Wallenborn
Encyclopedia
Wallenborn 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 Daun
, whose seat is in the like-named town
. The municipality is a state-recognized tourism community (Fremdenverkehrsgemeinde).
, 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. Indeed, Wallenborn is named after one of the region’s phenomena, found right in the village (see Natural monuments below).
Wallenborn lies roughly 10 km (6 mi) as the crow flies
or 12 km (7 mi) by road southwest of Daun
on Bundesstraße
257.
for a recently donated piece of land near Niederstadtfeld
and Wallenborn (Walleburne), on the road between Hundswinkel and Salm
. An ecclesiastical complex was first on hand in the village in 1354. Ten years later, Henne von Winneburg (Winneburg being a knightly family) held an estate at Wallenborn as a Casselburg castle
fief. In 1491, Gerlach von Winneburg was enfeoffed with several Blankenheim holdings, among them the estate at Wallenborn. In 1515, the Von Zandt family had 14 subjects in the village, and the Kerpen family 3. In 1526, Johann von Winneburg was enfeoffed with the estate at Wallenborn. Only seven years later, Philipp Haust von Ulmen was granted the same fief by Count Gerhard von Blankenheim-Manderscheid. In 1559, Count Hans-Gerhard enfeoffed Hugo Zandt Voit in Hamm
(Voit = Vogt
) with, among other things, an estate in Wallenborn. In 1593, Johann Zandt was enfeoffed with the Wallenborn estate. In 1611 he was enfeoffed with it yet again by Count Karl. In 1614, Karl von Manderscheid-Gerolstein was Lord of Wallenborn. In 1664, Karl Ludwig von Zandt was enfeoffed with the Wallenborn estate, as were his descendants in 1711, 1732 and 1783. In 1680 and 1681, a lordly agreement was recorded at Wallenborn that still exists today. In 1681, Wallenborn belonged to the House of Arenberg. Of all fines, Zandt received two thirds, while the other third went to Kerpen, until 1794. In 1687, the villagers requested church services at their chapel
.
On 6 February 1705 there was a great fire in the village. The church books were all burnt. Whether the chapel consecrated to Saint Sebastian remained unscathed is unknown. In 1713, however, the rectory and the chapel were both said to be in good condition.
Beginning in 1715, and lasting until about 1805, there was a chaplaincy in Wallenborn. The chaplain, or vicar, performed baptism
s, wedding
s and funeral
s just like a parish priest and he kept the church books, just as a priest would in a full-fledged parish. It is also known that by 1715, Wallenborn had its own graveyard at the chapel, but probably had had it by then for as long as anyone could remember. In 1894, it was expanded.
In 1719, the vicar began school instruction. In 1720, Wilhelm Dietrich, Baron of Ahr, was Lord of Wallenborn. In 1777, the vicar received for his services, including as teacher, 24 Thaler
and fruit delivery from the municipality. In 1778, Wallenborn belonged to the Duchy of Arenberg
, whose head, Duke Ludwig Engelbert, was later blinded as the result of a shooting accident. Wallenborn was then administered by Baron von Zandt zu Merl.
In 1786, the von Zandt subjects at Wallenborn complained to the Kerpen financial office about financial penalties. In 1794, Wallenborn was in the Electoral-Trier Amt of Manderscheid and belonged to the Duke of Arenberg and the Baron of Zandt jointly.
In 1802, during the time of French
rule, Wallenborn, which had been in the parish of Sarresdorf in the Diocese of Cologne, was grouped into the parish of Salm, as were Michelbach, Büscheich and Niedereich
. In 1812, a Heiligenhäuschen (a small, shrinelike structure consecrated to a saint or saints) was built with a stone relief of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
. In 1814 a new chapel was built.
In 1819, a municipal assessment yielded the facts that Wallenborn had 1,114 head of cattle and 42 residents with entitlement. From 1825 to 1827, Wallenborn dwellers saw their money going to the Bishop in Trier
. In 1825, a petition, with every villager’s signature, was presented bearing the wish von Salm loszukommen (“to come loose from Salm”, that is, to separate from the parish). In 1826, the local landowners tried, unsuccessfully, to claim the municipal woodlands as their own.
In 1830, Jakob Kraemer from Gromes was the schoolteacher. He earned 80 Thaler and was said to be adequately competent. In 1848, there was another great fire in the village.
An 1854 edition of Eiflia Illustrata listed 8 spring
s in Wallenborn, known as Brubbeldreis; they are sulphur-bearing and deadly to insects.
