Minderlittgen

Minderlittgen (in Eifel dialect: Mannerleehtchen) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Minderlittgen
Coat of arms
Location of Minderlittgen within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Minderlittgen
Minderlittgen
Coordinates: 50°00′35″N 6°50′24″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.Wittlich-Land
Government
 • MayorAxel Hecking
Area
 • Total8.19 km2 (3.16 sq mi)
Elevation
348 m (1,142 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total708
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
54518
Dialling codes06571
Vehicle registrationWIL
Websitewww.minderlittgen.de

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Eifel and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is in Wittlich, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.

History

In 912, Minderlittgen had its first documentary mention as Lutiaco from King Karl III. The placename's base form is Lutiacum. Over the ages, it has had many names:

  • 912 Lutiaco
  • 1152 Minoris Lideche
  • 1330 Minre-Lyethge
  • 1503 Minnerlietge
  • 1569 Minderlietigh
  • 1728 Minderlötig

Until 1147, St. Maximin's Abbey was the landholder in Minderlittgen. Thereafter the village was held by the Electorate of Trier. Beginning in 1794, Minderlittgen 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

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[2]

 CDUWG BauerWG NoberWG HeckingGesamt
2009251412 seats

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a cross gules surmounted by a fleur-de-lis of the field and argent two pallets gules and a canton azure.

Culture and sightseeing

Clubs

The municipality of Minderlittgen currently has a volunteer fire brigade, a music club, a men's singing club (together with Hupperath), a sport club (Spielvereinigung Minderlittgen-Hupperath e. V.), a tennis club, a church choir, a Möhnen club (association of women who participate in the festivities on Fat Thursday, or Weiberfastnacht) and a church building club at its disposal.

Regular events
  • Kappensitzung: a Carnival event staged by the music and sport clubs.
  • Möhnensitzung: a Carnival event staged by the Möhnen club.
  • Carnival parade on Shrove Tuesday
  • Sportfest, staged by the sport club (in Hupperath)
  • Kermis with music club's concert evening

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.
  2. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat


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