Bleckhausen

Bleckhausen
Bleckhausen
Location of Bleckhausen within Vulkaneifel district
Coordinates: 50°7′31″N 6°46′34″E / 50.12528°N 6.77611°E / 50.12528; 6.77611Coordinates: 50°7′31″N 6°46′34″E / 50.12528°N 6.77611°E / 50.12528; 6.77611
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Vulkaneifel
Municipal assoc.	Daun
Government
• Mayor	Egon Bauer
Area
• Total	6.32 km2 (2.44 sq mi)
Elevation	470 m (1,540 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	298
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	54570
Dialling codes	06572
Vehicle registration	DAU

Bleckhausen (in Eifel dialect: Blääkes) 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.

The municipality lies southeast of Weidenbach between the Kleine Kyll and the Lieser in the Volcanic Eifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth.

Southeast of the village lies the nature conservation area Wacholdergelände bei Bleckhausen (“Juniper Lands near Bleckhausen”), the biggest of its kind anywhere in the Eifel.

On 15 June 1354, Bleckhausen had its first documentary mention when Archbishop of Trier Bohemond II (1354–1362) acknowledged the chapel at Bleckhausen built under Archbishop Baldwin (1307–1354). The village belonged to the Electoral-Trier Amt of Manderscheid. In 1721, there were 25 inhabitants in Bleckhausen.

During the time of French administration, Bleckhausen was raised to parish; formerly, it was parochially bound with Manderscheid. Schutz was also assigned to the parish of Bleckhausen.