Heinitz (Neunkirchen)

Heinitz City of Neunkirchen Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′ 47 ″ N , 7 ° 8 ′ 16 ″ E
Height :	303 m
Residents :	652 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Postal code :	66540
Area code :	06821
Location of Heinitz in Saarland

Heinitz ( listen ^?^/^I ) is located near the northeastern border of the Saar coal forest and is the western part of Neunkirchen (Saar) .

Location and importance

The district is located from Neunkirchen city center on the way to Elversberg just before the slip road to the A8 in the direction of Saarbrücken - Trier - Luxembourg . The approach to the motorway in the opposite direction Kaiserslautern - Mannheim is reached at the entrance to Spiesen .

The old mining town owes its name to the Prussian Minister of State Friedrich Anton von Heynitz . The Heinitz mine , which is no longer in operation, is also located in Heinitz . It is considered to be the oldest coal mining site in Germany. Already the Celts in the 7th / 6th Century BC Kännelkohle mined in the field of the later Heinitz mine.

On May 12, 1980, an F-104 (TF-104G two-seater) Starfighter of the Belgian Air Force crashed into a local office building, killing three women. The jet had the identification FC05, Serial 583G-5102. The cause of the crash was a bird strike . Both crew members were able to save themselves with the ejection seat. The machine belonged to 31 Sqn. from Kleine Brogel .

FA Frhr. v. Heynitz
Heinitzer Weiher

Population development

Number of inhabitants
year	1951	1977	1988	2000	2015
Residents	1,710	927	828	766	663

Personalities

Erich Hilgenfeldt (1897–1945), administrative officer of the NSDAP and SS-Oberführer
Erich Hoffmann (1904–1989), agricultural scientist

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Neunkirchen: Population status 2018 , accessed on March 24, 2019
↑ Description of Kännelkohle
↑ Katrin Carl, Christian Reuther, Dennis Schuld: Kleine chroNiK. A journey through time through the history of Neunkirchen. District town Neunkirchen 2019. pp. 23–25
↑ Katrin Carl, Christian Reuther, Dennis Schuld: Kleine chroNiK. A journey through time through the history of Neunkirchen. District town Neunkirchen 2019. pp. 23–25

[1] Neunkirchen: Population status 2018 , accessed on March 24, 2019

[2] Description of Kännelkohle

[3] Katrin Carl, Christian Reuther, Dennis Schuld: Kleine chroNiK. A journey through time through the history of Neunkirchen. District town Neunkirchen 2019. pp. 23–25

[4] Katrin Carl, Christian Reuther, Dennis Schuld: Kleine chroNiK. A journey through time through the history of Neunkirchen. District town Neunkirchen 2019. pp. 23–25