Betteldorf

Geschichte

Betteldorf is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun, whose seat is in the like-named town.GeographyLocationThe municipality lies in the High Eifel at the foot of the Döhmberg, some 11 km northwest of the district seat of Daun. To the south, Bundesstraße 410 runs by the village.HistoryBetteldorf’s name goes back to a Roman whose name was Betilo, and who ran a way station in what is now the municipal area where horses were changed on the Meuse-Moselle Roman road.PoliticsMunicipal councilThe council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.Coat of armsThe German blazon reads: Unter rotem Schildhaupt, darin eine goldene Zange, in Gold ein grüner Leistenschragen, belegt mit einer roten Mispel mit goldenem Butzen.