Bierbach

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Bierbach
City of Blieskastel
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Bierbach
Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′ 49 ″  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 220 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 1696  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66440
Area code : 06842
Bierbach (Saarland)
Bierbach

Location of Bierbach in Saarland
View towards Blieskastel and the Catholic Church
View towards Blieskastel and the Catholic Church
View of Bierbach from the Bliestal in north-west direction

Bierbach (officially: Bierbach an der Blies ) is a district of Blieskastel in Saarland and belongs to the Saarpfalz district . The Blies runs through the local area . Until the end of 1973 Bierbach was an independent municipality in the district of Sankt Ingbert .

geography

There are six cities within a 10 km radius of the village: Blieskastel, Homburg , Zweibrücken , St. Ingbert , Neunkirchen (Saar) and Bexbach . As the crow flies, the distance to the state capital Saarbrücken is 23 km, to Kaiserslautern 40 km, to Luxembourg 93 km, to Trier 72 km, to Karlsruhe 90 km and to Metz 82 km.

The town center is about 220  m above sea level. NHN . Newer settlements nestle against the slopes of the Bliesgau , which extends far from the town. The highest peaks are the Steinberg with 349  m and the Schucht with around 332  m . August Becker , the father of the Palatinate folklore, claimed in 1858 in his book “The Palatinate and the Palatinate” that the Bierbacher Aue is the most beautiful meadow in the Palatinate.

history

The Gallo-Roman temple district on the Rödersberg , which lies between Bierbach and Wörschweiler, dates from Roman times . However, it was filled in again after the excavation and is no longer visible on site today.

As far as can be proven, Bierbach was first mentioned in writing in 1230. Count Heinrich von Castel and Heinrich von Kirkel exchanged goods from the Wörschweiler monastery in Hassel for goods from Bierbach.

When Bierbach was first settled is hidden in the fog of history. However, it has been known since 1994 that the first settlers lived in Bliestal as early as 200,000 years ago. Hans Cappel found a hand ax from the Paleolithic Age in Blieskastel.

In Bierbach itself you can find evidence of archaeological finds that were made around the year 100 to 150 AD. The construction of a Roman villa with a tomb, the remains of which were first found in 1804, is dated to this time; They were finally excavated in 1924 and 1929, here by the first state curator of the Saar region, Carl Klein . In addition, Roman remains can be found in the entire Bliesgau, e.g. B. in Schwarzenacker or in the European Culture Park Bliesbruck-Reinheim . The villa was probably the summer residence of a wealthy man. The reconstruction showed that the two-story villa had a representative row of columns and a large portico. The rectangular building had a length of around 68 meters and a depth of about max. 10 meters. Finds from the excavation can be viewed in the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Speyer , in the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Saarbrücken and in the nearby Roman Museum in Schwarzenacker .

A reliable and important source about Bierbach is the "Bierbacher Weistum " from August 10, 1529.

"Vnnd dis jhargeding vff dhinstag sanct Lawrency day anno etc. 1529 was held at Birbach by Arnolt, apt at Werßweiller, vnnd the prior Adam Keller, the court sampt the common and the whole distance, as will be seen differently afterwards." at the ban borders of the place u. a. mentions "die Klain Birbach" and the "Alt Birbach". “… From the right further open with an sant Pirmanns forest, there is a stone; from the stone to Klain Birbach; ...; then the Alt Birbach ... “. In the Zweibrücker Oberamts Bannbuch from 1547 one finds instead of “Alt Birbach” also “Groß Birbach”. The village tradition of the origin of the place name is based on these two water names.

As part of the Saarland regional and administrative reform , the previously independent municipality of Bierbach was assigned to the city of Blieskastel on January 1, 1974 . Bierbach has been a district and a municipality since then.

Etymology of the place name

The later founding of the village on the remains of Roman houses probably led to the name of the place Bierbach. Ernst Christmann comes to the following approach in his book "Die Siedlungsnames der Pfalz" "1952:" Beer "is mostly derived from the Old High German word" bûrea "," bûri ", or" bûr "= building. It is therefore conceivable that the Bach was named "Bûribach" by the Germanic first settlers after Roman houses or their remains. This was reinterpreted as "Bierbach" until the 15th / 16th century. The linguistic studies of the origin of the place name "Bierbach" from Old High German also speak of Heinrich Tischner from Bensheim . He explains the origin of the hamlet Bierbach (Odenwald) in the municipality of Brensbach in the same way: “'Bürbach' - official name 'Bierbach', tradition: 1314 'Burbach'; 1748 'Bierbach'; - member 1: ahd. 'Bûrea' = house; link 2: German 'brook' = small river ”.

In addition to this explanation, there is another one: In the 8th century, the abbot of the Hornbach monastery - Pirminius - acted as a messenger of faith in the Bliestal. The monastery land was called "Pirminsland", the people in the rear "Pirmanns people". The monastery forest was the "Pirmannswald" (this is what the forest is still called today). So it could very well have been the case that the streams that arise in the Pirmannswald were once called "Groß-Pirminsbach" and "Klein-Pirminsbach". Due to the contraction and abbreviation that is common among the people, “Groß-Pirminsbach” has become “Groß-Birbach”. The place that arose at "Groß-Birbach" was then called "Birbach" by the neighboring communities, which later became the current name "Bierbach".

