Dreis-Brück
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Location of Dreis-Brück within Vulkaneifel district
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| Coordinates: 50°15′49″N 6°47′38″E / 50.26361°N 6.79389°ECoordinates: 50°15′49″N 6°47′38″E / 50.26361°N 6.79389°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Vulkaneifel | |
| Municipal assoc. | Daun | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Michael Jax | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 18.18 km2 (7.02 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 470 m (1,540 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 834 | |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 54552 | |
| Dialling codes | 06595 | |
| Vehicle registration | DAU | |
| Website | www.dreis-brueck.de | |
Dreis-Brück 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 in the Vulkaneifel, 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.
The village centre in Dreis sits at an elevation of 477 m above sea level, while Brück’s elevation, also at the village centre, is 520 m above sea level. The municipality stretches over 1 818 ha all together, 820 ha of which is wooded. Several peaks surround the dale in which the municipality’s two centres lie, which is also crossed by six streams.
Dreis-Brück’s Ortsteile are, as its hyphenated name implies, Dreis and Brück.
The time in which Dreis was founded is shrouded in darkness. Its beginnings would seem to stretch back to Carolingian times. In 1143, Dreis had its first documentary mention. The placename “Dreis” is obviously derived from the Old High German word triusan (“bubble”, “gush”). The name underwent many changes over the centuries. In the 16th century, besides Dreis, also Dreys and Dreyss were to be found. In the 17th century, alongside Dreyß, the forms Dreiß and Driest also cropped up, the last of which even appeared once as Dryesd in the 18th century. Spellings such as Dress, Dreyss or Dreys also are to be found.
Brück had its first documentary mention only in the 14th century.
The two then separate municipalities once belonged to the Counts of Manderscheid, who held the County of Kerpen, and eventually ended up with the Duchy of Arenberg after an hereditary division of holdings.
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