By 1864, Wallenborn had a new rectory. A collection undertaken with Bishop Wilhelm’s approval for this purpose yielded 750 Thaler. “With 8 rooms it is not a modern house, but it has comfortable spaces.” In 1868, families in Wallenborn were given money from a donation from a fire insurance institution to grow seed grain and seed potato. In 1869 Clemens Ringer from Montabauer was the schoolteacher. He earned 135 Thaler and the Pastor was said to be satisfied with him.
On 21 June 1873, Franz Bender, a 26-year-old farmworker, emigrated to Ohio
to live with relatives who were already there. By 1876, however, it would seem that he had come back, for he was by now the Ortsvorsteher, the village’s head, and Ringer was still the schoolteacher.
In 1880 came misfortune. A persistent scarlet fever
and diphtheria
epidemic
struck Wallenborn. That same year, 17-year-old Matthias Pflüger was denied leave to travel away from the village on the grounds that he was trying to avoid service in the army.
In 1893, a mining concession was granted for Wallenborn, among other places, approving the mining of coal
. That same year, there was trial drilling on the Heidwiese, a local area of open ground, for carbonic acid
(H2CO3).
The 20th century brought with it a new school building in 1906, and new financial help for Wallenborn from a fire insurance institution as “aid”. In 1910, a fire brigade was founded, and also a fire brigade orchestra. Waterworks came in 1921.
In 1928, an interesting find was made at the church. Behind the main altar were two gravestones, adorned with cross, chalice and host, of vicars (or chaplains) who had held office here in the 18th century, namely Michael Palandt and Josef Pickart, and who had been buried in the church. Likewise buried here was Margarete Webers née Hees from Heltermühle in Lorraine
, who is believed to have been a benefactor.
The 20th century also brought world wars, and on 6 March 1945, the Second World War came to an end in Wallenborn with Allied
occupation.
In 1951, Wallenborn was grouped into the Amt of Niederstadtfeld. The following year, the church was enlarged. In 1955, the St. Sebastianus-Schützenbrüderschaft Wallenborn (“Wallenborn Saint Sebastian Marksmen’s Brotherhood”) was founded. Further work was done on the church in 1966 when a new belltower was built. On 3 June of that year, three new bells were hung, consecrated to Saint Peter
, Saint Mary and Saint Sebastian.
In 1970, the Verbandsgemeinde
of Niederstadtfeld was dissolved, and Wallenborn was then assigned to the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun
. In 1976, the Wallenborn church choir
was newly founded.
In 1988, the primary school had a new gym
nasium and multipurpose hall built onto it, and village renovation was completed.
at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.
might be described thus: Gules an arrow argent, point to base, between, fesswise, a cinquefoil Or pierced azure and a lion’s head crowned erased of the third, on a chief of the fourth nine jets of water of the second, the middle one highest, the others each descending in height to the sides.
The nine jets of water in the chief
are meant to stand for the Wallender Born (“Wavy Spring”), which gave the municipality its name. The silver arrow is Saint Sebastian’s attribute, thus representing the municipality’s and the church’s patron saint. The Lords of Zandt bore three crowned lions in their arms, and the Lordship of Arenberg
bore as an heraldic charge
three cinquefoils (this device is so-called in English heraldry, but the German text describes it as a Mispel, German
for the common medlar), thus explaining the charges either side of the arrow. The arms were designed in the 1980s.
(“Wavy Spring”), known in the local speech as Brubbel, a mofetta
whose spouting water comes from an underlying coldwater “geyser” (this is not a true geyser
, for it is not driven by steam).
257. Public transport is integrated into the Verkehrsverbund Region Trier (VRT), whose fares therefore apply. Bus route 523 of the Rhein-Mosel-Verkehrsgesellschaft offers weekday links to the railway station at Gerolstein
on the Eifelstrecke railway between Cologne
and Trier
.
Municipalities of Germany
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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
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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 Daun
Daun (Verbandsgemeinde)
Daun is a collective municipality in the Vulkaneifel district of Rhineland-Palatinate. The seat of the Daun Verbandsgemeinde is in the municipality of Daun.- Constituent municipalities:# Betteldorf# Bleckhausen# Brockscheid...
, whose seat is in the like-named town
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 :...
. The municipality is a state-recognized tourism community (Fremdenverkehrsgemeinde).
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. Indeed, Wallenborn is named after one of the region’s phenomena, found right in the village (see Natural monuments below).
Wallenborn lies roughly 10 km (6 mi) as the crow flies
As the crow flies
"As the crow flies" or beelining is an idiom for the shortest route between two points; the geodesic distance.An example is the great-circle distance between Key West and Pensacola, at either end of the U.S...
or 12 km (7 mi) by road southwest of 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 :...
on Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
257.
