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Home town Community Beckingen
	Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 48 ″ N , 6 ° 43 ′ 27 ″ E
Height :	198 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.95 km²
Residents :	1997 (Dec. 31, 2008)
Population density :	336 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66701
Area code :	06835
Location of Haustadt in Saarland
	Parish Church of St. Mauritius , also called "Taldom"

Haustadt is a district of the community Beckingen in the Merzig-Wadern district ( Saarland ). House town was an independent municipality until the end of 1973. Haustadt is the namesake of the Haustadter valley , which, following the course of the Mackenbach and the Mühlenbach, connects the Beckingen districts of Oppen , Reimsbach , Honzrath , Haustadt and Beckingen.

history

House town was first mentioned in 1147 under the name Hustat . However, the first evidence of the settlement of the Haustadter valley goes back to the Bronze Age . At the time of the Roman Empire, an important traffic artery ran through the place.

As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent community of Haustadt was assigned to the then newly formed community of Beckingen on January 1, 1974 and has since been a district and a district.

politics

In the 2014 local council elections, the CDU received 62.1%, the SPD 24.0% and the Left 13.9% of the vote. The CDU thus provides the mayor.

Attractions

The " Wolferskopf Nature Park " is one of the largest nature reserves in southwest Germany. It is home to over 450 different plant species, including 34 endangered nationwide. Among them is the Missed Orchid .

Personalities

Theologian Johannes Reiter was born in Haustadt in 1944. He was appointed to the International Theological Commission by Pope John Paul II in 2004 and worked several times as an advisor to the Federal Government and the Bundestag in the field of medical ethics .
The parapsychologist Johannes Mischo (1930-2001) also came from Haustadt .

literature

Christiane Henrich, Monika Silvanus, Martin Uhrhan, Volkmar Schommer: Beckingen in the course of time, a representation of the past and present of the Beckingen community and its districts, ed. from the community of Beckingen, Beckingen 1991.
Wolfgang Reget: The residents of Haustadt and Honzrath, 1550–1899, Merchingen 1997.
Werner Verburg: residents of Haustadt and Honzrath in the 18th century (reports from the Working Group for Saarland Family Studies in the Historical Association for the Saar Region, 12th special volume), Saarbrücken 1979.
Literature about Haustadt in the Saarland Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Haustadt - collection of images

Individual evidence

^ 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 .

[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. 804 .