Willwerscheid Explained

Type:Ortsgemeinde
Image Coa:DEU Willwerscheid COA.svg
Coordinates:50.0361°N 6.93°W
Image Plan:Willwerscheid in WIL.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Bernkastel-Wittlich
Verbandsgemeinde:Traben-Trarbach
Elevation:440
Area:2.46
Postal Code:54533
Area Code:06574
Licence:WIL
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 2 31 132
Website:www.willwerscheid.de
Mayor:Stefan Josef Benz[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Willwerscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The municipality belongs to the Trier Region and lies about 8 km northeast of Wittlich in the Vulkaneifel. The municipal area is 62% wooded. Willwerscheid belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Traben-Trarbach.

History

Beginning in 1794, Willwerscheid lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 6 members, elected by majority vote at municipal elections, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[2]

Economy and infrastructure

Southwest of the municipality runs the Autobahn A 1. There is an interchange in nearby Hasborn. In Wittlich is a railway station on the Koblenz-Trier railway line.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/2310000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich
  2. http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/2310213200.html Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat