Blew

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Blew
District town of Sankt Wendel
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Bliesen
Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 38 ″  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 50 ″  E
Height : 309 m
Area : 12.61 km²
Residents : 3061  (2020)
Population density : 243 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66606
Area code : 06854
Bliesen (Saarland)
Blew

Location of Bliesen in Saarland
Bliesen with church
Bliesen with church

Bliesen is a city district and municipality of the city of St. Wendel in the district of the same name in Saarland . Until the end of 1973, Bliesen was an independent municipality.

geography

Bliesen is located in the district of St. Wendel , in northern Saarland on the upper reaches of the Blies, about 7 kilometers west-northwest of the core town of St. Wendel, about 30 kilometers north-northeast of Saarbrücken and almost 9 kilometers south-southwest of the Bostalsee (both as the crow flies ).

Today's Bliesen district consists of three historic core settlements: The old core of the village of "Elmern" is located in the direction of Oberthal. The historic core settlement “Bliesen” is located around the Kirchberg and to the northeast of it in the valley of the Blies the center of the village “Niederhofen” can be made out. Today's street names "In Elmern" and "Niederhofer Straße" indicate the location of these old core settlements.

history

The place was assigned to the canton of Tholey in the Moselle department until 1814 .

As part of the Saarland territorial and administrative reform , the previously independent municipality of Bliesen was assigned to the district town of Sankt Wendel on January 1, 1974.

politics

The local council of the municipality of Bliesen has eleven members, the mayor is Wolfgang Theis, CDU.

The distribution of seats after the last elections:

choice CDU SPD total
2019 8th 3 11 seats
2014 7th 4th 11 seats
2009 9 2 11 seats
2004 9 2 11 seats
1999 8th 3 11 seats
1994 7th 4th 11 seats

useful information

The landmark is the parish church of St. Remigius, built in the neo-Romanesque style . It is also known as the "Bliestaldom" and has a tower whose base is dated to the 12th century. The viewpoint "Auf der Kanzel" offers a panoramic view of the entire upper Bliestal. A special feature is the contained source "Augenborn", which is said to have a healing effect on eye disorders.

In a leisure facility of the leisure club Bliesen 1971 eV in the center of the village there is a modern lane golf course, which has already been the scene of numerous, partly international championships. The SV Bliesen sports club has an artificial turf pitch with floodlights and a covered grandstand. The Turnverein Bliesen eV offers a wide range of gymnastics for children to senior gymnastics, from badminton to athletics and has over 1000 members. There are around 60 clubs in the village.

In 1994 the 1000th anniversary of Bliesen was celebrated. The population of Bliesen was 3178 on June 30, 2012, of whom 1665 were male and 1713 were female. On the last weekend in August, the citizens of Bliesen celebrate a traditional fair with a fair year.

Public buildings and facilities

In the center of the village (Remigiusstrasse) is the Catholic parish church of St. Remigius, the Catholic parish office with library and the memorial for the war victims.

The village community center, called "Haus Gillen", is located on the village square. The mayor's office, a meeting and event hall, a rehearsal room and various club accommodations are located there. Right next door are the fruit processing systems of the fruit and horticultural association , the sports and culture hall (1989), hall size 20 by 28 meters, various ancillary rooms, stage, seating for around 520 people, as well as the fire station (1985) and the DRK vehicle hall.

Parish Church of St. Remigius

Bliestaldom Bliesen

The parish church of St. Remigius , built in the neo-Romanesque style between 1903 and 1904, is often called the "Bliestaldom" because of its exposed location in the upper Bliestal, its size and its optical dominance over the village. It stands in the middle of the old town center of the core settlement of Bliesen and is the landmark of the village. The church was built by the then dean Jakob Backes (1897–1929) according to plans by the Düsseldorf architect Josef Kleesattel . A fortified church and a Roman signal tower are said to have been located on the Kirchberg. It is said that the foundation walls of today's church tower go back to the former signal tower.

Personalities (alphabetical)

Web links

Commons : Bliesen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ St. Wendel, districts
  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. 810 .
  3. ↑ St. Wendel mayor
  4. ↑ St. Wendel Wahlen, local council