Löstertal

Löstertal City of Wadern
Coordinates: 49 ° 33 ′ 50 ″  N , 6 ° 55 ′ 40 ″  E
Area :	16.26 km²
Residents :	1310  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	81 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66687
Area code :	06871
Location of Löstertal in Saarland

Löstertal is a district of the city ​​of Wadern in the Merzig-Wadern district in Saarland . Löstertal is located in the Moselle-Franconian language area.

geography

Districts

Location of Löstertal in the city ​​of Wadern

The becoming a city Waderns in 1978 was summarized as district Löstertal occasion, the four towns Buweiler, costs Bach, Oberlöstern and Rathen. The Löstertal with the Lösterbach lies on the southwestern edge of the Hunsrück . In terms of area, Löstertal is the largest district in the city of Wadern.

history

The Löster was first mentioned in a document in 1311 as "Lustra". The oldest settlement in the Löstertal villages is Buweiler, which was first mentioned as an estate in 1334. At the same time, the first written references to Rathen appear as "Rhoden" in the 14th century and Kostenbach, which is first mentioned in 1450. Oberlöstern has its first evidence in a document from 1335.

Before the French Revolution, Kastel, Buweiler, Kostenbach and Rathen formed a French exclave .

Until the end of the First World War, the communities in the area of ​​what is now the Löstertal district belonged to the Wadern district in the Merzig district (Oberlöstern) and the Ozenhausen district (from 1930 Nonnweiler district) in the Trier-Land district (Kostenbach and Buweiler-Rathen), which was part of the Prussian government district of Trier .

In 1920, according to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty, the Merzig district was assigned to the Saar area under League of Nations administration - with the exception of the high forest communities. The administrative districts of Wadern, Weiskirchen and Losheim remained under the name "Restkreis" in the administrative district of Trier. The administrative district administration of the " Restkreis Merzig-Wadern " was in Wadern .

After the Second World War , France decreed that the “remaining district” and thus also the municipalities of Oberlöstern belonging to the Wadern district belong to the newly formed Saarland, which was under French influence . The office of Nonnweiler and thus also the municipalities of Buweiler-Rathen and Kostenbach remained in the Trier-Land district until a new border that deviated from the Versailles Treaty assigned them to the St. Wendel district on October 1, 1946 .

On January 1, 1957, the Saarland and with it the Löstertal became part of Germany again. The economic connection to the Federal Republic did not take place until July 6, 1959. As part of the Saarland territorial and administrative reform , the previously independent communities Buweiler-Rathen, Kostenbach and Oberlöstern were dissolved on January 1, 1974 and the new community, from 1978 city Wadern assigned, which resulted in a change in the district membership for the communities Buweiler-Rathen and Kostenbach.

In 1979 the previously existing districts of Buweiler, Kostenbach, Oberlöstern and Rathen were combined to form the Löstertal district. With the local elections in 1979, instead of three mayors for the individual villages of the Löstertal, one mayor was elected for the new district.

politics

Local council

Results of the local council elections on May 26, 2019:

• CDU : 51.0%, 5 seats
• SPD : 49.0%, 4 seats

Mayor

Since the territorial reform in 1974:

• Buweiler-Rathen: Günter Schröder (1974 to 1979)
• Kostenbach: Jakob Lauer (1974 to 1979)
• Oberlöstern: Alois Thome (1974 to 1979)

The places Buweiler, Kostenbach, Oberlöstern and Rathen were united in 1978 to form the municipality (district) Löstertal. Local mayors of the Löstertal district have been since 1979 (municipal election):

• Günter Schröder (1979 to 1984)
• Josef Backes (1984 to 1994)
• Wolfgang Maring, CDU (from 1994)

coat of arms

The coat of arms - designed by Willy Weinen - is intended to symbolize the togetherness of the four Löstertal villages: At the top right , a silver wave bar, which symbolizes the Löster in the green meadowland. The golden cross represents the church in Kostenbach; the golden Roman-Celtic grave urn represents the grave finds in Oberlöstern. The red sloping bar with three mutilated silver eagles on gold at the top left symbolizes the coat of arms of Lorraine for Kostenbach, Buweiler and Rathen. The red wolf tang on gold at the bottom right represents the coat of arms of the rule of Sötern for upper solemn monks. At the bottom left on green a silver wave bar (Löster), in gold an ax with a hoe for the forest and clearing work in Rathen and in gold a millstone for mills and millstone production.

Culture and sights

The parish church "Herz Jesu" is an example of the neo-Romanesque architecture of the late 19th century

The parish church "Herz Jesu" was built from 1887 to 1889 in neo-Romanesque style and expanded between 1968 and 1972.

In the vicinity of Oberlöstern, in the woods "Standermich" and "Rehkopf", there are early Celtic burial mound groups from the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Chr.

The burial mounds of Oberlosterers

Some very beautiful chapels can be found in the Löstertal: in Rathen the Maria Himmelfahrt chapel and the Mother of God Chapel, in Kostenbach the Nothelfer Chapel and the Katharinenkapelle, in Oberlöstern the Mariengrotto, the Herz-Jesu-Kapelle, the Bruder-Klaus-Kapelle and the Marienkapelle (Hagelkapelle).

The Marienkapelle (Hagelkapelle) is the starting point of a Way of the Cross with 14 mosaic panels in artificial stone walls, which was set up between 1959 and 1961 and which begins at the Marienkapelle at the foot of the Forstberg and ends at the Herz-Jesu-Kapelle a few hundred meters further on at the top of the mountain.

Events

• Fair (3rd weekend after Pentecost)
• Christmas market (1st Advent)
• Rathener Kirmes (August 15th / Assumption of Mary)

societies

The largest clubs (in alphabetical order):

• Mining and ironworkers association Buweiler-Rathen
• Buweiler Music Association
• Musikverein Kostenbach
• Fruit and horticultural association Löstertal
• Horse lovers Löstertal
• Löstertal tennis club
• Löstertal gymnastics club
• Rifle club Hubertus Rathen

Infrastructure

The Löstertal district has a tennis facility, a rifle house, a pond, a youth club, a model airfield, several children's playgrounds, a fire station , a guesthouse, two restaurants and a café. In addition, the Löstertalhalle is available for larger events. The range of rooms is supplemented by a parish hall and the musicians' home in the old primary school.

media

• Saarbrücker Zeitung
• Wochenspiegel Hochwald
• Official notice of the city of Wadern

Educational and educational institutions

• State day-care center for the little thugs Löstertal

literature

• Literature about Löstertal in the Saarland bibliography

Web links

Commons : Löstertal  - Collection of images

• Löstertal on the sides of the city of Wadern

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} data and facts on www.stadt-wadern.de
2. ^ Historical Association for the Saar Region eV (Ed.): Saarland - History of a Region, p. 67 . Kostenbach.
3. ↑ New Structure Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, Section 34, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 855 (PDF page 27; 499 kB).
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. 804 f .
5. ↑ Chapel of the Assumption of Mary .
6. ↑ Kunstlexikon Saar ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 10, 2015.