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 also belong to Rascheid.

According to a document dated 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.

Population Development Statistics

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

Year Residents 1815 263 1835 361 1871 388 1905 443 1939 513

Year Residents 1950 494 1961 499 1970 545 1987 534 2005 542

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.

• FCK-Fanclub Zapp-Za-Rapp (Soccer Fanclub FCK)
• Förderverein "Rascheider Ringweg" (friends' association "Rascheider Ringweg")
• Förderverein Fw. Feuerwehr (friends' association voluntary fire brigade)
• Gesangverein Rascheid e.V. 1931 (Choir)
• Jugendclub (Youth Club)
• Karnevalverein Rascheid (Carnival Club)
• Katholische Frauengemeinschaft (catholic female community)
• KEB Rascheid (catholic adult education)
• Musikverein Rascheid 1928 e. V. (Orchestra)
• Sportverein Rascheid 1947 e.V. (Sports Club)