Rockeskyll

Rockeskyll
Coat of arms
Rockeskyll
Location of Rockeskyll within Vulkaneifel district
Coordinates: 50°15′19″N 6°41′54″E / 50.25528°N 6.69833°E / 50.25528; 6.69833Coordinates: 50°15′19″N 6°41′54″E / 50.25528°N 6.69833°E / 50.25528; 6.69833
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Vulkaneifel
Municipal assoc.	Gerolstein
Area
• Total	5.88 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Elevation	380-577 m (−1,513 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	230
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	54570
Dialling codes	06591
Vehicle registration	DAU
Website	www.rockeskyll.de

Rockeskyll 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 Gerolstein, 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 municipality’s landmark is the Rockeskyller Kopf, a stratovolcano in the heart of the Vulkaneifel, which stretches from the Belgian border to the Moselle. Southwest of Rockeskyll flows the river Kyll, a tributary to the Moselle and the longest river in the Eifel.

In 1098, Kila had its first documentary mention in a donation document. In 1511, a Gothic church with columnar supports was built. This church is a highly ranked cultural monument and stands as a protected cultural property according to the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. Until the end of feudal times, Rockeskyll belonged to the Electorate of Trier. In 1795, the tithing domain of Rockeskyll became a mairie (“mayoralty”) during the time of French rule. Besides Rockeskyll itself, this mairie included Berlingen, Betteldorf, Bewingen, Essingen, Gees, Hinterweiler, Hohenfels, Pelm and Roth. In 1815, Rockeskyll became the seat of a Prussian Bürgermeisterei (“mayoralty”). In 1858, the Bürgermeistereien of Gerolstein and Rockeskyll were merged into the Amt of Gerolstein. Since 1970, Rockeskyll has been part of the Verbandsgemeinde of Gerolstein in the Vulkaneifel district.