Rascheid

Rascheid
Coat of arms
Rascheid
Location of Rascheid within Trier-Saarburg district
Coordinates: 49°42′51″N 6°56′10″E / 49.71417°N 6.93611°E / 49.71417; 6.93611Coordinates: 49°42′51″N 6°56′10″E / 49.71417°N 6.93611°E / 49.71417; 6.93611
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Trier-Saarburg
Municipal assoc.	Hermeskeil
Government
• Mayor	Andreas Ludwig
Area
• Total	8.05 km2 (3.11 sq mi)
Elevation	463 m (1,519 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	466
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	54413
Dialling codes	06586
Vehicle registration	TR
Website	www.rascheid.de

Rascheid is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hermeskeil and is an officially recognized tourist resort.

The domiciles Bahnhof Rascheid and Rauschmühle do also belong to Rascheid.

According to a document of 980, the village and church belonged to the St. Paulin Abbey in Trier. In the Middle Ages, the town and church belonged to the Neumagen regime, in the fifteenth century to the villagers of Hunolstein, and later to the counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein.

Development of the population of Rascheid, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

The town council in Rascheid consists of eight councilors, who were elected by a majority vote in the municipal elections on 25 May 2014, as well as the village's mayor as chairman. Up to 2014 the municipal council consisted of twelve council members.