Schüller is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a

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belonging to a ''

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'', a kind of collective municipality – in the

Vulkaneifel Vulkaneifel () is a district (''Kreis'') in the northwest of the state Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the least densely populated district in the state and the fourth most sparsely populated district in Germany. The administrative centre of ...

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Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) 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 sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

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. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Gerolstein, whose seat is in the municipality of

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Geography

The municipality lies in the

, a part of the

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known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth.

History

The village’s beginnings apparently lie in a

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post named ''Scolinaria'' on a road leading from

Steffeln Steffeln 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 Gerolstein, whos ...

by way of Glaadt to

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. It may well have been a forward post of the Roman

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of ''Icorigium'' (now

Jünkerath Jünkerath () is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was th seat of the former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of ...

). On 19 September 855, Schüller had its first documentary mention as ''Sconilare''. It was the last document issued by

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Emperor

Lothair I Lothair I (9th. C. Frankish: ''Ludher'' and Medieval Latin: ''Lodharius''; Dutch and Medieval Latin: ''Lotharius''; German: ''Lothar''; French: ''Lothaire''; Italian: ''Lotario''; 795 – 29 September 855) was a 9th-century emperor of the ...

, coming mere days before his death, and it dealt with the partition of his empire among his three sons. Until the 14th century, there is hardly any mention of Schüller. In 1586, Schüller was supposedly held as a fief by the Lord of Schönberg and Hartelstein. Hugo Augustin von Schönberg pledged the village in 1609 to Count Arnold of Manderscheid-Blankenheim. In 1727, Schüller was under the Lordship of Kronenburg. Following the 1795

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after the

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, Schüller passed to the French Department of

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, but not long afterwards, in 1815, as a result of the

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, it passed to

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. Today, Schüller is a small, typical

village; there is hardly any commercial activity and only the odd full-time farmer. Several artists, however, have come to live in the village, among others, Georg Meistermann.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by

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at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Mayor

Schüller’s mayor is Guido Heinzen.

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: ''Schild, neunfach von Silber und Blau geteilt, in der Mitte ein silberner Pfahl, darin ein aufgerichtetes, blaues Schwert mit goldenem Griff.'' The municipality’s

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might in English

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language be described thus: Barry of ten argent and azure, a pale of the first upon which a sword of the second hilted Or, the point to chief. Interesting here is that German heraldic terminology calls the field pattern ''neunfach … geteilt'' (“''nine''fold divided”) and English heraldic terminology calls it “barry of ''ten''”.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

* Saint Paul’s

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Parish Church (''Pfarrkirche St. Paul''), Kirchstraße 8 –

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, 1910, architect: F. Statz, Cologne. * Near Kirchstraße 2 – wayside cross, post-Baroque

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from 18(?; last two digits unclear).Directory of Cultural Monuments in Vulkaneifel district
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References

External links

Municipality’s official webpage
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