Kirkel-Neuhäusel

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Kirkel-Neuhäusel
Kirkel parish
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Kirkel-Neuhäusel
Coordinates: 49 ° 16 ′ 59 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 7 ″  E
Height : 243–381 m above sea level NN
Area : 17.87 km²
Residents : 4437  (Dec. 31, 2012)
Population density : 248 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66459
Area code : 06849
Kirkel-Neuhäusel (Saarland)
Kirkel-Neuhäusel

Location of Kirkel-Neuhäusel in Saarland

Kirkel-Neuhäusel is one of the three districts of the municipality of Kirkel in the Saar- Palatinate district , along with the Altstadt and Limbach . Until the end of 1973, Kirkel-Neuhäusel was an independent municipality in the Homburg district .

location

Kirkel-Neuhäusel is located in the east of the Saarland between Limbach , Rohrbach and Lautzkirchen .

history

The origin of Kirkel-Neuhäusel goes back to the village "Volkerskirchen", which consisted of a few farms around the Volkerskirche. The first documentary mention of "Volkardskirchen" is from 1172, but it is assumed that this settlement was much older. “Volkerskirche” means “the church of a Volkhart” and goes back to a Franconian nobleman named “Volkhart” or “Volker”, who probably built it in the 8th or 9th century. The village of Kirkel arose in the late Middle Ages at the foot of the castle hill.

In the map by Tilemann Stella from 1564/65 “Kirkel” and “Volckerkirche” are drawn and Stella noted in his notes from 1564: “Volkerskirchen is located in the 26th main reason, but it has gone, meanwhile its inhabitants are all under Kirkel in the Valley is now the Kirkel parish church and its burial. ”So in 1564 only the church still existed, which continued to serve as the parish church of Kirkel. The church stood at the former old cemetery on Neunkircher Straße. It was demolished in 1879 after the new Protestant church was built.

Around 1700, the mayor Bernhard Leibrock had a house built near the church. Because the new property was unusually large for the time, the people of Kirkel mockingly called it “the new house”, which from 1710 onwards became “new house” for short.

Kirkel Castle

The Burg Kirkel was first mentioned in 1075, but its origins go probably back even further. It is located on a circular mountain cone in front of the forest area (the Schlossberg, which is 307 m above sea level ) and was used primarily to monitor the road passing at its foot, which came from Metz in France via Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern to Mainz on the Rhine and later below Napoleon was expanded and has since been referred to as Kaiserstrasse .

Ruins of Kirkel Castle

The castle was initially built quite simply. It was only in the course of the next centuries that it was expanded into a fortified festival. At the beginning of the 12th century the castle came into the possession of the Counts of Saar Werden . From 1214 to 1386 the Lords of Kirkel owned the castle as an imperial fief . The small and round towers were built in the 13th century. From 1410 to 1793 it belonged to the Dukes of Zweibrücken , of whom John I rebuilt and expanded the complex at the end of the 16th century. This gave the castle a castle-like character.

After several fires, the castle was finally destroyed in the summer of 1689. Today only a few parts of the ruins remain. The round tower was renovated in 1955. The castle ruins, which can be seen from afar, are the landmark of Kirkel-Neuhäusel.

Second World War

In the early morning hours of March 13, 1945, fighter-bombers Kirkel and Rohrbach attacked. In the early afternoon of March 13, 1945, the ammunition depot in the forest above between Rohrbach and Geistkircher Hof was bombed.

Saarland territorial and administrative reform

Up until the end of 1973, Kirkel-Neuhäusel was an independent municipality and was merged with Limbach and the old town on January 1, 1974 as part of the Saarland territorial and administrative reform to form the new municipality of Kirkel. Part of the municipality of Kirkel-Neuhäusel ( Eschweilerhof ) was reclassified to the city of Neunkirchen / Saar .

Kirkel-Neuhäusel has been a state-recognized resort since 1997.

Residents

View of Kirkel

On December 31, 2012, Kirkel-Neuhäusel had 4,437 inhabitants, of which 2,220 were male and 2,217 were female. Of the population, 4,318 are Germans and 119 are foreigners. The religious affiliation is Roman Catholic in 1745, Protestant in 1842, 155 other and 695 without religion.

