Brebach-Fechingen

Brebach-Fechingen State capital Saarbrücken
	Coordinates: 49 ° 11 '54 " N , 7 ° 3' 58" E
Height :	210 m
Area :	13.13 km²
Residents :	5776 (Feb 11, 2016)
Population density :	440 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66130
Primaries :	0681, 06893
Location of Brebach-Fechingen in Saarland

Brebach-Fechingen is a district of the Saarland capital Saarbrücken and part of the Halberg district . Until December 31, 1973 Brebach-Fechingen was an independent municipality .

history

Until the end of 1958 Brebach and Fechingen were independent communities. With effect from January 1, 1959, these were merged into a new municipality under the name Brebach-Fechingen. As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the community of Brebach-Fechingen was incorporated into Saarbrücken on January 1, 1974. The resulting district "Brebach-Fechingen" is divided into the three districts of Brebach, Neufechingen and Fechingen.

Infrastructure

Brebach

The Halbergerhütte is located in the north of the district . This hut or its successor company Saint Gobain PAM Germany and Gusswerke Saarbrücken shape the townscape to this day. Brebach has a train station on the Saarbrücken – Saargemünd railway line , which is served exclusively by the Saarbahn , whose central workshop is in the immediate vicinity. Connected is a busy bus station for public transport .

Fechingen

Fechingen is mainly characterized by agriculture. In the south is the Fechinger Bad, a combination bath.

politics

Brebach-Fechingen
Brebach
Fechingen

coat of arms

The blazon reads: “Split shield, a golden ladle crossed in blue at the front and a golden hammer, accompanied by 3 (2: 1) golden shingles, a golden crown at the back in a shield made of blue and silver eightfold” . The coat of arms was awarded on September 17, 1965 by the Minister of the Interior of Saarland. At the same time, the right was granted to use the colors blue and gold as community colors.

District coat of arms Brebach

The blazon reads: "A golden pouring ladle crossed in blue and a golden hammer, accompanied by ten golden shingles" . The coat of arms was awarded on April 15, 1956 by the Minister of the Interior of Saarland. At the same time, the right was granted to use the colors blue and yellow as community colors.

District coat of arms Fechingen

The coat of arms was awarded on August 29, 1957 by the Minister of the Interior of Saarland. Blazon: "A golden crown in a shield eightfold of blue and silver." The colors of the place are blue - white. With the shield colors, the coat of arms wants to refer to the historical affiliation of the place to the territory of the princes of Nassau-Saarbrücken. The crown stands in memory of Katharina Margarete Kest, known as the "Fechinger Gänsegretel", who was last Countess of Ottweiler. The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Kurt Hoppstädter.

Churches

The parish church Maria Hilf

There are the following churches in Brebach:

Stumm church (Protestant, profane), neo-Romanesque, rectangular hall church with tower in Rhenish Romanesque and rural neo-baroque echoes
Catholic parish church of Mary of Perpetual Help, rectangular hall church with retracted choir in neo-Romanesque forms

Web links

Commons : Brebach-Fechingen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ City of Saarbrücken, district dossier on Brebach-Fechingen, Güdingen, Bübingen, p.2 (PDF); accessed April 13, 2017.
↑ Saarland Official Gazette, No. 20/1959 of January 29, 1959, page 327 (PDF; 345 kB): Resolution of the Saarland government of January 6, 1959
↑ Saarland Official Gazette No. 48/1973 of December 24, 1973, page 855 (PDF; 499 kB): New Structure Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, Section 1

^ 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. 803 .

↑ Saarland Official Gazette, No. 99/1965 of October 6, 1965, page 811 (PDF; 292 kB)

↑ Saarland Official Gazette, No. 37/1956 of April 24, 1956, page 504 (PDF; 395 kB)

↑ Saarland Official Gazette, No. 110/1957 of September 10, 1957, page 816 (PDF; 182 kB)

↑ Kristine Marschall: Sacred buildings of classicism and historicism in Saarland, Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland, Saarbrücken 2002, pp. 211–212 and pp. 438–439.

[1] City of Saarbrücken, district dossier on Brebach-Fechingen, Güdingen, Bübingen, p.2 (PDF); accessed April 13, 2017.

[2] Saarland Official Gazette, No. 20/1959 of January 29, 1959, page 327 (PDF; 345 kB): Resolution of the Saarland government of January 6, 1959

[3] Saarland Official Gazette No. 48/1973 of December 24, 1973, page 855 (PDF; 499 kB): New Structure Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, Section 1

[4] 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. 803 .

[5] Saarland Official Gazette, No. 99/1965 of October 6, 1965, page 811 (PDF; 292 kB)

[6] Saarland Official Gazette, No. 37/1956 of April 24, 1956, page 504 (PDF; 395 kB)

[7] Saarland Official Gazette, No. 110/1957 of September 10, 1957, page 816 (PDF; 182 kB)

[8] Kristine Marschall: Sacred buildings of classicism and historicism in Saarland, Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland, Saarbrücken 2002, pp. 211–212 and pp. 438–439.