Grügelborn

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Grügelborn
Freisen municipality
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Grügelborn
Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 59 ″  N , 7 ° 12 ′ 23 ″  E
Height : 392  (380-514)  m
Area : 4.17 km²
Residents : 894  (December 8, 2011)
Population density : 214 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66629
Area code : 06857
Grügelborn (Saarland)
Grügelborn

Location of Grügelborn in Saarland

Grügelborn is the third largest district in the Saarland community of Freisen in the St. Wendel district . Until the end of 1973 Grügelborn was an independent municipality.

geography

The highest point is the Eiselskist at 514 meters.

history

Grügelborn was first mentioned in 1588 in a description of the Lichtenberg Oberamt. However, grave finds testify that the place was already settled in Celtic times.

As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Grügelborn was assigned to the municipality of Freisen on January 1, 1974.

Economy and Infrastructure

From 1936 until its closure in 1966, Grügelborn had a station on the Türkismühle – Kusel railway line .

politics

Mayor

  • Joachim Bonenberger, CDU (since 1999)

Local council

  • 9 seats (5 CDU, 2 SPD, 2 free voters)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The municipality of Freisen in numbers at www.freisen.de
  2. Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, § 45, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 857 (PDF page 29; 487 kB)
  3. ^ 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 .