Laufeld

Laufeld
Coat of arms
Laufeld
Location of Laufeld within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Coordinates: 50°04′43″N 6°51′50″E / 50.07861°N 6.86389°E / 50.07861; 6.86389Coordinates: 50°04′43″N 6°51′50″E / 50.07861°N 6.86389°E / 50.07861; 6.86389
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc.	Wittlich-Land
Government
• Mayor	Karl-Josef Junk
Area
• Total	6.09 km2 (2.35 sq mi)
Elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	507
• Density	83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	54533
Dialling codes	06572
Vehicle registration	WIL
Website	www.laufeld.de

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

The municipality lies in the Eifel and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land.

The “Laufeld Culture” (Hallstatt times, about 700 BC) took its name from a great burying ground that had been found near Laufeld.

In 1344, King John of Luxembourg acquired from the Abbey of Echternach the Hof Laufeld (“Laufeld Estate”). Shortly thereafter, this ended up in the ownership of the Counts of Manderscheid. Beginning in 1794, Laufeld lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The German blazon reads: Über goldenem Schildfuß mit rotem Sparrenbalken gespalten, vorn in Blau ein silberner Kirchturm mit schwarzem Dach, hinten in Silber ein rotes Lilienkreuz.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale azure a churchtower argent with conical roof, door and two windows in pale sable and argent a cross flory gules, in a base Or a fess dancetty of the fourth.