History
On 20 July 1225, Wallenbornhad its first documentary mention. Gerhard Lord of Blankenheim reached a compromise with Himmerod AbbeyHimmerod Abbey
Himmerod Abbey is a Cistercian monastery in the community of Großlittgen in the Verbandsgemeinde of Manderscheid in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, located in the Eifel, in the valley of the Salm.-First foundation:Himmerod Abbey was founded in 1134 by Saint...
for a recently donated piece of land near Niederstadtfeld
Niederstadtfeld
Niederstadtfeld is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
and Wallenborn (Walleburne), on the road between Hundswinkel and Salm
Salm, Germany
Salm is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
. An ecclesiastical complex was first on hand in the village in 1354. Ten years later, Henne von Winneburg (Winneburg being a knightly family) held an estate at Wallenborn as a Casselburg castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
fief. In 1491, Gerlach von Winneburg was enfeoffed with several Blankenheim holdings, among them the estate at Wallenborn. In 1515, the Von Zandt family had 14 subjects in the village, and the Kerpen family 3. In 1526, Johann von Winneburg was enfeoffed with the estate at Wallenborn. Only seven years later, Philipp Haust von Ulmen was granted the same fief by Count Gerhard von Blankenheim-Manderscheid. In 1559, Count Hans-Gerhard enfeoffed Hugo Zandt Voit in Hamm
Hamm, Bitburg-Prüm
Hamm is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.Hamm only consists of a couple of houses along the Hauptstrasse and is overlooked by Hamm Castle. The castle dates back to the 11th century and is one of the largest medieval castles in the Eifel...
(Voit = Vogt
Vogt
A Vogt ; plural Vögte; Dutch voogd; Danish foged; ; ultimately from Latin [ad]vocatus) in the Holy Roman Empire was the German title of a reeve or advocate, an overlord exerting guardianship or military protection as well as secular justice...
) with, among other things, an estate in Wallenborn. In 1593, Johann Zandt was enfeoffed with the Wallenborn estate. In 1611 he was enfeoffed with it yet again by Count Karl. In 1614, Karl von Manderscheid-Gerolstein was Lord of Wallenborn. In 1664, Karl Ludwig von Zandt was enfeoffed with the Wallenborn estate, as were his descendants in 1711, 1732 and 1783. In 1680 and 1681, a lordly agreement was recorded at Wallenborn that still exists today. In 1681, Wallenborn belonged to the House of Arenberg. Of all fines, Zandt received two thirds, while the other third went to Kerpen, until 1794. In 1687, the villagers requested church services at their chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
.
On 6 February 1705 there was a great fire in the village. The church books were all burnt. Whether the chapel consecrated to Saint Sebastian remained unscathed is unknown. In 1713, however, the rectory and the chapel were both said to be in good condition.
Beginning in 1715, and lasting until about 1805, there was a chaplaincy in Wallenborn. The chaplain, or vicar, performed baptism
Baptism
In Christianity, baptism is for the majority the rite of admission , almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally and also membership of a particular church tradition...
s, wedding
Wedding
A wedding is the ceremony in which two people are united in marriage or a similar institution. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes...
s and funeral
Funeral
A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, sanctifying, or remembering the life of a person who has died. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from interment itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor...
s just like a parish priest and he kept the church books, just as a priest would in a full-fledged parish. It is also known that by 1715, Wallenborn had its own graveyard at the chapel, but probably had had it by then for as long as anyone could remember. In 1894, it was expanded.
In 1719, the vicar began school instruction. In 1720, Wilhelm Dietrich, Baron of Ahr, was Lord of Wallenborn. In 1777, the vicar received for his services, including as teacher, 24 Thaler
Thaler
The Thaler was a silver coin used throughout Europe for almost four hundred years. Its name lives on in various currencies as the dollar or tolar. Etymologically, "Thaler" is an abbreviation of "Joachimsthaler", a coin type from the city of Joachimsthal in Bohemia, where some of the first such...
and fruit delivery from the municipality. In 1778, Wallenborn belonged to the Duchy of Arenberg
Arenberg
Arenberg, also spelled as Aremberg or Ahremberg, is a historic county, principality and finally duchy located in modern Germany. The Dukes of Arenberg remain a prominent Belgian aristocratic family.- History :...
, whose head, Duke Ludwig Engelbert, was later blinded as the result of a shooting accident. Wallenborn was then administered by Baron von Zandt zu Merl.
In 1786, the von Zandt subjects at Wallenborn complained to the Kerpen financial office about financial penalties. In 1794, Wallenborn was in the Electoral-Trier Amt of Manderscheid and belonged to the Duke of Arenberg and the Baron of Zandt jointly.