In 1563 Duke Wolfgang von Zweibrücken commissioned the Siegen-born geometer and cartographer Tilemann Stella to create a description of the offices of Zweibrücken and Kirkel in the Palatinate-Zweibrücken. Tileman Stella called the place "Beurbach". This is the phonetic development of "Bûribach".

Gainful employment

Due to the low productivity with rocky and sandy soils between Blies and the forest, agriculture in Bierbach was only profitable. Before the construction of the railway line in the 1860s and 70s, which then made it possible to travel to more distant workplaces, an improvement in livelihood could be ensured primarily through basket-making . Generations of families were active in this line of business and today it is an essential part of Bierbach's social history. Musicians were later added as a second mainstay . Both activities died out with the last protagonists of their guild: Nikolaus Lenhard († 1959) is considered the last basket maker, and according to a newspaper report from 1972, his son Rudolf Lenhard, Ludwig Reis and Josef Guß are also considered to be . Among the musicians, the last representatives are Erwin Bubel (* 1929 † 2015), who relinquished the baton in 2013, Erwin Lück (* 1948) and Ronald Lück (* 1950).

politics

Result of the federal election on September 24, 2017:

The turnout was 77.0%.

Local council

Result of the local council elections on May 25, 2014:

  • CDU : 55.2%, 6 seats
  • SPD : 44.8%, 5 seats

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

  • SPD : 54.4%, 6 seats
  • CDU : 45.6%, 5 seats

Mayor

The mayor is Frank Gable (SPD). Deputy mayor is the non-party Tim Bieber.

traffic

In 1866 Bierbach received a train station with the opening of the Würzbachbahn Schwarzenacker – Hassel ; a year later the line was tied to St. Ingbert. Between Bierbach and Würzbach it is now part of the Landau – Rohrbach railway line . From 1878, the Bliestalbahn Zweibrücken – Saargemünd branching off in Bierbach was opened. This made Bierbach a station of contact.

Personalities

Well-known sons and daughters of Bierbach

Personalities who worked in Bierbach

  • Udo Derbolowsky (1920–2005), medical doctor, former director of the CJD youth village Homburg

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blieskasteler Nachrichten, January 17, 2020 - Population statistics
  2. ↑ a b 750 years of Bierbach 1230–1980. Heimatbuch, compiled by Heinrich Ehrmantraut.
  3. ↑ August Becker: The Palatinate and the Palatinate. P. 374 f. ( Digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Bierbach Temple District ( Memento from January 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on Historische-Orte.de
  5. ↑ Heinrich Ehrmantraut (ed. :) 750 years Bierbach 1230–1980 , Heimatbuch, p. 104.
  6. ↑ Hans Cappel: A hand ax from the Paleolithic on the Osterberg in Blieskastel. In: Saarpfalz. Sheets for history and folklore. 2004/3, p. 44 ff.
  7. ↑ At this point in time all goods in Bierbach were subject to interest at Wörschweiler Monastery (Werschweiler). - see. Bierbach. Community and local lexicon. Individual publications on the statistics of the Saarland No. 18. Published by the Statistical Office of the Saarland. Saarbrücken 1956, p. 15.
  8. ↑ private records by Heinrich Ehrmantraut or in various places in: 750 Jahre Bierbach 1230–1980.
  9. ^ 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 .
  10. ↑ cf. also Rudolf Wilms: Bierbach. The village in the lovely Bliesaue. In: From local districts. Weekly supplement to the Palatinate Mercury. November 13, 1958 and Bierbach. Community and local lexicon. Individual publications on the statistics of the Saarland No. 18. Published by the Statistical Office of the Saarland. Saarbrücken 1956.
  11. ^ Settlement names between the Rhine, Main, Neckar and Itter Article by Heinrich Tischner.
  12. ^ Rudolf Wilms: Bierbach. The village in the lovely Bliesaue. In: From local districts. Weekly supplement to the Palatinate Mercury. November 13, 1958.
  13. ^ Tilemann Stella: Description of the offices in Zweibrücken and Kirkel 1564. Historischer Verein Zweibrücken, 1993.
  14. ↑ Bierbach. Community and local lexicon. Individual publications on the statistics of the Saarland No. 18. Published by the Statistical Office of the Saarland. Saarbrücken 1956.
  15. ↑ Hans Cappel: Early musicians in the Saar Palatinate. 1st part: Musicians from Bierbach an der Blies. In: Saarpfalz. 2014/1, ISSN  0930-1011 , p. 61 f.
  16. ↑ Elections. In: Blieskastel.de. Retrieved June 19, 2018 .
  17. ^ Result of local council election Bierbach 2014 . In: Blieskastel.de , accessed on May 27, 2014.
  18. ↑ Local council election 2019. In: Blieskastel.de. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .