Wustweiler

Wustweiler municipality Illingen
	Coordinates: 49 ° 23 ′ 58 ″ N , 7 ° 2 ′ 20 ″ E
Height :	255 m
Area :	5.85 km²
Residents :	2890 (Aug 31, 2005)
Population density :	494 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66557
Area code :	06825
Location of Wustweiler in Saarland
	View to the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Wustweiler

Wustweiler is a district of the Illingen municipality in the Neunkirchen district ( Saarland ).

history

Archaeological finds prove that the area was already inhabited in Celtic and Roman times. A Rustica villa stood near the present-day town of Wustweiler . A burial ground with cremation graves from late Celtic to early Roman times was discovered on the former glider flying site above Wustweiler.

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1160. Until December 31, 1973 Wustweiler was an independent municipality in the district of Illingen with a municipal council and an honorary mayor.

Wustweiler has been part of the Illingen community since January 1st, 1974 ( community reform ).

politics

District representation

Partnership with Woustviller

According to the local self- government law of the Saarland , Wustweiler is represented by the local council and the mayor .

Local council

The local council consists of 11 elected members. In the local council election on May 26, 2019 , the SPD and CDU each won five seats and the Greens one seat.

Mayor

The current mayor is Knut Kirsch.

Former municipal coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality of Wustweiler was introduced in 1954 and shows three silver diamonds on a green background. This green background is intended to remind of Wustweiler's agricultural roots and its location in the valley. The diamonds symbolize the three localities Wustweiler, Wustweilerhof and Hosterhof.

Partner municipality

The partner municipality has been Woustviller ( Sarreguemines-Campagne district in Lorraine ), only 50 km away, since 1996 .

Religion and church

Statio Dominus Mundi

The population is predominantly Catholic. In 1912 a church building association began to work towards the construction of a church for Wustweiler, as the parish had previously only been looked after by changing parishes. In 1920 an emergency church was set up and ceremonially inaugurated. On April 2, 1934, the new church - Herz-Jesu - was consecrated. The private Statio Dominus Mundi in Waldstrasse in Wustweiler is considered an important modern sacred building (architect: Alexander Freiherr von Branca , Munich).

Attractions

The remains of the Roman Villa Rustica were located north of Wustweiler . The building, equipped with cellars and cold and warm water baths, dates from the 2nd century AD and was probably inhabited until the middle of the 3rd century. In the 1930s, the ruin was used as a quarry for house and road construction.

Various excavation finds are presented in the home parlor in Wustweiler.

Numerous crossroads have been preserved in and around Wustweiler, such as one from 1776 in Humeser Straße, which was erected in thanks for being saved from swine fever .

The way of the cross to the cemetery by Norbert Schlicker dates from the 1990s .

Several farms and workers' houses from the 19th century and even earlier times have been preserved in Wustweiler. A two-storey baroque farmhouse on Zum Storckelborn 2 , which is currently being restored true to the original, is remarkable .

Remnants of above-ground coal mining are the so-called predatory holes on the Urexweiler miners' path.

The Heimatstube , which is looked after by the Heimat- und Verkehrsverein, is located in the Alt School in Lebacherstraße .

education

There was already a kindergarten in Wustweiler from 1937 to 1945. Then a kindergarten was inaugurated again in 1967, which has been supported by the Catholic parish since 1972.

With Napoleon's defeat, Wustweiler became Prussian in 1815 and compulsory schooling became valid. From 1817 a teacher was available to the children in Wustweiler. The oldest schoolhouse in Wustweiler dates from this year and is now used as a residential building. It was soon expanded. In 1867 the school moved to two different buildings in Wustweiler and Wustweilerhof and in 1923 to a new building in Hosterhof, which it used until the school building next to the parish church, which is still in use today, was built from 1953 to 1956. The primary school students from Wustweiler and Hosterhof were taught here. The primary school was closed in 2005 as part of the Saarland school reform. The children from Wustweiler now attend the Hüttigweiler primary school together with the children from Hirzweiler, Welschbach and Hüttigweiler. The upper wing of the building of the former primary school is used by the VHS - Volkshochschule Illingen. The lower wing contains a multifunctional room for various events and rehearsal rooms for clubs.

Regular events

A village festival is held every three years. 50% of the profit is used for social purposes (village beautification, home parlor, concerns of fellow citizens and an emergency fund). The proceeds of the Wustock Music Festival, which takes place annually (except in the year of the village festival), mainly benefit the Cystic Fibrosis eV (Saar-Palatinate regional group) and the IBSA (accompaniment of seriously ill people), as well as other charitable purposes. Since 2016, the Heimat- und Verkehrsverein has organized the "Grombeermarkt" (Saarland term for potato market) every October on the fairground in front of the Seelbachhalle.

Others

There is a connection to the rail network of Deutsche Bahn. Wustweiler train station can be reached with the RB 72.

Wustweiler took part in the competition Our village should be more beautiful several times . In 1991 it became the state winner and received a bronze medal at the federal level.

A former glider airfield is located on a hill above Wustweiler .

Web links

Commons : Wustweiler - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Ralf Gleser, Johannes Schönwald: The late Celtic-early Roman cremation graves of Wustweiler. Museum Illingen, 1999, ISBN 3-9804733-2-5 .
^ 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. 805 .
↑ Saarland Ministry of Justice: Municipal Self- Administration Act. Saarland Ministry of Justice, June 15, 2016, accessed on February 19, 2019 .
^ Community Illingen: Local council election Wustweiler. Illingen community, May 27, 2019, accessed on May 31, 2019 .
^ Municipality of Illingen: Mayor in the districts. Illingen municipality, 2019, accessed on August 23, 2020 .
↑ Unofficial explanation of the coat of arms of the formerly independent municipality of Wustweiler ( Memento from November 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[1] Ralf Gleser, Johannes Schönwald: The late Celtic-early Roman cremation graves of Wustweiler. Museum Illingen, 1999, ISBN 3-9804733-2-5 .

[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. 805 .

[3] Saarland Ministry of Justice: Municipal Self- Administration Act. Saarland Ministry of Justice, June 15, 2016, accessed on February 19, 2019 .

[4] Community Illingen: Local council election Wustweiler. Illingen community, May 27, 2019, accessed on May 31, 2019 .

[5] Municipality of Illingen: Mayor in the districts. Illingen municipality, 2019, accessed on August 23, 2020 .

[6] Unofficial explanation of the coat of arms of the formerly independent municipality of Wustweiler ( Memento from November 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )