Borg (Moselle)

Borg Perl parish
	Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 50 ″ N , 6 ° 26 ′ 19 ″ E
Height :	355 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8 km²
Residents :	431 (Jan. 1, 2020)
Population density :	54 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66706
Area code :	06867
Location of Borg in Saarland
	Roman Villa Borg, 2013

Borg is a part of the municipality of Perl in the Merzig-Wadern district ( Saarland ). Borg is 355 m high on the Saargau, which is also called Moselgau here on the Moselle.

history

The place is probably mentioned for the first time in 893 as Burnacha in a deed of gift from King Arnulf . Between the Middle Ages and the French Revolution, the place belonged to the Remich court , from 1443 it was Burgundian , the next lords were Habsburg , Spain (1555) and the Austrian Netherlands (1714). From 1816 Borg belonged to an independent mayor's office under Prussian administration. Parts of Borg were badly destroyed in the course of World War II, so in 1939 the church tower was blown up so as not to be a target for enemy artillery , and the entire church was demolished the following year. After the end of the war, the church was rebuilt for the third time: today's parish church of St. John the Baptist .

Villa Borg

After archaeological finds between Borg and Oberleuken around 1900 indicated a villa rustica , planned excavations began in 1987. After evaluating and evaluating the excavation findings, it was decided in 1994 to reconstruct the entire historical complex according to the findings, which was completed in 2001. Today the reconstructed villa serves as an open-air museum .

Population development

The development of the population of Borg, the values from 1939 to 1974 are based on censuses:

year	Residents
1802	302
1900	384
1939	415
1950	382
1961	349
1974	356
2004	382
2010	390
2014	395
2020	431

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), pp. 62–64.

Web links

Commons : Borg (Saarland) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

District Borg on the homepage of Perl

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. 222ff.
^ Villa Borg excavation history Website of the open-air museum Villa Borg. Retrieved December 10, 2015.

[statistik-1] Statistical overview of the municipality of Perl on www.perl-mosel.de

[2] 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. 222ff.

[3] Villa Borg excavation history Website of the open-air museum Villa Borg. Retrieved December 10, 2015.