Kalenborn-Scheuern
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Kalenborn-Scheuern 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
, whose seat is in the like-named town
.
, a part of the Eifel
known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth.
’s directory of holdings, the Prümer Urbar, as de Caldebrunna
The municipality of Kalenborn was newly founded from the dissolved municipalities of Kalenborn and Scheuern on 7 June 1969. On 1 December of that same year, the name was changed to Kalenborn-Scheuern.
at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
The municipality’s arms
might in English heraldic
language be described thus: Per fess gules three ears of wheat, the dexter bendwise, the middle palewise and the sinister bendwise sinister Or, and argent a well with a roof and pail azure.
The three ears of wheat are, in a roundabout way, canting
for the name “Scheuern”. Scheuern was, along with other neighbouring places, subject to tithing by Prüm Abbey
, and indeed, the Abbey’s tithe barn stood in Scheuern, which drew its name from the building: Scheuer is Eifel dialect for what in High German
is called a Scheune – a barn. Moreover, the ears of wheat also stand for the double municipality’s centuries-long root source of income, agriculture
, and its rural structure. The charge
below the line of partition is likewise canting. It stands for the name “Kalenborn”, which is held to have come from words meaning “cold well” or “cool spring” (the old form, Caldebrunna, is closer to the Modern High German words for this: kalter Brunnen). The blue well is meant to represent this graphically.
, as well as with Hillesheim
. The nearest railway station is Oberbettingen
-Hillesheim on the Eifelbahn (Cologne
–Euskirchen
–Gerolstein
–Trier
) some 5 km to the northeast.
Bundesstraße
410 (Prüm
–Mayen
) lies some 6 km to the south, and Bundesstraße 421 (Stadtkyll
–Daun
) at the same distance to the northeast. The nearest Autobahn interchange
is Prüm on the A 60 some 20 km to the southwest.
Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...
belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district
Districts of Germany
The districts of Germany are known as , except in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein where they are known simply as ....
in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, Germany
Germany
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. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Gerolstein
Gerolstein (Verbandsgemeinde)
Gerolstein is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district Vulkaneifel, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Gerolstein....
, whose seat is in the like-named town
Gerolstein
Gerolstein is a town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde. Gerolstein is headquarters to a large mineral water firm, Gerolsteiner Brunnen...
.
Location
The municipality lies in the VulkaneifelVulkan Eifel
The Vulkan Eifel is a region in the Eifel Mountains in Germany, that is defined to a large extent by its volcanic geological history. Characteristic of the Vulkan Eifel are its typical explosion crater lakes or maars, and numerous other signs of volcanic activity such as volcanic tuffs, lava...
, a part of the Eifel
Eifel
The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium....
known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth.
Constituent communities
Kalenborn-Scheuern’s Ortsteile are, as its name implies, Kalenborn and Scheuern.History
In 893, Kalenborn had its first documentary mention in Prüm AbbeyPrüm Abbey
Prüm Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Prüm/Lorraine, now in the diocese of Trier , founded by a Frankish widow Bertrada, and her son Charibert, count of Laon, on 23 June 720. The first abbot was Angloardus....
’s directory of holdings, the Prümer Urbar, as de Caldebrunna
The municipality of Kalenborn was newly founded from the dissolved municipalities of Kalenborn and Scheuern on 7 June 1969. On 1 December of that same year, the name was changed to Kalenborn-Scheuern.
Municipal council
The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by majority votePlurality voting system
The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...
at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Mayor
Kalenborn-Scheuern’s mayor is Lothar Streicher, and his deputies are Matthias Kuhl and Gottfried Perings.Coat of arms
The German blazon reads: Von Rot über Silber geteilt; oben drei goldene fächerförmige Weizenähren, unten ein blauer Ziehbrunnen.The municipality’s arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
might in English heraldic
Heraldry
Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"...
language be described thus: Per fess gules three ears of wheat, the dexter bendwise, the middle palewise and the sinister bendwise sinister Or, and argent a well with a roof and pail azure.
