Saarburg

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Saarburg
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Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '  N , 6 ° 33'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Trier-Saarburg
Association municipality : Saarburg-Kell
Height : 160 m above sea level NHN
Area : 20.53 km 2
Residents: 7381 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 360 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 54439
Area code : 06581
License plate : TR, SAB
Community key : 07 2 35 118
City structure: 5 districts
Association administration address: Schlossberg 6
54439 Saarburg
Website : www.saarburg.de
City Mayor : Jürgen Dixius ( CDU )
Location of the city of Saarburg in the Trier-Saarburg district
Luxemburg Saarland Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm Landkreis Birkenfeld Trier Bescheid (Hunsrück) Beuren (Hochwald) Damflos Geisfeld Grimburg Gusenburg Hermeskeil Hinzert-Pölert Naurath (Wald) Neuhütten (Hochwald) Rascheid Reinsfeld Züsch Baldringen Greimerath (bei Trier) Heddert Hentern Kell am See Lampaden Mandern Paschel Schillingen Schömerich Vierherrenborn Waldweiler Zerf Kanzem Konz Nittel Oberbillig Onsdorf Pellingen Tawern Temmels Wasserliesch Wawern (Saar) Wellen (Mosel) Wiltingen Bonerath Farschweiler Gusterath Gutweiler Herl Hinzenburg Holzerath Kasel (bei Trier) Korlingen Lorscheid Mertesdorf Morscheid Ollmuth Osburg Pluwig Riveris (Gemeinde) Schöndorf (an der Ruwer) Sommerau (an der Ruwer) Thomm Waldrach Ayl Fisch (Saargau) Freudenburg Irsch (bei Saarburg) Kastel-Staadt Kirf Mannebach (bei Saarburg) Merzkirchen Ockfen Palzem Saarburg Schoden Serrig Taben-Rodt Trassem Wincheringen Bekond Detzem Ensch Fell (Mosel) Föhren Kenn Klüsserath Köwerich Leiwen Longen Longuich Mehring (Mosel) Naurath (Eifel) Pölich Riol Schleich Schweich Thörnich Trittenheim Aach (bei Trier) Franzenheim Hockweiler Igel (Mosel) Kordel (Eifel) Langsur Newel Ralingen Trierweiler Welschbillig Zemmermap
About this picture
Saarburg around 1850,
painting by G. C. Stanfield
Saarburg 2007
Waterfall in the center with Amüseum (former mill) Waterfall in the center with Amüseum (former mill)
Waterfall in the center with Amüseum (former mill)
Historic buildings in the center
The castle complex over the banks of the Saar
Summer at the Leukstau

Saarburg is a town in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It is located in the western part of the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park on the banks of the Saar and at the mouth of the Leukbach . Saarburg is the administrative seat of the Saarburg-Kell association , a state-approved resort and classified as a medium-sized center according to state planning .

geography

The landscape is varied. The course of the Saar, in particular, is characterized by steep mountain slopes, deeply cut valleys and elongated surrounding mountains. Vineyards shape the appearance of the region known for the Saar wine .

Saarburg is located about 20 kilometers southwest of Trier .

Districts

In addition to the historical core, the urban area includes the districts of Beurig, Kahren, Niederleuken and Krutweiler as well as the residential areas Auf der Hardt, Saargauhof, Kruterberg, An der Engelbach, Auf der Grube, Ferienpark Warsberg, Kunoweiher-Hof, Obere Kaselmühle, Rauschhof and Untere Kaselmühle.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Ayl , Ockfen , Irsch , Serrig , Trassem , Merzkirchen , Fisch and Mannebach .

climate

The annual precipitation is 796 mm. The precipitation is in the middle third of the values ​​recorded in Germany. Lower values ​​are registered at 62% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is February, with the most rainfall in November. In November there is 1.3 times more rainfall than in February. Precipitation varies only minimally and is extremely evenly distributed over the year. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at less than 1% of the measuring stations .

history

On the basis of isolated finds, it can be assumed that there were settlements in Saarburg as early as prehistoric and Roman-Franconian times. The real story began with the construction of the castle . The Saarburg was first mentioned in a contract dated September 17, 964. The purpose of the agreement was the construction of a castle - one of the oldest hilltop castles in western Germany - on the hill Churbelum by Count Siegfried von Luxemburg. The castle, which has meanwhile been used by the Archbishops of Trier as a preferred residence, has been structurally changed over the course of time and repeatedly repaired after being destroyed.

