Bous (Saar)
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Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ' N , 6 ° 48' E |
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| State : | Saarland | |
| County : | Saarlouis | |
| Height : | 229 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 7.61 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 6970 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 916 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postcodes : | 66353-66359 | |
| Area code : | 06834 | |
| License plate : | SLS | |
| Community key : | 10 0 44 122 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Saarbrücker Str. 120 66359 Bous |
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| Mayor : | Stefan Louis ( independent ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Bous in the Saarlouis district | ||
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Bous [ buːs ] is a municipality in the Saarlouis district , about 15 km northwest of Saarbrücken .
geography
The place is at the southern exit of the Saarlouis basin on the right bank of the Saar .
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are (starting clockwise in the north): Schwalbach , Püttlingen , Völklingen , Wadgassen , Saarlouis , and Ensdorf .
history
Bous was first mentioned in 952, traces have also been found from Roman times: in 1836 the remains of a Roman mill on the site of today's Bommersbacher mill ; Around 1900, when the Protestant church was built, the remains of a Roman country house. However, these traces cannot be assigned an exact date. The donation of an area between the Saar and Bous and the mill to the Wadgassen monastery is documented . Half the village was given to the monastery in 1489. In 1548 the village and its residents were sold to the monastery. The rule of the monks only ended with the French Revolution . The location near an important river crossing is important for the early settlement. Two Roman roads led across the Saar to Metz . There was a ferry until 1903. One of the few railway bridges over the Saar ran not far from today's car bridge. The railway came in 1858, the Mannesmannröhren factory in 1887. At first it employed 280 workers. On November 4, 1918, there was an explosion and fire in a passenger train on the Saar route between Völklingen and Bous . 18 people died and 14 others were injured.
On January 1, 1974, Bous / Saar was initially assigned to Schwalbach / Saar due to a regional reform. However, the citizens were able to reverse this through their massive protests. Since January 1, 1982, Bous has been the smallest independent municipality in Saarland with a surface area of 7.61 km².
On October 12, 1982, the municipality name was officially changed from Bous / Saar to Bous .
Surname
The name is probably of Celtic origin and refers to the location of the municipality between two hills; Bouza is often mentioned in early documents . Thus the name does not have its origin in the Romance-speaking area despite the seemingly French "ou" . However, this did not prevent the National Socialists from changing the name to "Buß (Saar)" on August 22, 1935. On April 18, 1946, after hearing the provisional community committee of the community of Buß, it was decreed that the community of Buß should again use the earlier, historically established name of Bous / Saar with immediate effect .
dialect
The dialect spoken in Bous belongs to the Moselle-Franconian dialects . However, since the neighboring cities of Püttlingen and Völklingen already belong to the Rhine-Franconian- speaking area, there are also mixtures. The location on the so-called dat-das-line means that the dialect differs unusually strongly from that of these neighboring communities.
politics
In the past 1990s to the beginning of the 2000s, the municipality of Bous was one of the most heavily indebted municipalities in Saarland, largely as a result of the dwindling industrial and dealer structure. Public institutions of the community, such as B. swimming and indoor pools could not be preserved.
The takeover of the former pipe works by Georgsmarienhütte and the settlement and expansion of various companies made it possible for the municipality of Bous to consult the budget and reduce the high level of debt. Due to economical housekeeping in the following years, Bous currently has a debt level that is below average for Saarland standards.
In December 2018, the responsible “Technical Working Group Saarland Pact” classified the municipality of Bous as one of the seven “healthy municipalities” across the Saarland.
Municipal council
The municipal council elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following result:
| CDU | SPD | left | FWG | GREEN | Left list Bous | total | |
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| 2019 | 10 | 6th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 27 |
mayor
- 1960–1964: H. Luxenburger †, CDU
- 1964–1973: Johann "Hennes" Wagner †, SPD
- 1974–1982: Georg Fleck, CDU , (municipality of Schwalbach (Saar) )
- 1982 – June 1982: Johann "Hennes" Wagner †, SPD , as mayor's representative
- July 1982–1987: Hans Bernardi †, SPD
- 1987–2005: Erich Wentz †, SPD
- since 2005: Stefan Louis, independent
- Result of the direct election on January 23, 2005
- Stefan Louis (independent): 50.24%
- Erich Wentz (SPD): 28.66%
- Jürgen Manz (CDU): 17.45%
- Marius Hocke (FWG): 3.65%
The turnout was 66.7%.
Community partnerships
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on June 23, 1982 by the Saarland Ministry of the Interior.
Blazon : "A continuous red cross in gold, covered with a divided heart shield, in it a silver sloping bar in blue above, a blue three-mountain below in silver."
The community colors are red - yellow.
The Saar can be seen in the upper part of the inner coat of arms . The lower part shows the three hills bladder mountain, griesberg and wheat hübel. The coat of arms was given to the community on the occasion of its 1000th anniversary in 1952.
Economy and Infrastructure
Today the community is characterized by a very good infrastructure and numerous shopping opportunities. The largest industrial company to which the town owes its rise at the beginning of the 20th century, the Mannesmannröhren-Werke (RBS) , was shut down in the 1990s. Only one electric steelworks , which has belonged to Georgsmarienhütte GmbH since 1998 , still maintains the mining-industrial tradition. Another nationwide important location is a central warehouse of Aldi Süd .
Bous is located on the Saar route Saarbrücken – Karthaus with the Bous (Saar) train station and on federal highway 51 . A railway line over the Saar to Fürstenhausen used to branch off here .
