Keßlingen

Keßlingen Perl parish
	Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 46 ″ N , 6 ° 28 ′ 58 ″ E
Height :	340 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.34 km²
Residents :	108 (Jan. 1, 2020)
Population density :	46 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66706
Area code :	06865
Location of Keßlingen in the Saarland

Interior of the church

roman inscription stone

Keßlingen (sometimes also Kesslingen) is a district of the municipality of Perl in the Merzig-Wadern district ( Saarland ). Together with Oberleuken and Münzingen, the district forms a common municipality. Keßlingen was an independent community until the end of 1973.

The place is in the Saargau , not far from Orscholz .

history

The first mention comes from the year 1309: In that year Gertrud von Keßlingen bequeathed the place to the Mettlach Abbey .

The village church from 1779 with a rectangular choir from the 15th century is well worth seeing . The altar rests on a Roman inscription stone.

The inscription:

P (UBLIO) • SINCOR (IO)

DUBITATO ET MEMO (=)

RIALIAE SACRILLAE

PARENTIB (US) DEFUNCT (IS)

DUBITATI

MENSOR ET MORA (=)

TUS ET SIBI VIVI

Translation: For Publius Sincorius Dubitatus and Memo (=) rialia Sacrilla, (the / our) deceased parents, (have) the two Dubitatus' (i.e. the sons who both have the surname 'Dubitatus' after their father), Mensor and Moratus , and for yourself (already) during your lifetime (the tombstone / monument set) (i.e. the sons of the deceased parents planned to be buried in the same place once.)

The patron saint of the Church is St. James. In 1979 Gothic frescoes depicting the symbols of the evangelists were uncovered in the choir. Together with the neighboring village of Oberleuken, Keßlingen forms the parish of St. Gangolf.

As part of the Saarland regional and administrative reform , the previously independent municipality of Keßlingen was assigned to the new municipality of Perl on January 1, 1974, together with 13 other municipalities .

Population development

The development of the population of Keßlingen, the values from 1939 to 1974 are based on censuses:

year	Residents
1939	159
1950	146
1961	136
1970	156
1974	158
2004	134
2010	126
2012	157
2020	108

literature

Ernst Wackenroder : The art monuments of the Saarburg district . (= Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz , Volume 15, III. Department). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1939 (reprint from the Academic Bookshop Interbook, Trier 1982), pp. 124–125.

Web links

Commons : Keßlingen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Keßlingen district on the Perl website

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Statistical overview of the municipality of Perl on www.perl-mosel.de
^ 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 .

[statistik-1] Statistical overview of the municipality of Perl on www.perl-mosel.de

[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. 804 .