Gersheim
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Coordinates: 49 ° 9 ' N , 7 ° 13' E |
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| State : | Saarland | |
| County : | Saarpfalz district | |
| Height : | 233 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 57.39 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 6281 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 109 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postcodes : | 66451-66453 | |
| Primaries : | 06843, 06844 | |
| License plate : | HOM | |
| Community key : | 10 0 45 113 | |
| LOCODE : | DE GHZ | |
| Community structure: | 9 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Bliesstrasse 19 a 66453 Gersheim |
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| Mayor : | Michael Clivot ( SPD ) | |
| Location of the community of Gersheim in the Saarpfalz district | ||
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Gersheim (in the local dialect Gerschum ) is a municipality in the Saarland in Germany . It is located about 20 km south of Homburg and 25 km southeast of the state capital Saarbrücken .
geography
location
Gersheim is located in the Bliesgau , the southern part of the Saarpfalz district . It borders on the French department of Moselle for a length of 13 km , as well as on the municipality of Mandelbachtal and the town of Blieskastel . Gersheim lies in the Bliesgau loop of the Saarland circular hiking trail . The Blies flows through the village .
climate
| The annual precipitation is 905 mm and is thus in the upper third of the values recorded by the measuring points of the German Weather Service . Over 78% indicate lower values. The driest month is April; it rains most in May. In the wettest month there is around 1.5 times more rain than in the driest month. The seasonal fluctuations in precipitation are in the lower third. In only 22% of all places, the monthly precipitation fluctuates less. |
Districts
The community consists of nine districts: Bliesdalheim , Gersheim, Herbitzheim , Medelsheim , Niedergailbach , Peppenkum , Reinheim , Rubenheim and Walsheim . The village of Seyweiler belongs to the district Medelsheim, the place Utweiler belongs to Peppenkum .
history
Historical evidence of bygone eras can be found on community soil, especially in the European Culture Park Bliesbruck-Reinheim , where excavations from the Celtic and Roman times can be viewed. The Celtic princess grave found in 1954 is particularly interesting. The grave mound of the princess and two others have been reconstructed to be accessible.
A Merovingian cemetery under Walsheimer Straße and the ending - heim speak for a foundation in the early Middle Ages (6th / 7th centuries). The place was first mentioned in 1150 as Geroldesheim .
As of 1798, like all areas on the left bank of the Rhine , it belonged to France . Due to the resolutions at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the village was a Bavarian municipality from 1816 .
Between the 18th century and 1914 there was a small Jewish community in Gersheim. In 1889/90 a synagogue was built in Ludwigstrasse. After the community was dissolved, it was converted into a residential building in 1919. The building is now on the Saarland's list of monuments.
According to the Versailles Treaty , the Saar area was under French administration from 1920 to 1935, following a mandate from the League of Nations .
After the Saar referendum , the Saar area was annexed to the National Socialist German Reich in 1935 . On September 1, 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War , the village was evacuated. A second evacuation followed in December 1944. In 1939 and 1945 the place suffered severe destruction. As a result, the place largely lost its original character as a farming village.
From 1946 to 1957, Saarland was a partially sovereign state under a French protectorate. After the referendum of 1955, it joined the Federal Republic of Germany .
With the reorganization of the districts and communities in Saarland , Gersheim, which previously belonged to the district of Sankt Ingbert , became a community of the Saarpfalz district on January 1, 1974.
Incorporations
On January 1, 1974, the previously independent communities of Bliesdalheim, Herbitzheim, Medelsheim, Niedergailbach, Peppenkum, Reinheim, Rubenheim, Seyweiler, Utweiler and Walsheim were incorporated.
politics
Municipal council
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The election to the municipal council on May 26, 2019 led to the following result:
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Until 2019 - with the exception of the 1984–1989 electoral period - the CDU always achieved an absolute majority in the municipal council.
Local councils
| District | CDU | SPD | Green | AfD | Total |
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| Gersheim | 4th | 5 | - | - | 9 |
| Reinheim | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 9 |
| Rubenheim | 6th | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| Walsheim | 1 | 8th | - | - | 9 |
| Niedergailbach | 9 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Herbitzheim | 2 | 3 | 4th | - | 9 |
| Bliesdalheim | 4th | 3 | - | - | 7th |
| Medelsheim / Seyweiler | 9 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Peppenkum / Utweiler | 6th | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| Total | 46 | 28 | 4th | 1 | 79 |
In Medelsheim / Seyweiler and Niedergailbach only the CDU has submitted a list for the local council election. For this reason, majority elections were held in these districts . In Bliesdalheim, the SPD won the majority of the votes. She is entitled to 5 seats. However, only 3 people were noted on the SPD lists. Therefore the 2 missing seats remain vacant.
mayor
- 1974–1991: Siegfried Wack , CDU
- 1992–2009: Lothar Kruft, CDU
- 2010–2019: Alexander Rubeck, CDU
- since 2020: Michael Clivot, SPD
In the direct election of the mayor on May 26, 2019, SPD candidate Michael Clivot prevailed against incumbent Alexander Rubeck ( CDU ) and Gerd Litzenburger ( AfD ) with 51.7% and 41.3% . He took office on January 1, 2020.
coat of arms
- Blazon
Under the red head of a shield, in it a golden ammonite, a red abbot's staff and a fallen blue sword crossed diagonally in silver.
