Faha

Faha municipality Mettlach
Coordinates: 49 ° 31 ′ 33 ″  N , 6 ° 29 ′ 10 ″  E
Height :	339  (261-406)  m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.06 km²
Residents :	373  (Dec. 31, 2009)
Population density :	46 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66693
Area code :	06865

Faha is a part of the municipality of Mettlach in the Merzig-Wadern district ( Saarland ). Until the end of 1973 Faha was an independent community. The place is on the Saargau .

history

In 768, Bishop Angilram of Metz donated the Villa Faho to the Gorze Abbey . In the 12th century, documents from the Archdiocese of Trier mention the noble free von Vah. Your tower hill castle (Motte) was about 600 meters northwest of today's town center. The Lords of Vah were later also castle men at Montclair Castle . Their trace was lost in the 14th century. The place Faha was owned by Kurtrier for centuries .

A tombstone was found in Faha which corresponds to one in the fortified church of Heltau in Transylvania . Archaeologists therefore associate the immigration of Transylvanian Saxons with the place Faha.

On January 1, 1974, Faha was incorporated into the municipality of Mettlach.

The place was always characterized by agriculture.

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 from the Academic Bookshop Interbook, Trier 1982), pp. 73–75.
• J.Conrad, S.Flesch: Castles and palaces on the Saar , Minerva Verlag, Saarbrücken, 1988, ISBN 3-477-00078-1

Web links

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

• Faha on the website of the municipality of Mettlach
• Literature on Mettlach-Faha in the Saarland Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of Transylvania
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. 804 .