Rascheid

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Rascheid
Location of Rascheid within Trier-Saarburg district
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Coordinates: 49°42′51″N6°56′10″E / 49.71417°N 6.93611°E / 49.71417; 6.93611 Coordinates: 49°42′51″N6°56′10″E / 49.71417°N 6.93611°E / 49.71417; 6.93611
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Trier-Saarburg
Municipal assoc. Hermeskeil
Government
   Mayor Andreas Ludwig
Area
  Total 8.05 km2 (3.11 sq mi)
Elevation 463 m (1,519 ft)
Population (2015-12-31) [1]
  Total 466
  Density 58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 54413
Dialling codes 06586
Vehicle registration TR
Website www.rascheid.de

Rascheid is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hermeskeil and is an officially recognized tourist resort.

Trier-Saarburg is a district in the west of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bitburg-Prüm, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Birkenfeld, Sankt Wendel (Saarland), and Merzig-Wadern (Saarland). To the west it borders Luxembourg. The district-free city Trier is completely surrounded by the district.

Rhineland-Palatinate State in Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate is a state of Germany.

Germany Federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps, Lake Constance and the High Rhine to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

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Geography

The domiciles Bahnhof Rascheid and Rauschmühle do also belong to Rascheid.

History

According to a document of 980, the village and church belonged to the St. Paulin Abbey in Trier. In the Middle Ages, the town and church belonged to the Neumagen regime, in the fifteenth century to the villagers of Hunolstein, and later to the counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein.

Basilica of St. Paulinus, Trier Church in Trier, Germany

Saint Paulinus' is a Baroque church in the city of Trier, Germany. Constructed between 1734 and 1753, the interior was designed by Johann Balthasar Neumann. The ceiling of the nave features a painting by the artist Christoph Thomas Scheffler. The tomb of the saint after whom the church is named, Paulinus of Trier, is located in the church's crypt.

Sayn-Wittgenstein noble family

Sayn-Wittgenstein was a county of medieval Germany, located in the Sauerland of eastern North Rhine-Westphalia.

Population Development Statistics

Development of the population of Rascheid, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

YearResidents
1815 263
1835 361
1871 388
1905 443
1939 513
YearResidents
1950 494
1961 499
1970 545
1987 534
2005 542

Politics

Town Council

The town council in Rascheid consists of eight councilors, who were elected by a majority vote in the municipal elections on 25 May 2014, as well as the village's mayor as chairman. Up to 2014 the municipal council consisted of twelve council members.

Clubs

1. FC Kaiserslautern German association football club

1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK or 1. FC Kaiserslautern, is a sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is internationally known, especially through its football division. In addition, the club also operates in several other sports.

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