# Auderath

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**Auderath** is an *[Ortsgemeinde](/source/Ortsgemeinde_(Germany))* – a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) belonging to a *[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)*, a kind of collective municipality – in the [Cochem-Zell](/source/Cochem-Zell) [district](/source/Districts_of_Germany) in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany). It belongs to the [*Verbandsgemeinde* of Ulmen](/source/Ulmen_(Verbandsgemeinde)), whose seat is in the [like-named town](/source/Ulmen).

## Geography

The tourist resort of Auderath is located in the [Vulkaneifel](/source/Vulkan_Eifel), a part of the [Eifel](/source/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 lies some 3 km southeast of [Ulmen](/source/Ulmen). To [Alflen](/source/Alflen) and the Büchel Airbase (*Fliegerhorst Büchel*) in [Büchel](/source/B%C3%BCchel_(municipality)) in the east it is 2 km. To the south lie [Schmitt](/source/Schmitt,_Germany) and [Gillenbeuren](/source/Gillenbeuren), and to the southwest [Filz](/source/Filz) and [Wollmerath](/source/Wollmerath). On a broader scale, Auderath lies between [Trier](/source/Trier) (about 75 km away) and [Koblenz](/source/Koblenz) (about 60 km away, in each case by [Autobahn](/source/Autobahn)).

## History

Auderath stood under the lordship of the [Electorate of Trier](/source/Electorate_of_Trier) and the Lords of Ulmen. In 1573, Trier became the overlord for good. Auderath belonged to the Electoral-Trier *[Amt](/source/Amt_(country_subdivision))* of Ulmen. Beginning in 1794, Auderath lay under [French](/source/France) rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of [Prussia](/source/Prussia) at the [Congress of Vienna](/source/Congress_of_Vienna). Under Prussia, the village belonged to the *Bürgermeisterei* (“Mayoralty”) of Lutzerath and beginning in 1816 to the Cochem district. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded [state](/source/States_of_Germany) of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate).

## Politics

### Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by [majority vote](/source/Plurality_voting_system) at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[2]

### Mayor

Auderath’s mayor is Frank Steimers.[1]

### Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: *Schild durch eingeschweifte gestürzte goldene Spitze, darin eine grüne Krone, gespalten. Vorn in Grün ein silberner Korb mit goldenen Broten, hinten in Grün eine silberne Henkelurne.*

The municipality’s [arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) might in English [heraldic](/source/Heraldry) language be described thus: Tierced in mantle reversed, dexter vert a basket argent therein loaves of bread Or, sinister vert an urn of the second, in chief Or a crown azure.

The crown in the gold field refers to [Our Lady of the Rosary](/source/Our_Lady_of_the_Rosary), who is the parish’s patron saint. The basket with the loaves of bread in the green field recalls an old custom in the municipality, that of giving out Saint Sebastian’s bread in the church (observed on 5 February). The urn stands for digs undertaken in the municipality between 1936 and 1940, which unearthed [Roman](/source/Ancient_Rome) burial mounds, wall remnants and potsherds in the cadastral areas of Seitert and Hinterschläf. The [tincture](/source/Tincture_(heraldry)) vert (green) refers to the village’s founding as a country estate at the time of the clearings in the [High Middle Ages](/source/High_Middle_Ages), and also to the still rural scenery found in the municipality today.[3]

## Culture and sightseeing

### Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate)’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:

- [Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholicism) Church of [Our Lady of the Rosary](/source/Our_Lady_of_the_Rosary) (*Kirche Rosenkranzkönigin*), Kirchstraße – [Baroque](/source/Baroque_architecture) [aisleless church](/source/Aisleless_church), 1734, expanded 1952; inside a [limestone](/source/Limestone) [altar](/source/Altar) and a bell from 1481.
- Hauptstraße/corner of Kirchstraße – well with pyramidal roof, 18th century.
- Kirchstraße/corner of Brunnenstraße – wayside cross from 1657.
- Auderather Mühle, west of the village – [timber-frame](/source/Timber_framing) mill, partly solid or slated, bakehouse.
- Kloster St. Josef, northeast of the village – Barefoot-[Carmelite](/source/Carmelites) [convent](/source/Convent) from the 1920s and 1930s.[4]

### Regular events

Each year at [Whitsun](/source/Pentecost), a forest festival is held at the *Matteshütte*.

### Clubs

- Volunteer [fire brigade](/source/Fire_brigade)
- Alemannia Auderath [sport club](/source/Sport_club)
- Auderath [riding club](/source/Equestrianism)
- Gesangverein Liederkranz Auderath (singing club)
- Möhnenverein (club for *Möhnen* or “women fools”, a [Shrovetide](/source/Shrovetide)/[Carnival](/source/Carnival) tradition)
- [Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholicism) youth group

## References

1. [Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Cochem-Zell](https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1350000000000.html), Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.

1. [Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat](http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/1350300500.html)

1. [Description and explanation of Auderath’s arms](http://www.discjockey-joerg.de/Pages/Auderath.htm)

1. [Directory of Cultural Monuments in Cochem-Zell district](http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Cochem-Zell.pdf)

## External links

- [Information about Auderath](http://www.auderath.de/) (in German)
- [private website about Auderath](http://www.discjockey-joerg.de/Pages/Auderath.htm) (in German)

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