Kirrberg (Homburg)
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Kirrberg
City of Homburg
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| Height : | 243 m above sea level NHN | |
| Residents : | 2636 (Jun 1, 2020) | |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 66424 | |
| Area code : | 06841 | |
Location of Kirrberg in Saarland |
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02.JPG) View of the center of Kirrberg
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Kirrberg (in the local dialect Kerrbrich ) is a district of the Saarland district town Homburg in the Saarpfalz district . Until the end of 1973, Kirrberg was an independent municipality in the Homburg district . Today it has the status of a parish with its own mayor and local councils, who only support the city council in an advisory capacity.
location
Kirrberg is located on the eastern edge of the Saarland on the border with Rhineland-Palatinate . According to the natural spatial structure , the place belongs to the Sickinger step , the northern part of the Zweibrücker Westrich . Larger cities in the area are Homburg (5 km), Zweibrücken (7 km) and Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern (both approx. 35 km). The Lambsbach flows through Kirrberg from east to west .
history
As early as the Stone Age, a thoroughfare and trade route led through the Lambsbach Valley, as has been found in deposits. The elevations to the north still show traces of early Celtic (1000–800 BC) height fortifications. The Salian Merburg seems to have lost its importance after the dispute between Emperor Barbarossa and Simon von Saarbrücken, as the important salt road followed a different route from then on and no longer ran through the Lambsbach Valley. Even today, however, the northern route of the Palatinate Way of St. James takes this route and, coming from Speyer , runs through Kirrberg - probably also because of the pilgrimage church of the Assumption of Mary - on to Hornbach .
Kirrberg remained after the First World War as well as Bruchhof-Sanddorf the German Reich and moved in 1920 from the district office Homburg for district office two bridges . On April 23, 1949, it was incorporated into the Saarland .
As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Kirrberg was assigned to the district town of Homburg on January 1, 1974 and has been a district since then.
Attractions
The remains of the Merburg from the 11th century and the pilgrimage church of the Assumption , whose origins go back to the 13th century, are considered sights . The church was first mentioned in a document in 1290 as "Capella in Kirchperch". It is believed that the current name of Kirrberg is derived from this. The certificate is now deposited in the Bavarian State Archives .
There is a wide range of hiking opportunities around Kirrberg, such as the Kirrberg circular hiking trail with the Merburgruine.
Sports
SV Kirrberg
The SV Kirrberg was founded in 1945 by Max Sonntag, Fritz Bach and Otto Hemmer under the name Turn- und Sportverein 06. Since the military government banned the name gymnastics club, the club took its current name SV Kirrberg. Fritz Bach was named the first chairman of SV Kirrberg in 1946.
In 1955 the Lerchenhübel sports park was built on the Lerchenhübel for around 3,500,000 Frs (French francs). In 1958 the 1st Silver Badge of Honor was awarded to Erich Didion. Four years later, SV Kirrberg began building the sports home. In 1995 there was a festival on September 2nd and 3rd, 1995 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary. In 1996, today's Lerchenhübel sports park was renewed.
Personalities
- Joseph Maria Ruthig (1874–1958), Minorite Father, chaplain in Turkey, 1923–1929 provincial (head) of the southern German branch of the Franciscan Minorites
- Anton Gapp (1766–1833), French Catholic priest and founder of an order in Homburg, 1811–1821 pastor of Kirrberg
- Michael Pfreundschuh (1949–2018), oncologist, hematologist, recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit; lived last and died in Kirrberg
- Thomas Schmitt (* 1979), German creative producer, podcaster and two-time Grimme Prize winner.
gallery
Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption in the evening sun
The interior of the pilgrimage church of the Assumption
The Malafelsen with the Merburg
Merburg ruins
Notice board at the Merburg
The fisherman's hut at the fish pond
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homburg: Data and facts, residents by district , accessed on July 6, 2020
- ↑ Overview map of the Palatinate Way of St. James ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Incorporation of the Kirrberg community into Saarland, p. 377 (PDF; 132 kB)
- ^ 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 .
