Basberg Explained

Image Coa:Wappen Basberg.png
Coordinates:50.2953°N 6.6092°W
Image Plan:Basberg in DAU.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Vulkaneifel
Verbandsgemeinde:Gerolstein
Elevation:449
Area:2.32
Postal Code:54578
Area Code:06593
Licence:DAU
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 2 33 002
Website:www.basberg.de
Mayor:Franz-Josef Diederichs[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Basberg is an German: [[Ortsgemeinde (Germany)|Ortsgemeinde]] – a municipality belonging to a German: [[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.

Geography

The municipality lies at the foot of the Katzenberg (conservation area) south of Lissendorf 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.

History

In 1491, Basberg had its first documentary mention. Towards the end of the Middle Ages, Basberg belonged to the comital family of Manderscheid-Blankenheim. In 1491, the then landholder Count Johann von Manderscheid-Blankenheim enfeoffed Wilhelm von Daun with estates and landholdings in Basberg. Among its other holdings, Prüm Abbey also held an estate in this village in the Eifel. When Basberg came under Prussian administration in the 19th century, it belonged to the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Lissendorf.

On 7 November 1970, part of the municipality of Basberg with 55 inhabitants was transferred to Steffeln.

Politics

Municipal council

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.[2]

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

Clubs

Regular events

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/2330000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Vulkaneifel
  2. http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/2330300200.html Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  3. http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Vulkaneifel.pdf Directory of Cultural Monuments in Vulkaneifel district