- description
Approval took place on June 26, 1976.
Partnerships
- Bazancourt ( Champagne , France )
- Porabka ( Poland )
nature and landscape
Most of the area is covered with shell limestone . To the northwest of the village is a large orchid area , which is home to over half of the orchid species documented in Germany.
Due to the high groundwater level and regular flooding, the Bliesaue is an important habitat for many animal and plant species. The banks of the Blies are bordered by black poplars , willows and sometimes black alder forests . After being released into the wild, the beaver has been at home again for several years .
Probably nothing is more characteristic of the Bliesgau than its orchard meadows that characterize the valley slopes next to isolated arable land.
In the deciduous forests on the ridges, beech and common oak dominate .
Museums
The district of Reinheim gained national fame through the discovery of a princess grave from the early La Tène period (around 400 BC) in 1954. After the discovery (1987) of a stately palace villa from Roman times (1st – 4th centuries AD) and a small Roman town vicus (1st – 5th century AD) in neighboring Bliesbruck (1971), an archeology park was founded in 1989 under the name of European Culture Park Bliesbruck-Reinheim .
The private museum documents the living conditions of "little people" of the Saar-Palatinate-Lorraine rural population. It has a collection of over 50,000 individual objects. The museum in the Rubenheim district is open every third Sunday of the month from 2pm to 6pm.
Ecological school camp
In Gersheim, Spohn's house was developed into an ecological education center with a school camp. In an old farmhouse and a former school building opposite, Spohns Haus offers accommodation, supply and training opportunities for around 80 visitors. Spohns Haus has the status of a registered association (eV). The main focus of his eco-pedagogical offer is the area of education for sustainable development (ESD).
Buildings
- Catholic Church of St. Alban (1846)
- Gersheim synagogue (1889/90)
Regular events
- LVM Saarland Trofeo : Every year onCorpus Christiand the following weekend a stage race for juniors. The race is part ofthe Junior Cycling Nations Cup, the highest category of theUCI. The racing series consists of six events worldwide. The Saarland Trofeo is the only Junior Nations Cup race in German-speaking countries.
- Gersheim Theater Week : Regularly at the beginning of the year (for over 20 years) there is the event of the cultural office of the community. Popular theater from regional theater associations (also from neighboring France - in the Lorraine dialect) as well as comedy and satire (also with professional groups) is shown.
Personalities
- Joseph Eduard Konrad Bischoff (* 1828 in the Niedergailbach district, † 1920 in Speyer ), writer and theologian
- Dietrich Becker (* 1830 in Niedergailbach; † 1879 in Speyer), cathedral capitular and cathedral pastor in Speyer, director of the Episcopal Konviktes St. Joseph, writer
- Ludwig Maria Hugo (* 1871 in Arzheim, Diocese of Speyer, † 1935 in Mainz), Bishop of Mainz (1921 to 1935) and determined fighter against National Socialism, was pastor of Bliesdalheim from 1911 to 1915.
Orchid meadow near Gersheim
Brandy orchid
Spohn's house
Restored farmhouse (Gersheim)
literature
- Orchids in Gersheim . Text: Edith Buchheit; Photos: Steffen Jung. St. Ingbert: West Palatinate. Verl.-Dr., 1989. 83 p., Numerous. Ill.
- Dieter Dorda, Olaf Kühne, Volker Wild (eds.): The Bliesgau. Nature u. Landscape in the southeastern Saarland. Saarbrücken: Inst. F. Regional studies in Saarland, 2006. 303 p., Numerous. Fig. (Publications of the Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland; 42) ISBN 3-923877-42-0
- Stefanie Marsch: In the Queen's footsteps. Orchid hike in Bliesgau. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung (main part) v. 26./27. May 2012, p. A3
Web links
- Gersheim community
- Bliesgau Biosphere
- Literature about Gersheim in the Saarland Bibliography
- Museum for everyday village culture in Rubenheim
- Link catalog on Gersheim at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saarland.de - Official population figures as of December 31, 2019 (PDF; 20 kB) ( help ).
- ^ 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. 809 .
- ↑ Mayor Michael Clivot receives certificate of appointment - term of office begins on January 1st. In: Wochenspiegel. December 13, 2019, accessed February 16, 2020 .
- ^ Official Journal of the Saarland
Bexbach | Blieskastel | Gersheim | Homburg | Kirkel | Mandelbachtal | St. Ingbert