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Horperath

Coordinates: 50°14′46″N 6°57′23″E / 50.24611°N 6.95639°E / 50.24611; 6.95639
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Horperath
Location of Horperath within Vulkaneifel district
Horperath is located in Germany
Horperath
Horperath
Horperath is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Horperath
Horperath
Coordinates: 50°14′46″N 6°57′23″E / 50.24611°N 6.95639°E / 50.24611; 6.95639
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictVulkaneifel
Municipal assoc.Kelberg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Heinz-Peter Reuter[1]
Area
 • Total2.40 km2 (0.93 sq mi)
Elevation
470 m (1,540 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total124
 • Density52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56766
Dialling codes02692
Vehicle registrationDAU
Websitehorperath.de

Horperath 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 Kelberg, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

Geography

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The municipality lies in the Vulkaneifel, 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.

Politics

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Municipal council

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The 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.

Mayor

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Horperath's mayor is Heinz-Peter Reuter.[1]

Coat of arms

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The German blazon reads: Von Silber über Rot geteilt, oben ein schwarzes Balkenkreuz, unten 3 (2:1) goldene Kugeln.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per fess argent a cross sable and gules three bezants.

Until the end of feudal times, Horperath, as part of the Amt of Nürburg, was an Electoral-Cologne holding,[3] and the Cross of Cologne in the upper half of the escutcheon recalls this time. The chapel in Horperath was built in 1747.[4] The three bezants stand for Saint Nicholas’s attribute of three golden globes[5] and thus represent the village's and the chapel's patron saint.[6][7]

Culture and sightseeing

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Buildings:

  • Saint Nicholas's Catholic Church (branch church; Filialkirche St. Nikolaus), small aisleless church, timber-frame barrel vault, from 1747.
  • Im Ollen 6 – solid house, timber-frame gables, from 1836, but possibly essentially older.
  • Zum Lindental 2 – long Quereinhaus (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street), from 1869.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Vulkaneifel, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. ^ Fabricius, S. 72, 257
  4. ^ KD Kreis Mayen 1, S 239
  5. ^ Pfleiderer, Attribute der Heiligen, Ulm 1898, S. 237
  6. ^ de Lorenzi II, S. 136)
  7. ^ Description and explanation of Horperath’s arms
  8. ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Vulkaneifel district
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