Horperath

Horperath
Horperath
Location of Horperath within Vulkaneifel district
Coordinates: 50°14′46″N 6°57′23″E / 50.24611°N 6.95639°E / 50.24611; 6.95639Coordinates: 50°14′46″N 6°57′23″E / 50.24611°N 6.95639°E / 50.24611; 6.95639
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Vulkaneifel
Municipal assoc.	Kelberg
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Bäcker
Area
• Total	2.40 km2 (0.93 sq mi)
Elevation	470 m (1,540 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	123
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56766
Dialling codes	02692
Vehicle registration	DAU
Website	www.horperath.de

Horperath 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 Kelberg, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

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 council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Horperath’s mayor is Thomas Bäcker, and his deputy is Josef Gorges.

The German blazon reads: Von Silber über Rot geteilt, oben ein schwarzes Balkenkreuz, unten 3 (2:1) goldene Kugeln.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per fess argent a cross sable and gules three bezants.

Until the end of feudal times, Horperath, as part of the Amt of Nürburg, was an Electoral-Cologne holding, and the Cross of Cologne in the upper half of the escutcheon recalls this time. The chapel in Horperath was built in 1747. The three bezants stand for Saint Nicholas’s attribute of three golden globes and thus represent the village’s and the chapel’s patron saint.