In 1802, during the time of French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
rule, Wallenborn, which had been in the parish of Sarresdorf in the Diocese of Cologne, was grouped into the parish of Salm, as were Michelbach, Büscheich and Niedereich
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...
. In 1812, a Heiligenhäuschen (a small, shrinelike structure consecrated to a saint or saints) was built with a stone relief of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
Fourteen Holy Helpers
The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism because their intercession is believed to be particularly effective, especially against various diseases...
. In 1814 a new chapel was built.
In 1819, a municipal assessment yielded the facts that Wallenborn had 1,114 head of cattle and 42 residents with entitlement. From 1825 to 1827, Wallenborn dwellers saw their money going to the Bishop in 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....
. In 1825, a petition, with every villager’s signature, was presented bearing the wish von Salm loszukommen (“to come loose from Salm”, that is, to separate from the parish). In 1826, the local landowners tried, unsuccessfully, to claim the municipal woodlands as their own.
In 1830, Jakob Kraemer from Gromes was the schoolteacher. He earned 80 Thaler and was said to be adequately competent. In 1848, there was another great fire in the village.
An 1854 edition of Eiflia Illustrata listed 8 spring
Spring (hydrosphere)
A spring—also known as a rising or resurgence—is a component of the hydrosphere. Specifically, it is any natural situation where water flows to the surface of the earth from underground...
s in Wallenborn, known as Brubbeldreis; they are sulphur-bearing and deadly to insects.
By 1864, Wallenborn had a new rectory. A collection undertaken with Bishop Wilhelm’s approval for this purpose yielded 750 Thaler. “With 8 rooms it is not a modern house, but it has comfortable spaces.” In 1868, families in Wallenborn were given money from a donation from a fire insurance institution to grow seed grain and seed potato. In 1869 Clemens Ringer from Montabauer was the schoolteacher. He earned 135 Thaler and the Pastor was said to be satisfied with him.
On 21 June 1873, Franz Bender, a 26-year-old farmworker, emigrated to Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
to live with relatives who were already there. By 1876, however, it would seem that he had come back, for he was by now the Ortsvorsteher, the village’s head, and Ringer was still the schoolteacher.
In 1880 came misfortune. A persistent scarlet fever
Scarlet fever
Scarlet fever is a disease caused by exotoxin released by Streptococcus pyogenes. Once a major cause of death, it is now effectively treated with antibiotics...
and diphtheria
Diphtheria
Diphtheria is an upper respiratory tract illness caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium. It is characterized by sore throat, low fever, and an adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx, and/or nasal cavity...
epidemic
Epidemic
In epidemiology, an epidemic , occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent experience...
struck Wallenborn. That same year, 17-year-old Matthias Pflüger was denied leave to travel away from the village on the grounds that he was trying to avoid service in the army.
In 1893, a mining concession was granted for Wallenborn, among other places, approving the mining of coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
. That same year, there was trial drilling on the Heidwiese, a local area of open ground, for carbonic acid
Carbonic acid
Carbonic acid is the inorganic compound with the formula H2CO3 . It is also a name sometimes given to solutions of carbon dioxide in water, because such solutions contain small amounts of H2CO3. Carbonic acid forms two kinds of salts, the carbonates and the bicarbonates...
(H2CO3).
The 20th century brought with it a new school building in 1906, and new financial help for Wallenborn from a fire insurance institution as “aid”. In 1910, a fire brigade was founded, and also a fire brigade orchestra. Waterworks came in 1921.
In 1928, an interesting find was made at the church. Behind the main altar were two gravestones, adorned with cross, chalice and host, of vicars (or chaplains) who had held office here in the 18th century, namely Michael Palandt and Josef Pickart, and who had been buried in the church. Likewise buried here was Margarete Webers née Hees from Heltermühle in Lorraine
Lorraine (région)
Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated...
, who is believed to have been a benefactor.
The 20th century also brought world wars, and on 6 March 1945, the Second World War came to an end in Wallenborn with Allied
Allies of World War II
The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War . Former Axis states contributing to the Allied victory are not considered Allied states...
occupation.
In 1951, Wallenborn was grouped into the Amt of Niederstadtfeld. The following year, the church was enlarged. In 1955, the St. Sebastianus-Schützenbrüderschaft Wallenborn (“Wallenborn Saint Sebastian Marksmen’s Brotherhood”) was founded. Further work was done on the church in 1966 when a new belltower was built. On 3 June of that year, three new bells were hung, consecrated to Saint Peter
Saint Peter
Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...