The three ears of wheat are, in a roundabout way, canting
Canting arms
Canting arms are heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name in a visual pun or rebus. The term cant came into the English language from Anglo-Norman cant, meaning song or singing, from Latin cantāre, and English cognates include canticle, chant, accent, incantation and recant.Canting arms –...
for the name “Scheuern”. Scheuern was, along with other neighbouring places, subject to tithing by Prüm Abbey
Prüm Abbey
Prüm Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Prüm/Lorraine, now in the diocese of Trier , founded by a Frankish widow Bertrada, and her son Charibert, count of Laon, on 23 June 720. The first abbot was Angloardus....
, and indeed, the Abbey’s tithe barn stood in Scheuern, which drew its name from the building: Scheuer is Eifel dialect for what in High German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
is called a Scheune – a barn. Moreover, the ears of wheat also stand for the double municipality’s centuries-long root source of income, agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, and its rural structure. The charge
Charge (heraldry)
In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon . This may be a geometric design or a symbolic representation of a person, animal, plant, object or other device...
below the line of partition is likewise canting. It stands for the name “Kalenborn”, which is held to have come from words meaning “cold well” or “cool spring” (the old form, Caldebrunna, is closer to the Modern High German words for this: kalter Brunnen). The blue well is meant to represent this graphically.
Kalenborn
- Saint Ignatius’sIgnatius of LoyolaIgnatius of Loyola was a Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus and was its first Superior General. Ignatius emerged as a religious leader during the Counter-Reformation...
and Saint Wendelin’s Catholic Chapel (branch chapel; Filialkapelle St. Ignatius und St. Wendelin), small aisleless churchAisleless churchAn Aisleless church is a single-nave church building that consists of a single hall-like room. While similar to the hall church, the aisleless church lacks aisles or passageways either side of the nave separated from the nave by colonnades or arcades, a row of pillars or columns...
from 1552 and 1642. - Hauptstraße, graveyard, warriors’ memorial 1914-1918, possibly expanded after the Second World War.
Scheuern
- Saint Lawrence’s and Saint Matthew’s Catholic Church (branch church; Filialkirche St. Laurentius und St. Matthias), Hauptstraße, small Gothicized aisleless church, 1629.
- Hillesheimer Straße 13 – stately BaroqueBaroque architectureBaroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...
house, late 18th/early 19th century, oven porch. - Wayside chapel, north of Scheuern, aisleless, 18th/19th century, Gothic RevivalGothic Revival architectureThe Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
altar, red sandstoneSandstoneSandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
shaft cross from 1695.
Transport
Kalenborn-Scheuern lies in the Verkehrsverbund Region Trier (VRT), whose fares therefore apply. The municipality is served on weekdays by bus route 522 of the Rhein-Mosel-Verkehrsgesellschaft linking the double village with the nearest town, GerolsteinGerolstein
Gerolstein is a town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde. Gerolstein is headquarters to a large mineral water firm, Gerolsteiner Brunnen...
, as well as with Hillesheim
Hillesheim
Hillesheim is the third largest town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde, to which it also belongs.- Location :...
. The nearest railway station is Oberbettingen
Oberbettingen
Oberbettingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
-Hillesheim on the Eifelbahn (Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
–Euskirchen
Euskirchen
Euskirchen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the district Euskirchen. While Euskirchen resembles a modern shopping town, it also has a history dating back over 700 years, having been granted town-status in 1302....
–Gerolstein
Gerolstein
Gerolstein is a town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde. Gerolstein is headquarters to a large mineral water firm, Gerolsteiner Brunnen...
–Trier
Trier
Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....
) some 5 km to the northeast.
Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
410 (Prüm
Prüm
Prüm is a town in the Westeifel , Germany. Formerly a district capital, today it is the administrative seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Prüm.-Geography:...
–Mayen
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, there are five further settlements which are part of Mayen, they are: Alzheim, Kürrenberg, Hausen-Betzing, Hausen and Nitztal...
) lies some 6 km to the south, and Bundesstraße 421 (Stadtkyll
Stadtkyll
Stadtkyll 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 Obere Kyll, whose seat is in the municipality of Jünkerath...
–Daun
Daun, Germany
Daun is a town in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the district seat and also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun.- Location :...
) at the same distance to the northeast. The nearest Autobahn interchange
Interchange (road)
In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...
is Prüm on the A 60 some 20 km to the southwest.