Asweiler

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Asweiler
Freisen municipality
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Asweiler
Coordinates: 49 ° 33 ′ 2 "  N , 7 ° 11 ′ 32"  E
Height : 395 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.73 km²
Residents : 410  (Jan 14, 2015)
Population density : 87 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66629
Area code : 06857
Asweiler (Saarland)
Asweiler

Location of Asweiler in Saarland

Asweiler is a part of the Saarland municipality of Freisen in the St. Wendel district . Asweiler was an independent municipality until the end of 1973.

history

Asweiler was first mentioned in a guarantee deed from 1411. From 1933 to 1949 Asweiler was merged with the neighboring Eitzweiler to form the Asweiler-Eitzweiler community.

From 1817 to 1937 Asweiler belonged to the Oldenburg principality of Birkenfeld , then to 1947 to the district of Birkenfeld and since then to the Saarland.

As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Asweiler was assigned to the municipality of Freisen on January 1, 1974.

politics

Mayor

  • Harald Borger (SPD)

Local council

  • 9 seats (7 SPD, 2 CDU)

Economy and Infrastructure

From 1936 until its closure in 1966, Asweiler had a train station on the Türkismühle – Kusel railway line .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b The municipality of Freisen in figures on www.freisen.de
  2. ^ Official Journal of the Saarland 1949, p. 517
  3. Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, § 45, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 857 (PDF page 29; 499 kB)
  4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 809 .