Rascheid is a municipality in the
Trier-Saarburg district 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 ...
,
Germany
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. It belongs to the
Verbandsgemeinde Hermeskeil Hermeskeil is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Trier-Saarburg, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Hermeskeil.
The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Hermeskeil consists of the following ...
and is an officially recognized tourist resort.
Geography
The domiciles Bahnhof Rascheid and Rauschmühle also belong to Rascheid.
History
According to a document dated 980, the village and church belonged to the
St. Paulin Abbey in
Trier
Trier ( , ; lb, Tréier ), formerly known in English as Trèves ( ;) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the ...
. In the Middle Ages, the town and church belonged to the Neumagen regime, in the fifteenth century to the villagers of Hunolstein, and later to the counts of
Sayn-Wittgenstein
Sayn-Wittgenstein was a county of medieval Germany, located in the Sauerland of eastern North Rhine-Westphalia.
History
Sayn-Wittgenstein was created when Count Salentin of Sayn-Homburg, a member of the House of Sponheim, married the heiress Cou ...
.
;Population Development Statistics
Development of the population of Rascheid, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
Politics
Town Council
The town council in Rascheid consists of eight councilors, who were elected by a majority vote in the municipal elections on 25 May 2014, as well as the village's mayor as chairman. Up to 2014 the municipal council consisted of twelve council members.
Clubs
*FCK-Fanclub Zapp-Za-Rapp (Soccer Fanclub
FCK)
*Förderverein "Rascheider Ringweg" (friends' association "Rascheider Ringweg")
*Förderverein Fw. Feuerwehr (friends' association voluntary fire brigade)
*Gesangverein Rascheid e.V. 1931 (Choir)
*Jugendclub (Youth Club)
*Karnevalverein Rascheid (Carnival Club)
*Katholische Frauengemeinschaft (catholic female community)
*KEB Rascheid (catholic adult education)
*Musikverein Rascheid 1928 e. V. (Orchestra)
*Sportverein Rascheid 1947 e.V. (Sports Club)
References
Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
Trier-Saarburg
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