Kluesserath

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '  N , 6 ° 51'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Trier-Saarburg
Association municipality :	Schweich on the Roman Wine Route
Height :	120 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.71 km 2
Residents:	1058 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	90 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54340
Area code :	06507
License plate :	TR, SAB
Community key :	07 2 35 063
Association administration address:	Brückenstrasse 26 54338 Schweich
Website :	www.weinortkluesserath.de
Local Mayor :	Norbert Friedrich (Free Voters)
Location of the local community Klüsserath in the district of Trier-Saarburg

Klüsserath , official spelling until July 16, 1936: Clüsserath, on the Moselle is a municipality in the district of Trier-Saarburg in Rhineland-Palatinate , approximately in the middle of Bernkastel-Kues and Trier . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Schweich on the Roman Wine Route .

geography

Klüsserath between the Moselle and vineyards

View of the town from the eastern slope of the Rudembergs (right bank of the Salm), on a picture postcard from 1976

Klüsserath moated castle in 1850

16th century mill (photo from 1945)

location

Klüsserath lies on the eastern border of the Trier-Saarburg district , followed by the Bernkastel-Wittlich district .

In a vast, natural amphitheater of the Mosel Valley area, the location behind catching wine wall of "Klüsserather Brotherhood" as a classic true, steeply inclined southward Mosel - Weinberg . Approx. 90 hectares of vineyards with a slope of up to 83% make the core location one of the largest contiguous southern slopes of the Moselle. The place Klüsserath - as a classic street village stretches for two kilometers between this steep slope and the Moselle. The long parallel streets are connected by small alleys. The expansion of Klüsserath has a proverbial character: "As long as Klüsserath".

At Klüsserath the Salm flows into the Moselle.

Between the village and the foreland of the Moselle, the B 53 runs as a former Middle Moselle road over a flood protection dam that was built between 1927 and 1933.

Neighboring communities

Starting clockwise in the north, Klüsserath has the following neighboring communities: Hetzerath , Rivenich , Klausen (both Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land ), Piesport , Neumagen-Dhron (both Verbandsgemeinde Bernkastel-Kues ) (these each belong to the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich ); Trittenheim , Köwerich , Thörnich , Ensch , Bekond ( Verbandsgemeinde Schweich on the Roman Wine Route , Trier-Saarburg district ).

history

Meaning of the place name

The place name Klüsserath was exposed to various interpretations. The final syllable "-rath" speaks for a clearing site (a settlement that was created by clearing ). The first part of the place name could be derived from Clovis or Chlothar . Likewise, the ending "-rada" could also indicate a swamp area at the confluence of the Moselle and Salm.

Pre-Roman and Roman times

Various regional historians agree that Klüsserath was originally built and inhabited by the Celts , although there is no reliable evidence. Accordingly, the local population belonged to the Celtic tribe of the Treveri . On his trip to Trier , the famous rhetorician and poet Ausonius visited the area at the confluence of the Salm and Moselle rivers and reports about it in his Mosella : "There, where green mats stretch along the river, where the Salm foaming, unruly, no contemptible little water, unites with Mosella, is, otherwise peace in the countryside, my homeland, my new one. With game and fish and vines, where could they be found richer! Diana, goddess of the hunt, you protect the home, the new one. "

middle Ages

At the end of the 5th century the Franks advanced as far as Trier, in the following years they took possession of the land in the Moselle valley. So they also settled in Klüsserath in the eastern part of the village, while the Gallo-Roman inhabitants had settled on the Salm. At the site of the local castle there is said to have been a Franconian manor house, which also included the first Klüsserath Church (Michelskirche). For Klüsserath, early rule relationships are documented as early as 634. The Echternach Abbey is believed to have received vineyards from Irmina von Oeren, including the winemaker and all accessories. In 698, Gerelind, daughter of Odo, the house keeper, and Plektrud's grandson Arnulf, the founder of the abbey in Echternach, gave the Saint Willibrord goods in Klüsserath. The Echternacher Hof at the eastern end of the village is the successor to a farm from the eighth century. Chrodegang , Bishop of Metz , gave many possessions of the Metz Cathedral Church to the Gorze Abbey, which he had founded, on May 20, 748 . a. also "the village of Cluserado". On November 12, 826, the Prüm Abbey exchanged various goods with Count Sigard and received, among other things, lands and vineyards in Klüsserath. The diocese of Trier also owned land in Klüsserath. It seems that several manors existed in Klüsserath at the same time. Around 1200 the monastery of Sankt Thomas an der Kyll also acquired various goods in Klüsserath. From the end of the 13th century, the von Bruch gentlemen appeared as landlords in Klüsserath, where they were given, among other things, a "house", which is probably the moated castle that is still preserved today . This is first mentioned in a document in 1270. The stone bridge was built over the filled-in ditch instead of the formerly covered wooden bridge. Today the castle is privately owned.

