Saxler

Saxler 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 Daun, whose seat is in the like-named town.GeographyLocationThe 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.Neighbouring municipalitiesNorth of Saxler lies Ellscheid, and to the south lies Gillenfeld.HistoryDuring drainage works in 1991 north-northwest of Saxler, a Roman settlement was unearthed, as were many potsherds from the 2nd to 4th century.In the Middle Ages, Saxler belonged to the Electoral-Trier Amt of Daun.In 1286, Saxler had its first documentary mention when Johann von Daun was enfeoffed by the Archbishopric of Cologne with Castle Sachsler along with its fishponds and its mill. In 1362, Archbishop Werner of Trier acquired shares in the mill, which by 1479 had become wholly the Archbishopric’s property.