, Saint Mary and Saint Sebastian.
In 1970, the Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
of Niederstadtfeld was dissolved, and Wallenborn was then assigned to the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun
Daun (Verbandsgemeinde)
Daun is a collective municipality in the Vulkaneifel district of Rhineland-Palatinate. The seat of the Daun Verbandsgemeinde is in the municipality of Daun.- Constituent municipalities:# Betteldorf# Bleckhausen# Brockscheid...
. In 1976, the Wallenborn church choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
was newly founded.
In 1988, the primary school had a new gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasium and multipurpose hall built onto it, and village renovation was completed.
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 chairwoman.
Coat of arms
The municipality’s armsCoat 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 be described thus: Gules an arrow argent, point to base, between, fesswise, a cinquefoil Or pierced azure and a lion’s head crowned erased of the third, on a chief of the fourth nine jets of water of the second, the middle one highest, the others each descending in height to the sides.
The nine jets of water in the chief
Chief (heraldry)
In heraldic blazon, a chief is a charge on a coat of arms that takes the form of a band running horizontally across the top edge of the shield. Writers disagree in how much of the shield's surface is to be covered by the chief, ranging from one-fourth to one-third. The former is more likely if the...
are meant to stand for the Wallender Born (“Wavy Spring”), which gave the municipality its name. The silver arrow is Saint Sebastian’s attribute, thus representing the municipality’s and the church’s patron saint. The Lords of Zandt bore three crowned lions in their arms, and the Lordship of Arenberg
Arenberg
Arenberg, also spelled as Aremberg or Ahremberg, is a historic county, principality and finally duchy located in modern Germany. The Dukes of Arenberg remain a prominent Belgian aristocratic family.- History :...
bore as an heraldic 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...
three cinquefoils (this device is so-called in English heraldry, but the German text describes it as a Mispel, 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....
for the common medlar), thus explaining the charges either side of the arrow. The arms were designed in the 1980s.
Natural monuments
The village’s main point of interest is the namesake Wallender BornWallender Born
The Wallender Born or Wallenborn [1] is a cold water geyser in the village Wallenborn . It is adjacent to the reactivated 2006 Geyser Andernach on the value Namedyer an active cold water geyser in Germany.Experts disagree on whether the Wallender Born can be described as eruptive course...
(“Wavy Spring”), known in the local speech as Brubbel, a mofetta
Mofetta
thumb|Mofetta in the [[Soos]] Mofetta , is a name applied to a volcanic discharge consisting chiefly of carbon dioxide, often associated with other vapours, representing the final phase of volcanic activity...
whose spouting water comes from an underlying coldwater “geyser” (this is not a true geyser
Geyser
A geyser is a spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by a vapour phase . The word geyser comes from Geysir, the name of an erupting spring at Haukadalur, Iceland; that name, in turn, comes from the Icelandic verb geysa, "to gush", the verb...
, for it is not driven by steam).
Buildings
- Saint Sebastian’s Catholic Church (branch church; Filialkirche St. Sebastian), Kirchstraße 2 – 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...
, 1814, expanded in 1951; in the churchyard a 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,...
wayside cross from 1684. - Hauptstraße/corner of In der Holl – wayside cross, red sandstone shaft cross of the so-called Kyllburg type, earlier half of the 17th century.
- Near Neue Straße 1 – sandstone Heiligenhäuschen (a small, shrinelike structure consecrated to a saint or saints) with niche relief, from 1812.
- Weidenbacher Straße/corner of Neue Straße – wayside cross from 162[0].
- Wayside cross, north of the village on the road to DaunDaun, GermanyDaun 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 :...
, niche cross from 1629. - Wayside cross, east of the village on the hill, niche cross from 161[7].
- Wayside cross, west of the village on a country path, sandstone shaft cross from 1819.
- BildstockBildstockA wayside shrine, is a religious image, usually in some sort of small shelter, placed by a road or pathway, sometimes in a settlement or at a crossroads, but often in the middle of an empty stretch of country road, or at the top of a hill or mountain. They have been a feature of many cultures,...
on Weidenbacher Straße with a stone relief of the Fourteen Holy HelpersFourteen Holy HelpersThe Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism because their intercession is believed to be particularly effective, especially against various diseases...
, from 1812.
Transport
Running by Wallenborn is BundesstraßeBundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
257. Public transport is integrated into the Verkehrsverbund Region Trier (VRT), whose fares therefore apply. Bus route 523 of the Rhein-Mosel-Verkehrsgesellschaft offers weekday links to the railway station at 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...
on the Eifelstrecke railway between 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...
and 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....
.