A parish church is reported for the first time in 1295 , which was consecrated to St. Remigius and later also St. Michael . There are records from the year 1304 of the construction of a new, larger church, the Gothic choir of which can still be seen in today's parish church.

Early modern age

On December 15, 1468, Elector Johann II of Trier took over “the village of Clüsserath in all its forms in its protection and administration”. In 1512, Emperor Maximilian I interrupted his trip to Trier for the Reichstag in Klüsserath .

The pastor Johann Gerhard von Manderscheid, who was in office in Klüsserath, founded a Rosary Brotherhood in 1681 and donated nine vineyards to this association. The vineyards represented income, with the help of which one strived for regular and permanent occupation of the pastorate. Hence the name of the vineyard known today. Around 1700 a new building replaced the old Echternacher Hof, which has been preserved to this day.

18th century to 1945

former synagogue

On May 15, 1783, the foundation stone was laid for the reconstruction of the parish church, which was consecrated on May 27, 1787.

Until the end of the 18th century, Klüsserath belonged to the Electorate of Trier and was part of the care liaison of the Palatinate Office .

As a result of the occupation of the region by French revolutionary troops , the place Klüsserath belonged from 1798 to 1814 to the French canton of Schweich in the Saardepartement .

Based on the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna , the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia . Under the Prussian administration, Klüsserath came to the district of Trier in the administrative district of Trier , which belonged to the Rhine province from 1822 on . The municipality of Klüsserath was assigned to the Trittenheim mayor .

The local castle was auctioned in 1803.

In 1909, a replaced pontoon - ferry the old Nachenfähre to Köwerich. In 1922, a war memorial was erected in the cemetery to commemorate those who fell in the First World War . In 1923, in the course of the occupation of the Ruhr area by the Allies, and due to the inflation , only French francs were used in Klüsserath . In 1933/34 the parish church was expanded to its present size.

The end of the Second World War saw the citizens of Klüsserath on March 18, 1945. The Americans occupied the village in the early morning hours of March 10, after the last German soldiers had withdrawn over the Moselle to Köwerich and Trittenheim the previous evening . On March 11th, however, German guns opened fire on the occupied Klüsserath near Heidenburg , which more or less lasted until March 18th. During these fighting, the civilian population suffered the heaviest casualties. Many houses were badly damaged by shells, including the church and the castle.

post war period

Up to 1960 there was a lot of construction activity, so that the church could be repaired, water pipes built, the Salmbrücke rebuilt and all village streets expanded. In 1963 the new school, which functioned as a center school (later as a primary and secondary school ), was inaugurated. In June 1964 the canalization of the Moselle was completed. In 1966 the kindergarten was opened.

As part of the Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform which was on 9 November 1970. municipality Kluesserath (former Office Municipalities: Kluesserath) dissolved Bekond , Detzem , Ensch , Klüsserath, Köwerich , Leiwen , Pölich , Schleich and Thörnich came to the municipality Schweich . The Verbandsgemeinde Schweich has become the legal successor to the dissolved Verbandsgemeinde Klüsserath. The places Breit , Büdlich and Heidenburg came to the Verbandsgemeinde Thalfang and Naurath (Wald) came to the Verbandsgemeinde Hermeskeil .

In the 1974/75 school year the secondary school was closed and a primary school was established. The new sports and multi-purpose hall was inaugurated on May 30, 1986.