Transport links

Road traffic

Kirkel-Neuhäusel is located on the L 119 national road - the Kaiserstraße - between Limbach and Rohrbach and on the L 113 between Lautzkirchen and Neunkirchen . In the neighboring town of Rohrbach there is a connection to the A 6 motorway , in the neighboring town of Limbach to the A 8 .

Local transport

Kirkel-Neuhäusel has its own train station, the Kirkel train station . This was opened on the Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway on January 1, 1904 and rededicated as a stop in 2007. Via the station, the regional centers of Homburg and St. Ingbert as well as the state capital of Saarbrücken are connected with the regional trains on the RB71 line and the regional express trains on the RE60 line . Tickets are issued by machines.

There is a bus stop around 100 meters from the train station. The line 547 of Saarpfalz-Bus GmbH, which connects Kirkel with Neunkirchen and Blieskastel , stops there . The regional buses Deutsche Bahn AG offer connections to Homburg and Blieskastel.

Attractions

Nature reserves

Kirkeler Bachtal

The Kirkeler Bachtal (Kirkeler Tal) between Kirkel and Lautzkirchen was placed under protection by ordinance of September 12, 1986. As a protective purpose

"The preservation and promotion of a stream valley typical of the natural area" Saarbrücker - Kirkeler Wald "with rare plant and animal communities. In particular, the communities of nutrient-poor locations should be protected and secured. "

called.

Neuhäuseler Arm

The Neuhäuseler Arm follows the Kirkeler Bach with wet meadows and water silting zones .

Facilities

Palatinate Forest House Kirkel
  • Natural swimming pool
  • Kirkel-Neuhäusel primary school
  • Castle hall
  • Joint library of the parish of St. Josef and the parish of Kirkel
  • Campsite: Mühlenweiher caravan site
  • Palatinate Forest House of the Palatinate Forest Association
  • The Friends of Nature House is on the edge of the forest on the eastern edge of the village . Its eventful history was documented in an exhibition in 2012.
  • The Kirkel training center of the Saarland Chamber of Labor was inaugurated in 1956, serves as a meeting and conference center and trains around 20,000 Saarland workers every year.

literature

  • David Ecker: Kirkel-Neuhäusel and his castle , Saarbrücken printing and publishing house, Saarbrücken 1938.
  • Helmut Sattler (ed.): Kirkel-Neuhäusel in old photographs , published by the Kirkel Local Authority and Tourist Office, Neunkirchen: Neunkirchener Druck und Verlag, 1984.
  • Siegfried Wagner: Kirkel-Neuhäusel - Zeitbilder from 2000 years of history , published by the local council of Kirkel-Neuhäusel, 1993.

Web links

Commons : Kirkel-Neuhäusel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population overview of the community of Kirkel
  2. ↑ Ecker 1938, p. 77 ff.
  3. ↑ Wagner 1993, p. 79.
  4. ↑ Ecker 1938, p. 11.
  5. ↑ Ecker 1938, p. 82.
  6. ↑ Wagner 1993, p. 111 f.
  7. ↑ Wagner 1993, p. 79 and Ecker 1938, p. 83.
  8. ↑ War chronicle of the telecommunications department of the Reichspostdirektion Saarbrücken from March 1, 1943 to the end of the war in 1945 ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 5, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sebastian-scheidt.de
  9. ↑ Marianne Groh: Der Geistkircherhof - Die "Geiskerch" ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 935 kB), accessed on March 5, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geistkirch.de
  10. ↑ Aerial photo from March 13, 1945 , accessed on March 5, 2012
  11. ↑ Mission report from March 13, 1945 (2:15 p.m.) ( PDF; 448 kB), accessed on March 5, 2012
  12. ↑ Mission report of March 13, 1945 (14:29), ( PDF; 189 kB), accessed on March 5, 2012
  13. ↑ New Structure Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, § 13, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 855 (PDF page 26; 499 kB)
  14. ^ 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. 803 .
  15. ↑ Kirkel-Neuhäusel information page on the website of the municipality of Kirkel
  16. ↑ Population overview of the community of Kirkel
  17. ↑ Ordinance on the "Kirkeler Bachtal" nature reserve. Retrieved April 18, 2015 .
  18. ↑ Naturfreundehaus exhibition also reflects Saarland's history , article in the Saarbrücker Zeitung from January 18, 2012