Klarenthal (Saarbrücken)

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Klarenthal
City of Saarbrücken
Klarenthal coat of arms
Coordinates: 49 ° 13 ′ 48 ″  N , 6 ° 53 ′ 49 ″  E
Height : 229 m
Area : 11.45 km²
Residents : 5339  (December 3, 2013)
Population density : 466 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66127
Area code : 06898
Klarenthal (Saarland)
Klarenthal

Location of Klarenthal in Saarland

Klarenthal ( listen ? / I , in the local dialect Klaredòòl ) is a district of the Saarland capital Saarbrücken in the city ​​district West . It bears the district number 22. Audio file / audio sample

geography

Klarenthal is the westernmost district of the state capital and borders the Saarbrücken districts of Ottenhausen, Krughütte, Neu-Aschbach, Gersweiler , the Völklingen districts of Fenne , Fürstenhausen and Geislautern as well as the communities Großrosseln and Petite-Rosselle ( France ). Klarenthal de jure is separated from the partner community Schœneck (also France) by a “strip of Gersweiler” that is a few meters narrow.

history

The name Klarental is related to the origin: On April 9, 1662 (date of the founding deed), the then sovereign of the County of Saarbrücken, Count Gustav Adolf von Nassau-Saarbrücken , built a glassworks in this area, which he named after his wife, Countess Eleonore Clara von Hohenlohe , called "Clarathal" and apparently wanted to give it to her for the upcoming wedding. The glassworks existed until 1723.

Memorial stone foundation of the place
View of town with ev. Church
Catholic Church of St. Bartholomew

The material conditions for a glass industry were favorable: the surrounding forest, which belongs to St. Arnual Abbey , supplied fuel and potash, and the red sandstone of the area provided the necessary sand. The glass industry, around which a settlement grew and which temporarily delivered glass to Holland, has left its mark on the glassmaker's pipes on the town's coat of arms, which was published in 1955 at the same time as the Saar region decided to join the Federal Republic of Germany. Other important industries were the clay industry (bricks and vessels), at times agriculture, a refinery that was shut down around 1990, and mining (until the second half of the 20th century). Of the 299 dead in the accident at the Luisenthal mine in 1962, eight came from Klarenthal.

During the League of Nations -Mandats over the Saar (1920-1935) was to Klarenthal a Domanialschule .

For several decades since the 1930s there was a stream-fed lido at the edge of the forest in Klarenthal, which was considered one of the largest and most beautiful bathing establishments in the Saarland and accommodated up to 5,000 bathers on some Sundays. In January 1933 the Kösener Seniors Convents Association took over a sponsorship for Klarenthal. With the reorganization of the Saar area at the beginning of 1935, it became obsolete after two years.

In 1939 and 1944, at the beginning and towards the end of the Second World War, a large part of the population was u. a. evacuated to Hesse and Thuringia because acts of war were expected due to the nearby border. On January 1, 1974 Klarenthal was incorporated into Saarbrücken as part of an administrative reform.

The mining of hard coal at the Velsen mine was stopped in 2005.

Today Klarenthal has 5339 inhabitants, of which 6.6% come from other countries - mainly Italy and Turkey. The employment of the local residents is mainly divided between industrial workers and craftsmen, white-collar workers and civil servants. A rich club life characterizes the social relationships within the place and underlines the continuing village character of Klarenthal. In April 2012 the place celebrated its 350th anniversary and on this occasion entered into a partnership with the neighboring Lorraine community of Schœneck .

The memorial stone for the town's founding was designed by the Klarenthal-born sculptor Kai Uwe Dräger and cut into sandstone. Today Dräger lives and works in Berlin.

traffic

Connection to the national road network

Klarenthal is located at junction 11 Saarbrücken-Klarenthal of the federal motorway 620 , which is itself in Gersweiler, via this there is a connection to Saarlouis via Völklingen to the west and to Saarbrücken city center to the east.

There is also a connection through a dense network of rural roads

Public transport

The public transport in Klarenthal consists of buses from Saarbahn GmbH (S&B) , Völklinger Verkehrsbetriebe (VVB) (both members of the Saarland Transport Association (SaarVV) ) and line 1 of the Forbus bus service from the French city of Forbach. The main axes lead via Gersweiler to Burbach / Rastpfuhl ( 134 ) and into Saarbrücken city center ( 103 ; 104 ), as well as via the Fenne and Fürstenhausen to Völklingen ( 189 ). The bus lines also use different routes within the town. There is no rail link with the train station.

societies

The clubs in Klarenthal include numerous sports and singing clubs as well as the CVJM Saarbrücken-Klarenthal, the Evangelical parish of Gersweiler-Klarenthal and the German Red Cross local club in Klarenthal.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Population statistics as of December 3, 2013 (PDF) On: www.saarbruecken.de, accessed on December 28, 2013 ( Memento from December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ http://www.lexolino.de/c,gesellschaft_kommunikation_postbeispielen-telefonvorwahlen_sortierung-nach-vorwahl_06,068
  3. ^ Historical Association of the Saar Region eV: The Saarland - History of a Region , page 49
  4. ↑ Arnold Ilgemann: "French schools". The French domain schools during the League of Nations , lecture manuscript from June 22, 1993
  5. ↑ The "Saar work" of Kösener SC Association 1933-1935 (corpsarchive.de)
  6. ^ 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 .

literature

  • Eva Blanc: Stoneware Westerwald Art from Klarenthal-Krughütte, The workshop waste "Klarenthal-Krughütte" Friedrichstrasse 19 (Saarland), ed. from the local history association Gersweiler-Ottenhausen eV, Gersweiler 2019.
  • Peter Nest and Jörg Kuhn: 350 years of Klarenthal, from village to community to district, a journey through time 1662–2012 , Saarbrücken 2012.
  • Andreas Schönberger and Alfred Marx: Community of Klarenthal, 1662–1962 , Heimatbuch, published on the occasion of the 300th anniversary in 1962 by the community of Klarenthal, Klarenthal 1962.

Web links

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