Culture and leisure
Regular events
Chausseefeschd
In addition to numerous smaller festivals, the Bouser Chausseefeschd was an integral part of cultural life from 1978 to 2003 . With the exception of a few years in which the festival had to take place in side streets, because the then CDU District Administrator Riotte did not give the approval, the last weekend in August (or the penultimate, if the end of the month fell exactly on the 30th / 31st) the federal highway 51 is completely closed. Up to 70,000 people populated the “Chaussee” of the community from Friday to Sunday evening. The Chausseefeschd no longer takes place for financial reasons.
Since 2004 there has been a new major event in the community with the Bouser Oktoberfest. The venue is a marquee on the premises of the Bous shopping center.
Bouser Maisause
Since 2006, the "Bous site action group" has organized the Bouser Maisause , a soap box and bobby car race. The event was brought to life by the founding member and former 1st chairman of the action group Enzo Messina. Every two years on a May weekend, the maize season has continued almost unchanged since then. The Hohlstrasse, Winkelstrasse and Kirchberg are closed and used as a racing track. In contrast to conventional soap box races, the Bouser Maisause starts in two classes: The Bouser Boliden class (with rubbish bin wheels ) (from 10 years) and the open class (from 16 years) , in which the designers have a lot of freedom. The open class reaches over 50 km / h on the sloping Hohlstrasse. Children aged six and over take part in their own competition with their Bobby Cars . The unique selling point of this event is the field of participants, which often has more than 40 teams. From 2006 onwards, the focus will be on the cross-generational character of this event, which is supported by a broad base of the population. In addition, when designing the concept in 2005/2006, it was important to set itself apart from the usual street festivals in the region through the unique selling point “soap box races”. In this way it was possible to avoid the competition with other street festivals and the associated financial pressure that arises from a constantly increasing entertainment program - including with bands.
HoKuTa
In the first weeks of November every year takes place in the Southwest Hall a hobby - art instead exhibition. The organizer is the local cultural association hokuta e. V.
Attractions
The artistically most important building in Bous is the former Redemptorist monastery Heiligenborn , which was designed and built almost entirely by the Hungarian-German artist and architect György Lehoczky in the years 1949–1952 (building) and 1953–1960 (interior design) .
The monastery is located on the site of a legendary holy spring. After 1940 , the National Socialists began to build a Thingplatz with an attached HJ home there. Parts of the shell date from this time, the foundation stone of the Heiligenborn monastery in the basement still bears the swastika today . The monastery has been closed since 2009.
The former forester's house of the Wadgassen Abbey is located in Saarbrücker Straße, junction of the bridge towards Wadgassen (town). It is one of the few remaining buildings from this period. A second relic from the Wadgasser abbey period is the baroque stone cross with a magnificent base at the Bous cemetery.
see also: List of architectural monuments in Bous
schools
In addition to a primary school , Bous also has a secondary school ( community school together with Wadgassen), which is also used by students from the surrounding towns and communities.
- Elementary School Bous
- Community school Wadgassen-Bous
- District adult education center Bous
- Catholic adult education , KEB Bous
- District Music School Saarlouis-Bous
There is also a conventional kindergarten as well as a children's house , which is attended jointly by disabled and non-disabled children.
movie theater
The Thalia was opened in 1957 and has since been modernized several times without losing its economic miracle charm. Technically, it is state of the art. The cinema has 141 seats and offers on-site service.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Servatius Ludwig , (* 1907 as Otto Ludwig in Bous; † murdered 1946 in Sinchan , Republic of China ), Benedictine missionary in Manchuria
- Aloys Ludwig (* 1910 in Bous; † 2002 in Bous), Catholic theologian and member of the National Committee Free Germany (NKFD)
- Karl Josef Rivinius (* 1936 in Bous), Catholic theologian
- JOMI (* 1952 in Bous; actually Josef Michael Kreutzer), pantomime
- Leo Stefan Schmitt (* 1952 in Großrosseln), politician ( SPD , now Die Linke ), member of the municipal council for many years
- Michael Klinkert (* 1968 in Bous), former professional footballer
- Karsten Brill (* 1970 in Bous), German singer
- Markus Tressel (* 1977 in Saarlouis), politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ), member of the Bundestag
literature
- Brenner, Traudl: Karge Himmelsfeste was Lehoczky's first bang. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung v. 24./25. May 2008 P. E 1 (East)
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Bous
- Private website dedicated to Bous's past
- Link catalog on Bous at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
- Literature on Bous (Saar) in the Saarland Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saarland.de - Official population figures as of December 31, 2019 (PDF; 20 kB) ( help ).
- ^ Hans Joachim Ritzau: Railway disasters in Germany. Splinters of German history . Vol. 1: Landsberg-Pürgen 1979, p. 72.
- ↑ a b c 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. 808 .
- ^ Saarbrücker Zeitung of February 26, 2010
- ↑ History of the community of Bous on www.bous.de; Retrieved October 3, 2010
- ↑ Official Gazette of the Saar District Council No. 8/1946, page 52
- ↑ Bous community result, final result of the 2019 local council elections at: www.wahlresult.saarland.de, accessed on June 26, 2019
- ^ Jörg Laux, Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH: New Year's reception: Bous is one of the seven healthy. Retrieved January 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Bous community result, final result of the 2014 local council elections, allocation of seats at: www.wahlresult.saarland.de, accessed on June 26, 2019
- ^ Saarländischer Rundfunk, media library, min. 39:50
- ↑ http://museum.academia-wadegotia.de/synapsecore.php5/noSidebar/synWiki/Friedhofskreuz museum. academia wadegotia
- ↑ http://www.st-peter-bous.de/NEU/petruspdf/2007/petrus06-07.pdf
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