Dreis

Coat of arms

Dreis

Location of Dreis within Bernkastel-Wittlich district

Coordinates: 49°56′27.63″N 06°49′2.20″E / 49.9410083°N 6.8172778°ECoordinates: 49°56′27.63″N 06°49′2.20″E / 49.9410083°N 6.8172778°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Markus Hansen

Area

• Total

11.26 km² (4.35 sq mi)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

1,341

• Density

120/km² (310/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

54518

06578

WIL

Website

www.og-dreis.de

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

Dreis lies on the Salm at the point where it flows out of the Eifel at the foot of the Burgberg, on the edge of the Wittlich Depression. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is in Wittlich, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.

Dreis is one of the oldest places in the Wittlicher Land. The village gets its name from the sour spring that can be found in the hear of the village. Dreis, a kingly estate (fisci) was donated by Charlemagne’s brother Carloman I towards the end of the 8th century to the Abbey of Echternach on the river Sauer. In 785, Emperor Charlemagne confirmed his brother’s donation. A certificate of the original donation had not been issued. Carloman died in 771. A copy of the certificate is found in the Abbey’s “golden book” (Liber aureus), which is now kept in Gotha.

Beginning in 1794, Dreis lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The 16 seats are shared among three voters’ groups: Steffgen (6 seats), Lütticken (6 seats) and Berg (4 seats).

...
Wikipedia