Population development

The development of the population of Klüsserath, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 785 1835 908 1871 1,079 1905 1,047 1939 1,133 1950 1,239 1961 1,258

year Residents 1970 1,251 1987 1,120 1997 1,117 2005 1,111 2011 1,098 2017 1,061 2019 1,058

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Klüsserath consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	Flat share 1	Flat share 2	total
2019	-	9	7th	-	16 seats
2014	-	9	7th	-	16 seats
2009	-	7th	9	-	16 seats
2004	1	4th	8th	3	16 seats
1999	2	3	8th	3	16 seats

mayor

For mayor , in 2004 and 2009, Norbert Friedrich (FWG Friedrich) and 2014 Günter Herre (CDU) were elected 1999th In 2019 Norbert Friedrich (FWG Friedrich) was re-elected mayor. Günter Herres has his own business areas as an alderman.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “In the upper area a red bar cross on a silver background, covered with a golden lily with a silver collar. The coat of arms closes at the bottom with a red shield base, inside six (3: 2: 1) golden shingles. "
	Founding of the coat of arms: Klüsserath used to belong to the rulership of the Electorate of Trier (hence the Electorate Red Cross in silver). The lily points to Mary , the mother of Jesus as the parish patroness of Klüsserath. The base of the shield is taken from the coat of arms of the Knights of Hagen zur Motte (from the tombstone of Junker Richard von Hagen, who died in 1558).

Culture

Attractions

The "Klüsserather Keltertreter", stained glass by Andreas Armin d´Orfey in the "Domus praesepiorum" crib museum

• Parish church with the grave of the crusader lord Richard von Hagen (1449) and a late Gothic choir
• The former moated castle Klüsserath , today privately inhabited, first mentioned in 1270, large Gothic vaulted cellar
• Former court linden tree with the old iron rings for the prisoners
• Some of the winegrower's houses in Klüsserath have buildings from the 17th century
• Echternacher Hof , a winery from the 18th century, built from broken sandstone
• The crib museum has been open since the end of May 2010: " House of cribs - Domus Praesepiorum"

See also : List of cultural monuments in Klüsserath  and List of natural monuments in Klüsserath

Regular events (selection)

• Big fish dinner, last weekend of July, organized by the fishing club
• Wine festival in the local area, every year at the end of August
• Nativity scene exhibition, every three years, from the first to the fourth Advent, next time in 2017
• Klüsserather Passion Play , every five years, next time in 2020 (planned), postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus.
• International ADAC Rally Germany in the vineyards above the municipality, every year at the end of August
• Soap box race on the third weekend in May
• Advent market, 1st Advent, around the church

Weather station

The association "United Wineries of the Klüsserath Brotherhood" has set up a lookout point at the weather station. The weather station is the start and finish of the Klüsserather Sagenweg. It is also the destination of the newly built educational wine trail, which begins at the church and leads across the Klüsserath Brotherhood. The Klüsserath winemakers regularly organize a wine stand on the viewing point on Sundays.

Vineyards

• Klüsserather Brotherhood (large St. Michael location )

Personalities

• Peter Krisam (1901–1985), painter and art teacher

literature

• Oskar Link (edit.): Chronicle of the wine-growing village Klüsserath . Ed .: Municipality of Klüsserath. Weyand-Verlag, Trier 1993, ISBN 3-924631-43-3 .

Web links

Commons : Klüsserath  - Collection of Images

• Website of the municipality of Klüsserath
• Klüsserath on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Schweich
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Klüsserath in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Link catalog on the topic of Klüsserath at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Official register of municipalities for the German Reich (=  Statistics of the German Reich . Volume 450 ). Part I. Berlin 1939, p. 268 .
3. ↑ Sections 62 and 88 clause 1 of the Eighth State Law on Administrative Simplification in the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved March 29, 2020 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
6. ^ Local community Klüsserath. Verbandsgemeinde Schweich, accessed on March 28, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Passionsspiel Klüsserath eV Accessed on March 28, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Klüsserath weather station. Agrometeorology RLP, accessed March 29, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Klüsserather Brotherhood e. V. Retrieved March 28, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Katharina Fäßler: A wine stand with a wonderful view. March 13, 2020, accessed on March 28, 2020 (web link not freely accessible, registration required).