Burtscheid, Rhineland-Palatinate

Burtscheid
Municipality
Coat of arms of Burtscheid
Coat of arms
Location of Burtscheid within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Burtscheid is located in Germany
Burtscheid
Burtscheid
Burtscheid is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Burtscheid
Burtscheid
Coordinates: 49°43′55.41″N 06°57′26.90″E / 49.7320583°N 6.9574722°E / 49.7320583; 6.9574722
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.Thalfang am Erbeskopf
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Sebastian Graul[1]
Area
 • Total
2.99 km2 (1.15 sq mi)
Elevation
470 m (1,540 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
111
 • Density37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
54424
Dialling codes06504
Vehicle registrationWIL

Burtscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Thalfang am Erbeskopf, whose seat is in the municipality of Thalfang.

History

The name Burtscheid is a Germanized form of the Celtic Bor(uo)cetum, with the components Borvo, meaning “warm spring”, and also a god's name (see also Worms, Wormerich[3] and the French Bourbon), and caito-, ceto-, meaning “forest” (Breton koat, koet; Welsh coed – “forest”).

In the Middle Ages, Burtscheid belonged to the Mark Thalfang whose seat was at Schloss Dhronecken (castle). After the French Revolution, the Rhine’s left bank, and thereby Burtscheid too, were ceded to France in 1794 and 1795. Through a law from 26 March 1798, the French abolished feudal rights in their zone of occupation. After French rule ended, the village passed in 1814 to the Kingdom of Prussia. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[4]

References

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. ^ a long since vanished village Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat


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