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Shooting District town of Merzig
	Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 55 ″ N , 6 ° 36 ′ 36 ″ E
Height :	181 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	1189 (June 30, 2011)
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66663
Area code :	06861
Location of Ballern in Saarland

Ballern is one of 17 districts of the district town of Merzig in the Merzig-Wadern district ( Saarland ) and includes the districts of Ballern, Rech and Ripplingen. Ballern was an independent municipality until the end of 1973.

history

Ballern was first mentioned in a document as "Baldringen" in the first half of the 11th century. In 2018, three to four mine huts could be excavated in Rech. Century. Some ceramic finds could belong to the 10th century. Right first appears in the sources in 920.

As part of the Saarland regional and administrative reform , the previously independent municipality of Ballern was assigned to the city of Merzig on January 1, 1974.

coat of arms

The municipality of Ballern had its own coat of arms from 1959 until its dissolution on January 1, 1974, which shows a branch with three green linden leaves over a silver wave bar.

politics

Local council Ballern (as of 2018)

(6 CDU, 3 SPD)

Conrad, Angelika	CDU (mayor)
Ghosh-Broderius, Shanta	CDU
Kerber, Jörg	CDU (deputy)
Lackas, Kurt	CDU
Swindler, Roland	CDU
Heffinger, Gabriele	CDU
Drilling furnace, Horst	SPD
Gelz, Otmar	SPD
Gelz, Eric	SPD

traffic

The Saarlouis - Perl section of Landesstraße 170 runs through Ballern .
In Ballern there is the “Merzig-Schwemlingen” exit on the A 8 motorway .
Local public transport is largely guaranteed by bus line 210 of Saar-Pfalz-Bus GmbH at the stops Ballern Ortsmitte, Rech Ortsmitte and Ripplingen Ortsmitte. A call taxi is offered during off-peak times.

Web links

Commons : Ballern - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ W. Adler: Grubenhütten des Hochmittelalter , in: Archäologie in Deutschland 01 | 2019, p. 61.
^ 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. 804 .

[1] W. Adler: Grubenhütten des Hochmittelalter , in: Archäologie in Deutschland 01 | 2019, p. 61.

[2] 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. 804 .