Ueß

Ueß 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 Kelberg, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.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.Ueß lies on the Üßbach stream and also exactly between Mosbruch and Hörschhausen.HistoryIn 1103, history tells of an estate named Husenrode with its outlying appurtenances, Zusse, Berbenbac and Lupah . In December 1250 and on 23 February 1251, the village was named as Usse. In 1482, the Burgmann at the Nürburg was Michael von Ringelbach, who in 1485 sold a meadow to Peter von Esch, the Schultheiß at Mayen.