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| Height : | 150 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 7.82 km² | |
| Residents : | 1493 (Jan. 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 191 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 66706 | |
| Area code : | 06867 | |
Location of Besch in Saarland |
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Besch is a district and district of the municipality of Perl in the Merzig-Wadern district ( Saarland ). Until the end of 1973, Besch was an independent municipality.
history
Besch was said at the Celts probably Bassius , on Romans Bessiacum or Bessiacum . In 893, Besch was first mentioned in a document: The Trier Abbey of St. Maximin received Besch from King Arnulf as a gift. The names Bessich , Biske , Piche and Becha can be found on it . In 1433 Besch came to Burgundy . The next lords were Habsburg , Spain (1555) and the Austrian Netherlands (1714). After the occupation by the French revolutionary troops (1794) and the annexation of the Austrian Netherlands (1795), the place belonged to the French department of Forests until 1814 and was administratively assigned to Remich , which is now Luxembourg . In 1816 Besch became Prussian .
As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Besch was assigned to the new municipality of Perl on January 1, 1974 together with 13 other municipalities .
Between 1967 and 1992 the CSL (Chemische Werke Saar-Lothringen) was located in today's industrial area directly on the Moselle, which was closed in favor of Chemische Werke Leuna (Saxony) after it was taken over by Elf Aquitaine . Over 400 employees from the region lost their jobs as a result. The former factory halls and the administration building are still preserved and testify to this time. The CSL produced glue and urea for an international group of customers (mainly furniture industry). Due to the favorable infrastructure (own port, connection to the rail network of DB, a few minutes by car to Benelux / France and the German highways), the CSL was considered a stable, future-proof company.
The Luxembourg farmers' association has decided to build a feed factory in Besch (start of construction: early 2012).
Population development
The development of the population of Besch, the values from 1939 to 1974 are based on censuses:
| year | Residents |
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| 1939 | 827 |
| 1950 | 854 |
| 1961 | 938 |
| 1970 | 1105 |
| 1974 | 1216 |
| 2004 | 1184 |
| 2010 | 1304 |
| 2012 | 1366 |
| 2014 | 1378 |
| 2020 | 1493 |
Worth seeing
Architectural monuments
The Catholic Church of St. Margaretha with a fortress-like character, located directly on the Moselle, is the center of the village. According to recognized historians, the rectory next to it is probably 800 years old (however, there is no evidence for this).
In the 17th century several plague crosses were erected in Besch , which are now under monument protection (see list of architectural monuments in Perl ). Another stone cross built in 1688 is called the Norman Cross or Bishop Walo Cross. The names are reminiscent of the Battle of Remich , in which a local contingent opposed a Viking army in 882.
War cemetery
The largest war cemetery in Saarland is in Besch. It has become the final resting place for both fallen Germans and soldiers from other countries. Geographically, the Ehrenfriedhof is in line with the Siegfried Line (remains can still be seen as the cemetery wall in nearby Tettingen-Butzdorf ). The remains of the bunker that was blown up at the end of the 1970s can still be seen as a memorial on the cemetery grounds. The second bunker was 200 m further on at today's crossing to Nennig / Tettingen and was completely blown up and made invisible. Not far in the forest there are still remains of the bunker system and filled access shafts. Until well into the 1970s, weapons and equipment finds from the Second World War were not uncommon in the area around the cemetery. Back then, the children played in the bunkers that had not yet been buried. Today nature has brought back the visible remains mainly through overgrowth .
Sons and daughters
- Nikolaus Simmer (1902–1986), politician (NSDAP), Lord Mayor of Koblenz from 1940 to 1945
- Peter Simmer (1905–1971), politician (NSDAP), district administrator of Ahrweiler from 1934 to 1945
- Aloysius Winter (1931–2011), Roman Catholic theologian
literature
- Ernst Wackenroder : The art monuments of the Saarburg district . (= Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz , Volume 15, III. Department). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1939 (reprint published by the Academic Bookshop Interbook, Trier 1982), 45–47.
Web links
- Website of the place on the website of the municipality of Perl
- Literature about Besch in the Saarland Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistical overview of the municipality of Perl on www.perl-mosel.de
- ↑ Municipality of Perl, the mayor (ed.): The municipality of Perl in the triangle on the Moselle . MDV, Merzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-938415-27-6 , p. 184.
- ^ 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 .
- ↑ Jürgen Boie: Luxembourgers invest 23 million euros in Perl Trierischer Volksfreund , November 6, 2011.