In the course of the wars of religion in the 16th century, the strategic importance of the Saarburg as a fortress increased. A large number of armed conflicts followed over the fortified mountain ridge, which took their toll. Since 1756, the castle has been in decline. As a sign of growing historical interest, the city finally bought the castle ruins in 1860 for 325 thalers.

The first residents outside the castle complex settled in houses below the castle at the beginning of the 13th century. 1291 gave King Rudolf von Habsburg (1218-1291) Saarburg along with the places Wittlich , Bernkastel , Welschbillig , Mayen and Montabaur the town charter . Around 1500 the place already had 100 fireplaces, not including those of the nobility and clergy. Fishing, shipping and leather production shaped economic life alongside the weaving trade. Until the end of the 18th century, Saarburg belonged to the Electorate of Trier and the Kurrheinische Reichskreis . Since the middle of the 14th century it was the seat of the Trier office of Saarburg .

When the Left Bank of the Rhine was separated from France, the city became the seat of the administrative authority of the canton of Saarburg , which belonged to the Arrondissement of Trier in the Saardepartement , from 1798 to 1814 . In 1816 the city was appointed the seat of the Prussian district administrator for the Saarburg district . It also became the seat of the Saarburg mayor .

In 1935, the previously independent communities of Beurig and Niederleuken were incorporated.

In a bombing of the Allies in World War II to the Saar bridge, on December 23, 1944 parts of the city and the church building was St. Lawrence Church destroyed around 50 percent.

On July 20, 1946, the city of Saarburg, together with 80 other communities in the districts of Saarburg and Trier, was incorporated into Saarland, which was separated from the rest of the French occupation zone on February 16, 1946 . On June 8, 1947, this French expansion was withdrawn to 21 municipalities again; Saarburg thus came to the newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946 .

Despite the incorporation of Krutweiler on June 7, 1969 and Kahren on November 7, 1970, the city lost its importance from 1969 onwards due to the dissolution of the Saarburg district and the relocation of the tax office to Trier. In 1998, however, Saarburg hosted the 15th Rhineland-Palatinate Day .

The history of the French garrison in Saarburg ended in 2010 with the evacuation of the Quartier de Lattre de Tassigny . A "National Natural Heritage" will be created from the site training area.

Population development

Saarburg had around 3,200 inhabitants in the middle of the 19th century. Due to the incorporation in the following decades, this number almost doubled until 1970. Since the 1990s, the population has risen continuously after a brief decline to below 6,000.

The development of the population of Saarburg in relation to today's urban area; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1815 2,283
1835 3,205
1871 3,200
1905 3,760
1939 6,120
1950 4,942
1961 6,032
year Residents
1970 6.237
1987 5,611
1997 6.012
2005 6,250
2011 6,673
2017 7,377
Graphic of the population development

politics

City council

The Saarburg City Council consists of 22 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the presiding city ​​mayor . Template: future / in 3 years

The distribution of seats in the city council:

choice SPD CDU Green WGR left total
2019 8th 13 - - 1 22 seats
2014 8th 14th - - - 22 seats
2009 5 14th 3 - - 22 seats
2004 5 13 - 4th - 22 seats

mayor

Jürgen Dixius (CDU) has been the honorary mayor of the city since 2004.

