Blickweiler

Blickweiler City of Blieskastel
	Coordinates: 49 ° 12 ′ 46 ″ N , 7 ° 15 ′ 7 ″ E
Height :	228 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.99 km²
Residents :	1334 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	267 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66440
Area code :	06842
Location of Blickweiler in Saarland
	View from Kalbenberg to Blickweiler

Blickweiler is a district of Blieskastel in the Saarpfalz district ( Saarland ). Until the end of 1973 Blickweiler was an independent municipality in the district of Sankt Ingbert .

geography

The place is 4 km south of Blieskastel on the right bank of the Blies at an altitude of 228 m above sea level. NHN . Geologically, Blickweiler is located at the transition from the red sandstone to the shell limestone , which occupies the south of the Bliesgau .

history

The place Blickweiler is located on ancient settlement soil. This is proven by the finds of two stone axes that were handed over to the Palatinate History Museum in Speyer . In Roman times there was a pottery near the later train station that produced Terra Sigillata . The distribution of goods ranged from Britain to the central Danube. Pottery was given up around the year 160. The finds are in the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Saarbrücken . Robert Knorr published the results of this excavation and the excavation at Eschweilerhof near Neunkirchen (Saar) .

Blickweiler was first mentioned in 1191. The Counts of Blieskastel were the landlords of the place. The founder of the Gräfinthal monastery , Elisabeth von Blieskastel, granted the monastery the right of patronage to the church and to the tithe. So the monastery became the most important landlord in Blickweiler. In the 14th century the place fell to Kurtrier , in 1666 the place came under the rule of the Barons von der Leyen . From 1798 to 1814 the place belonged to the Saar department , from 1816 to 1918 like the entire Saarpfalz district to the Bavarian Palatinate and thus to the Kingdom of Bavaria . Since then, the place has shared the fate of all Saarland places after the two world wars.

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

Worth seeing

The parish church of St. Barbara in the town center is worth seeing . The oldest part of the church, which was originally dedicated to St. Romaricus, is the tower . It comes from the 12th / 13th centuries. Century and with its double-sided gable roof belongs to the group of so-called "Hornbacher Towers". The church was rebuilt and expanded in 1733 and 1928. In 1964, as part of a renovation , the artist Ernst Alt created a new altarpiece showing Saint Barbara .

politics

Result of the federal election on September 24, 2017.

CDU : 31.6%
SPD : 30.9%
DIE LINKE : 10.9%
GREEN: 5.1%
AFD : 11.6%
FDP : 6.1%
OTHER: 3.8%

The turnout was 77.0%

Local council

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

SPD : 58.3%, 5 seats
CDU : 41.7%, 4 seats

(As of May 2014)

Mayor

The current mayor is Walter Boßlet (SPD).

Web links

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

Literature about Blickweiler in the Saarland Bibliography
Information about Blickweiler on the website of the city of Blieskastel
Website of the place Blickweiler

Individual evidence

↑ Blieskasteler Nachrichten, January 17, 2020 - Population statistics
↑ Robert Knorr , Friedrich Sprater : The West Palatinate Sigillata pottery from Blickweiler and Eschweiler Hof. Historisches Museum der Pfalz , Historischer Verein der Pfalz , Speyer, 1927 ( publications Historisches Museum der Pfalz and Historischer Verein der Pfalz 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. 809 .
^ City of Blieskastel: On the history of Blickweiler. Retrieved December 23, 2018 .
↑ Blieskastel: Elections | Blieskastel. Accessed June 20, 2018 (German).
↑ Result of local council election Blickweiler 2014 on: www.blieskastel.de, accessed on May 27, 2014
↑ Blieskasteler Nachrichten of August 21, 2009

[1] Blieskasteler Nachrichten, January 17, 2020 - Population statistics

[2] Robert Knorr , Friedrich Sprater : The West Palatinate Sigillata pottery from Blickweiler and Eschweiler Hof. Historisches Museum der Pfalz , Historischer Verein der Pfalz , Speyer, 1927 ( publications Historisches Museum der Pfalz and Historischer Verein der Pfalz 3 ).

[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. 809 .

[4] City of Blieskastel: On the history of Blickweiler. Retrieved December 23, 2018 .

[5] Blieskastel: Elections | Blieskastel. Accessed June 20, 2018 (German).

[6] Result of local council election Blickweiler 2014 on: www.blieskastel.de, accessed on May 27, 2014

[7] Blieskasteler Nachrichten of August 21, 2009