscheid“) ^[10]
• Hiking routes for example Michelbachtal, Glashütte or Fischbach^[11]
• Premium hiking trails of the Southern Eifel Nature Park^[12]
• Gliding area Utscheid

• The annual church community festival is celebrated on Sunday after June 29 (Peter & Paul).
• Traditional ratchets or rattles on Good Friday and Holy Saturday
• Hut burning on the first weekend after Ash Wednesday (so-called Scheef Sunday)^[13][14]

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  Utscheid, Aerial View (2017)
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  Water tower Buscht
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  Impressive farmhouse
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  Crossroads of 1756, Bitburger Straße
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  Glashütte Utscheid
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  Panoramic view Utscheid (Eifel)
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  Stone from the time of the cultural struggle around 1872.
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  Fountain Utscheid-Buscht (Eifel)