Schuld Explained

Schuld
Image Coa:DEU Schuld COA.svg
Coordinates:50.4458°N 6.8894°W
Image Plan:Schuld in AW.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Ahrweiler
Verbandsgemeinde:Adenau
Elevation:161
Area:5.93
Postal Code:53520
Area Code:02695
Licence:AW
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 1 31 074
Website:www.schuld-ahr.de
Mayor:Helmut Lussi[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24
Bürgermeistertitel:Ortsbürgermeister

Schuld (pronounced as /de/) is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the River Ahr.

In July 2021, the village was severely damaged by floods.[2] [3] Approximately 50 houses were damaged.[4] The town had previously been devastated by another flash flood in 1910 in which 50 villagers perished.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1310000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Ahrweiler
  2. https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/eifel-hochwasser-in-schuld-luftaufnahmen-zeigen-ausmass-der-zerstoerung-a-e9765f13-93c9-4612-b1e6-fa833ba20cce "Luftaufnahmen zeigen Ausmaß der Zerstörung"
  3. Wolfgang Rattay and David Sahl, "At least 44 dead, dozens missing as floods sweep through western Europe", Reuters, 16 July 2021 [15 July 2021].
  4. https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/aufraeumen-nach-dem-hochwasser-100.html "Zahl der Toten im Kreis Ahrweiler steigt auf über 90"