Altrich

Altrich lies some 4 km south of the district seat, Wittlich. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is in Wittlich, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.

History

The parish church is consecrated to Saint Andrew. In 952, Altrich had its first documentary mention – even earlier than the neighbouring town of Wittlich. The first mention in writing came as early as 636 in which it was named as Alta Regia.^[2]

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 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]

	SPD	CDU	FWG	Total
2009	2	5	9	16 seats
2004	5	5	6	16 seats

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: Schild Rot und Weiß gespalten, vorne ein weißes Andreaskreuz, hinten 2 (2:1) rote Kugeln.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale gules a saltire couped argent, and argent three roundels of the first.

The saltire (X-shaped cross) on the dexter (armsbearer’s right, viewer’s left) side stands for Saint Andrew, the local church’s patron saint who was depicted in the old court seal from 1764. The three roundels on the sinister (armsbearer’s left, viewer’s right) side refer to a knightly family that named itself after Altrich and whose existence in the 14th century is witnessed. The tinctures gules and argent (red and silver) are a reference to the village’s former allegiance to the Electorate of Trier

Altrich was granted the right to bear its own arms in 1971.

Culture and sightseeing

Remains of a Roman wall near the Neuenhof (outside Altrich towards Klausen)
The “Cusanus Columns” from the former parish church, now in the parish garden at Andreasstraße 31
The “Fat Oak” (dicke Eiche) – a roughly 300-year-old natural monument in the village’s southwest (on the Schneidkaul road extension)

Economy and infrastructure

The municipality has a kindergarten, a single-stream primary school and a multipurpose area with a gymnasium.

Pictures

Saint Andrew’s Parish Church
Saint Andrew’s Parish Church
Saint Andrew’s Parish Church
Cusanus Columns
Alte Eiche (“Fat Oak”)
Alte Eiche (“Fat Oak”)
Lands around Altrich
Lands around Altrich

References

↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
↑ Stellungnahme des Landeshauptarchivs Koblenz
↑ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat

External links

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Towns and municipalities in Bernkastel-Wittlich

Altrich Arenrath Bausendorf Bengel Berglicht Bergweiler Bernkastel-Kues Bettenfeld Binsfeld Brauneberg Breit Bruch Büdlich Burg Burgen Burtscheid Deuselbach Dhronecken Diefenbach Dierfeld Dierscheid Dodenburg Dreis Eckfeld Eisenschmitt Enkirch Erden Esch Etgert Flußbach Gielert Gipperath Gladbach Gornhausen Graach an der Mosel Gräfendhron Greimerath Großlittgen Hasborn Heckenmünster Heidenburg Heidweiler Hetzerath Hilscheid Hochscheid Hontheim Horath Hupperath Immert Irmenach Karl Kesten Kinderbeuern Kinheim Klausen Kleinich Kommen Kröv Landscheid Laufeld Lieser Longkamp Lösnich Lötzbeuren Lückenburg Malborn Manderscheid Maring-Noviand Meerfeld Merschbach Minderlittgen Minheim Monzelfeld Morbach Mülheim Musweiler Neumagen-Dhron Neunkirchen Niederöfflingen Niederscheidweiler Niersbach Oberöfflingen Oberscheidweiler Osann-Monzel Pantenburg Piesport Platten Plein Reil Rivenich Rorodt Salmtal Schladt Schönberg Schwarzenborn Sehlem Starkenburg Talling Thalfang Traben-Trarbach Ürzig Veldenz Wallscheid Willwerscheid Wintrich Wittlich Zeltingen-Rachtig

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