Kerlingen

Kerlingen Wallerfangen municipality Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′ 2 " N , 6 ° 39 ′ 3" E
Height :	330 m
Area :	4.26 km²
Residents :	625 (December 31, 2008)
Population density :	147 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66798
Area code :	06837
Location of Kerlingen in Saarland
	Kerlingen in Saargau

Kerlingen is a district of the municipality Wallerfangen in the district of Saarlouis ( Saarland ). Kerlingen was an independent municipality until the end of 1973.

geography

Kerlingen is located in the Saargau on the southwest slope of the Scheidberg.

history

The oldest documented mention of the place under the name Kirlinga took place around 950. In later documents the spellings Karlingis (1123), Keirlingen (1183), Kirlingen (1294), Kerlinga and Kerchelingen (1356), Kerling-lès- Sarrelouis (19th century).

In 1154 Kerlingen was named in connection with the Abbey Fraulautern in an allodium to "Kyrlingen".

Like many other places in the Saargau, Kerlingen belonged to the Duchy of Lorraine for a long time and to France until the beginning of the 19th century.

As part of the Saarland regional and administrative reform , the previously independent municipality of Kerlingen was assigned to the municipality of Wallerfangen on January 1, 1974 . Kerlingen has been a district and a municipality since then.

Attractions

The “Three Capuchins”, a Gallo-Roman rock relief, can be found near Kerlingen. The Celtic deities Nantosuelta and Sucellus are said to be depicted . Nantusuelta was the patron goddess of house and court, but also of the underworld. She was holding a staff with a small house on top. This represented the connection of the good spirits underground with the human world. Sucellus was the god of miners and blacksmiths, agriculture and the forest.

Dirt road to Kerlingen
Kerlingen (fields)
"Three Capuchins" (Gallo-Roman relief)

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. 808 .

Web links

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

[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. 808 .