Acht () is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

, western

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. It is situated on the eastern edge of the

Eifel The Eifel (; lb, Äifel, ) is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of ...

. Acht is part of

Verbandsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhineland- ...

of ''Vordereifel,'' whose head office is located in

Mayen Mayen is a town in the Mayen-Koblenz District of the Rhineland-Palatinate Federal State of Germany, in the eastern part of the Volcanic Eifel Region. As well as the main town, additional settlements include Alzheim, Kürrenberg, Hausen-Betzing, ...

Geography

Acht is located in the Achterbach valley the

mountain range and is part of the landscape protection area "Rhei-Ahr-Eifel".

History

The earliest known written records of the municipality are from 1110 CE. On 10 June 2003 a category F3 tornado swept through the area, leading to the injuries of two individuals. Multiple buildings were also so badly damaged during the incident that they had to be completely demolished.

Religion

88% of the inhabitants identify as catholic, 4% Protestant. Catholics belong to the parish of St. Quirinus with its residence being located in the neighbouring community of Langenfeld (Eifel), Diocese of Trier. The few Protestants are part of the Protestant congregation of

Adenau Adenau () is a town in the High Eifel in Germany. It is known as the ''Johanniterstadt'' because the Order of Saint John was based there in the Middle Ages. The town's coat of arms combines the black cross of the Electorate of Cologne with the l ...

and attend the Erlöserkirche situated there.

Politics

Municipal Council

The

Gemeinderat A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

consists of six councillors voted in following the local elections on 26 May 2019 via a

majority voting Majority rule is a principle that means the decision-making power belongs to the group that has the most members. In politics, majority rule requires the deciding vote to have majority, that is, more than half the votes. It is the binary deci ...

system. The honorary local mayor was also chosen to be chairman.

Mayor

Helmut Thelen was elected as the local mayor of Acht on 25 July 2019. In the

direct election Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are cho ...

s on the 26 May 2019 he achieved 70.49% of the vote and was elected for a five-year term. His predecessors were Werner Hilger and Nanny Vellguth.

Coat of arms

Original Blazon: ''„Unter goldenem Schildhaupt, darin ein blauer Wellenbalken, in Rot zwei goldene Hirschstangen, ein goldenes Kreuz einschließend.“'' Wappen der Ortsgemeinde Acht

English Translation: ''"Beneath a golden shield-head, in it a blue waved bar, in red two golden stag antlers, enclosing a golden cross."'' The stag antlers are a reference to the former patron of the local chapel, St. Hubertus. The authority has used the crest since 1996.

Attractions

Located centrally is the Catholic Chapel of St. Hubertus, a hall-type construction built in 1826. The wayside cross has earlier origins, in 1631. There are two other wayside crosses: one from 1724 located in Hasenbaum, on the corner of Kirchenweg, and another from 1597 located to the north-east by the K 11 road.

Literature

* ''Heimatbuch der Gemeinde Acht.'' Acht 2002 *
Nachrichtliches Verzeichnis der Kulturdenkmäler Kreis Mayen-Koblen
' (PDF; 5.8 MB). Mainz 2017

References

External links

Homepage of the Ortsgemeinde Acht

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