Waldorf, Rhineland-Palatinate Explained

Waldorf
Image Coa:DEU Waldorf COA.svg
Coordinates:50.4856°N 7.2306°W
Image Plan:Waldorf in AW.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Ahrweiler
Verbandsgemeinde:Bad Breisig
Elevation:156
Area:7.61
Gemeindeschlüssel:07131081
Postal Code:53498
Area Code:02636
Licence:AW
Website:Internetpräsenz der Gemeinde Waldorf
Mayor:Hans-Dieter Felten[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Waldorf is a municipality belonging to the Verbandsgemeinde Bad Breisig in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. In 2020 Waldorf had 866 inhabitants.

Location

Waldorf is located in the eastern foothills of the Eifel in the Vinxt Valley between Sinzig and Niederzissen, below the Bausenberg, an extinct volcano. Waldorf is marked by the Geology of the Bausenberg. The lava flow flew along the today's southern border of the village. At the western border of the village the Bundesautobahn 61 crosses the Vinxt Valley with the Vinxtbachtalbrücke.

History

The first documentary mention was in the year 960. Eugen Ewig, a local historian, found out that first signs of settlement prove the existence of Waldorf in 646. Thus Waldorf celebrated its 1350th anniversary in 1996.

Development of inhabitants

  • 1815 – 622
  • 1835 – 742
  • 1871 – 717
  • 1905 – 712
  • 1939 – 606
  • 1950 – 633
  • 1961 – 660
  • 1965 – 663
  • 1970 – 684
  • 1975 – 724
  • 1980 – 757
  • 1985 – 727
  • 1987 – 778
  • 1990 – 798
  • 1995 – 839
  • 2000 – 893
  • 2005 – 926

Source of data: Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz

Events

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1310000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Ahrweiler