Binsfeld | |
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Location of Binsfeld within Bernkastel-Wittlich district  | |
  Binsfeld  Binsfeld | |
| Coordinates:49°57′56″N6°42′29″E / 49.96556°N 6.70806°E /49.96556; 6.70806 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bernkastel-Wittlich |
| Municipal assoc. | Wittlich-Land |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–24) | Andreas Falk[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.98 km2 (3.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,351 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 54518 |
| Dialling codes | 06575 |
| Vehicle registration | WIL |
| Website | ortsgemeinde-binsfeld.de |
Binsfeld nearWittlich in theEifel is anOrtsgemeinde – amunicipality belonging to aVerbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in theBernkastel-Wittlichdistrict inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany. Nearby is theAmericanSpangdahlem Air Base.
The municipality lies in theSouth Eifel. The nearestmiddle centres areWittlich andBitburg. It belongs to theVerbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is inWittlich, although that town is itself not in theVerbandsgemeinde.
In 844, Binsfeld had its first documentary mention. Binsfeld was in the 17th century held by theElectorate of Trier. No later than 1551 (Binsfeld postal cross), Binsfeld had a postal station on the Dutch Postal Route (Niederländischer Postkurs) fromBrussels by way ofAugsburg toInnsbruck,Trento andItaly. From 1794, Binsfeld lay underFrench rule, and in 1815 was assigned to the Kingdom ofPrussia at theCongress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly foundedstate ofRhineland-Palatinate.
From 1900 to 1965, Binsfeld was linked to theCologne-Trier section of the Eifelbahn (railway) by the Philippsheim–Binsfeldnarrow-gauge railway.
The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected bymajority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[3]
The German blazon reads:In Silber und Rot geteiltem Schild oben ein rotes Balkenkreuz, unten ein sechsspeichiges goldenes Rad.
The municipality'sarms might in Englishheraldic language be described thus: Per fess argent a cross gules, and gules a wheel spoked of six Or.
The arms were taken from those borne by the now no longer existingVerbandsgemeinde of Binsfeld. The village was formerly ruled by theElectorate of Trier, whence comes thecharge above the line of partition, Electoral Trier's red cross on a silver field. The golden wheel stands for bothagriculture and the huckster's trade that was formerly widespread in Binsfeld. This was once paramount to the local commercial structure, as farming still is today.
Binsfeld was granted the right to bear its own arms in 1980.
Binsfeld fosters partnerships with the following places:
Binsfeld, a constituent community ofArnstein,Main-Spessart,Bavaria since 1987Binsfeld lies right onBundesstraße 50 andLandesstraße (State Road) 46.
Peter Binsfeld (b. about 1545; d. 24 November 1598) was anauxiliary bishop in Trier and witch theoretician. Moreover, he excelled in designing apastoral theology.
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