Landscheid

Landscheid (in the Eifel dialect: ''Lähscheld'') is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – which is a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Eifel region. The municipal area is 56% wooded and 31% of it is under cultivation. Landscheid belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is in Wittlich, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''.

Constituent communities

Landscheid’s ''Ortsteile'' (villages) are Burg an der Salm, Landscheid and Niederkail. Also belonging to Landscheid are the homesteads of Hau, Raskop, Mulbach and the Altenhof.

Neighbouring municipalities

Landscheid borders on Großlittgen, Hupperath, Bergweiler, Bruch, Arenrath, Binsfeld, Spangdahlem, Gransdorf and Schwarzenborn.

History

The first traces of settlers come from the first centuries of the Christian Era. The ''Burscheider Mauer'' is a Celtic ringwall that was used as a refuge castle.

In 1157, Landscheid had its first documentary mention as ''Langescheit''. Today’s outlying centre of Burg was first mentioned in a written document in 1184, as was Niederkail in 1211. The landlord was Himmerod Abbey, and the overlord was the Archbishopric of Trier rule. In 1815, it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

With effect from 1 December 1975, the three municipalities of Burg (Salm) with 390 inhabitants, Landscheid (1135 inhabitants) and Niederkail (627 inhabitants), which until this time had been self-administering, were dissolved and the municipality of Landscheid was reconstituted through a merger of the three former municipalities.

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:

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: ''Schild gespalten, vorne in Gold ein blauer Krummstab, hinten in Rot ein sechs-speichiges goldenes Rad''.

The municipality’s arms might be described in English heraldic language thus: A parted shield; a blue crozier in front of gold, a six-spoked golden wheel in front of red.

The blue crozier symbolises Abbess Gertrude of Nivelles, who is the church’s patron. The six-spoked golden wheel was taken from the arms formerly borne by the once self-administering municipality of Niederkail. It symbolises both itinerant trade and agriculture.

Landscheid was granted the right to bear its own arms on 5 December 1980 by the ''Regierungsbezirk'' government in Trier.

Culture and sightseeing

Regular events

In the main centre of Landscheid, in the tradition of the old itinerant trade, a spring market and a Christmas market are held.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The Autobahn A 60 runs through the municipality with an interchange right in Landscheid. ''Bundesstraße'' 50 links Landscheid with the regional centres of Wittlich and Bitburg.

Landscheid is connected to local public transport by RegioLinie 400 (Bitburg-Wittlich).

Established businesses

* Metalware dealer 'suki.international' GmbH, which has roughly half of the market share in Germany in blister-packed small hardware items
* Börner GmbH, a maker of household products with about 70 employees
* Forst-Service Raskop GmbH& Co. KG,raskop/
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Education

There is one kindergarten with all-day childcare and one primary school in Landscheid. Secondary schools are to be found in Wittlich and Bitburg.

References

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