Bardenbach

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Bardenbach
City of Wadern
Former municipality coat of arms of Bardenbach
Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 25 ″  N , 6 ° 52 ′ 9 ″  E
Height : 261 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.53 km²
Residents : 862  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 190 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66687
Area code : 06871
Bardenbach (Saarland)
Bardenbach

Location of Bardenbach in Saarland
Bardenbach village view
Bardenbach village view

Bardenbach is a district of the city ​​of Wadern in the Merzig-Wadern district in northern Saarland . The village is located in the Black Forest high forest and is part of the Moselle-Franconian language area. The Speckenbach (Wahnbach) and the Prims are characteristic of the district .

geography

Districts

Location of Bardenbach in the city ​​of Wadern

Today's district consists of the formerly independent municipality of Bardenbach and Biel, which used to be part of the also independent municipality of Büschfeld . The two places were merged to form the municipality of Bardenbach in 1957.

history

Bardenbach was first mentioned in an undated inventory of Mettlach Abbey from the 10th to 12th centuries. Found stone axes are witnesses of human settlement since prehistoric times. Grave finds and traces of fire indicate the Celts .

Bardenbach belonged to the end of the First World War the district Merzig on, until then part of the Prussian governmental district Trier was. In 1920, according to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty, the Merzig district was assigned to the Saar area under League of Nations administration - with the exception of the Hochwald communities (districts of Wadern, Losheim and Weiskirchen), including Bardenbach, which remained under the Trier district under the name of the Merzig district. The district administration of the "remaining district" was in Wadern . After the Second World War , France decreed that the “remaining district” belonged to the newly formed Saarland, which was under French influence .

On January 1, 1957, Saarland and with it Bardenbach again became part of Germany. The economic connection to the Federal Republic did not take place until July 6, 1959. As part of the regional and administrative reform in the Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Bardenbach was dissolved on January 1, 1974 and assigned to the new municipality, from 1978 town of Wadern.

politics

Local council

Results of the local council elections on May 26, 2019:

  • SPD : 55.77%, 5 seats
  • Pro Hochwald: 20.96%, 2 seats
  • Free voters Wadern: 10.58%, 1 seat
  • CDU : 12.96%, 1 seat

Mayor

Since the territorial reform in 1974:

  • Willi Schneider (1974 to 1982)
  • Edgar Arend (1983 to 1984)
  • Werner Leidinger (1984 to 1984)
  • Josef Dewes (1984 to 1994)
  • Robert Schmitz (1994 to 2002)
  • Walter Rollinger, FW (2003 to 2014)
  • Christian Ritz, SPD (from 2014)

coat of arms

The coat of arms - designed by Willy Weinen - is divided as follows: Top right : a cross in red on silver, the coat of arms of the Electorate of Trier as an indication of the former affiliation of the place; Top left: Seven complete and four halved iron hats (skins of the Siberian squirrel - in a malformed shape), staggered in rows, from the coat of arms of the Counts of Öttingen-Hohenbaldern as landlords of the imperial rule Dagstuhl ; On the lower left, on gold in red, a bar, above nine shingles in the arrangement 5: 4, below six shingles in the arrangement 3: 2: 1. This coat of arms of the Lords of Hagen zur Motte from Büschfeld reminds of the manorial rule for Biel; On the lower right, on green in silver, a wavy bar, a church front view and an oak leaf as a reference to the Wiesental with the Speckenbach (Wahnbach), the Antonius Church and the forest areas.

Culture and sights

In terms of church, Bardenbach today belongs to the pastoral care unit Nunkirchen / Büschfeld. The center of the village is the church of St. John, built in 1770 on the site of a collapsed chapel and expanded in 1923 and 1953. Antonius ”(architect: Hans Schick, Sulzbach-Neuweiler), whose tower is a rarity in the area because of its design and helmet.

Since 2010 a statue of Saint Anthony has adorned the staircase to the church in Bardenbach

A statue of Saint Anthony has been located below the rock on which the church stands since October 10, 2010 . The 800 kilogram statue made of Eifel sandstone was carved in one piece by the sculptor Johannes Räbinger from Mettlach . The fair on January 17th in honor of St. Anthony has been the highlight of the small high forest village for years.

Events

  • Fair (January)
  • Christmas bazaar on the 2nd Advent

societies

The largest clubs (in alphabetical order):

  • Fishing club
  • Mining and ironworkers' association St. Barbara
  • Friends of the Musikverein
  • Youth club (Biel-Bardenbach youth club)
  • Musikverein Harmonie Bardenbach
  • Bardenbach shooting club
  • Sports club Rot-Weiß Bardenbach
  • Taekwondo SAM Bardenbach

Infrastructure

Bardenbach has a community center, a sports field, a shooting club, a youth club and a children's playground. The place is also home to the “Bardenbacher Fels” nature reserve, through which part of the “Bardenbacher-Fels-Weg” hiking trail leads.

media

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b data and facts on www.stadt-wadern.de
  2. ^ Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, § 34, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 855 (PDF page 27; 499 kB)
  3. ^ 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 f .