Horperath
Horperath | |
|---|---|
Location of Horperath within Vulkaneifel district  | |
  Horperath  Horperath | |
| Coordinates: 50°14′46″N 6°57′23″E / 50.24611°N 6.95639°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Vulkaneifel |
| Municipal assoc. | Kelberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Heinz-Peter Reuter[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.40 km2 (0.93 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 124 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56766 |
| Dialling codes | 02692 |
| Vehicle registration | DAU |
| Website | horperath |
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.
Geography
[edit]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
[edit]Municipal council
[edit]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
[edit]Horperath's mayor is Heinz-Peter Reuter.[1]
Coat of arms
[edit]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
[edit]Buildings:
- Saint Nicholas's Catholic Church (branch church; Filialkirche St. Nikolaus), small aisleless church, timber-frame barrel vault, from 1747.
- Im Ollen 6 – solid house, timber-frame gables, from 1836, but possibly essentially older.
- Zum Lindental 2 – long Quereinhaus (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street), from 1869.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Fabricius, S. 72, 257
- ^ KD Kreis Mayen 1, S 239
- ^ Pfleiderer, Attribute der Heiligen, Ulm 1898, S. 237
- ^ de Lorenzi II, S. 136)
- ^ Description and explanation of Horperath’s arms
- ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Vulkaneifel district
External links
[edit]- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
- Horperath in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)