Partnerships

Worth seeing

House Mabilon in Staden
The Werner Persy glass windows in the choir of the Evangelical Church
Image of grace in the pilgrimage church in Beurig

The entire old town area with the 127 m long and an average of 38 m wide castle complex is interesting. The area of ​​the butter market with its bridges over the Leuk and the impressive spectacle of the waterfall plunging 18 m into the depths is particularly worth seeing in the upper town . Another focal point of the elongated square is the building Am Markt 2, originally an inn, later a residential and commercial building, today a bank. The adjoining row of houses dates from the 17th and 18th centuries and extends along the waterfall. This is framed on the opposite side by the former electoral mill, today's “Amüseum” (municipal museum for traditional crafts and guilds). Immediately in front of the mill with a view of the butter market stood the old town hall, which burned down in 1900.

The water of the Leuk pours into the Leukkessel, which is limited on one side by the 14.70 m high pool wall and on the other side by the elongated building of the Hackenberger mill. It used to be used to grind grain, oil and tan , today it houses a museum. The parish church of St. Laurentius is located above the butter market . The church, which originally dates back to a chapel from the 11th century, has undergone several structural changes over the years. Other objects worth seeing in the upper town are the fruit market, the new town hall built at the beginning of the 20th century and the Boemundhof.

The lower town is characterized by the “Staden” alley, in the course of which a double row of mostly small houses with partly pointed and hipped gables extends along the banks of the Saar. At the “Alter Markt” the street is being expanded like a square, which ends with the Staden 114 property, a three-storey building with a four-axis gable front from around 1700. The Mabilon bell foundry , which operated until 2002, is now a museum. Since 2011 a place in the historic Bell Foundry Steampunk - Christmas market place.

Steep paths and stairs lead from the lower town past the Evangelical Church with its glass windows by Werner Persy up to the ruins of the old Saarburg. The castle complex offers impressive views in all directions, especially of the spacious river landscape, the district of Beurig and the old town at the foot of the castle hill. You get back downhill past " Haus Warsberg ", the old noble farm of the barons of Warsberg , formerly the seat of the electoral administration and today the seat of the Saarburg-Kell community administration .

In the district of Beurig on the opposite bank of the Saar, first mentioned in a document in 1052, is the parish and pilgrimage church of St. Marien , built 1479–1516, to which the oldest Marian pilgrimage of the diocese of Trier leads (occupied since 1304, one of the oldest Marian places of worship in Germany); the image of grace is a Maria lactans , a breastfeeding figure of Mary who is venerated as the “mother of mercy”. The patronage is celebrated on the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (July 2nd); on the Sunday after the feast day, the miraculous image of girls is carried through the town in a solemn procession (“Beuriger Marientracht”).

On the 435  m high Hosteberg, west of Saarburg near the district of Kahren, is the listed privy councilor Brügmann tower built in 1912 , an approximately 18 m high water and observation tower .

There are numerous recreational opportunities in Saarburg. For culturally interested tourists, these include guided tours through the old town, the numerous museums and an educational wine trail through the vineyards close to the city on the 338 m high Warsberg. In addition, there are boat tours on the Saar during the season, a summer toboggan run on the Warsberg, to which a chair lift leads, and a bird of prey park with an air show. A variety of sporting activities up to the dance café complete the offer. The Saarburg Market Days on the first weekend in July and the Saar Wine Festival on the first weekend in September attract thousands of visitors to Saarburg every year and are the largest events in Saarburg.

Economy and Infrastructure

Saarburger Rausch near the city center: a vineyard

traffic

Saarburg is located on federal highways 51 and 407 and on the Saar line . The cycle paths are the Saar cycle path and the Hunsrück cycle path .

Viticulture

Saarburg belongs to the " Saar winegrowing area " in the Moselle growing region . In the village, seven wine-growing businesses cultivate around 40 hectares of vineyards. About 98% of the wine grown are white grape varieties (as of 2007). In 1979 40 farms were still active and the vineyard area was 55 ha.

Vineyards

Companies

Saarburg was the headquarters of Volksbank Hochwald-Saarburg , which merged with Volksbank Trier on January 1, 2015 .

Public facilities

The city is the seat of the Saarburg District Court , which belongs to the Trier District Court .

Personalities

“Den goldijen Saarwein” - Saarburger Platt by Marianne Gansemer in the folklore and open-air museum Roscheider Hof

People who were born in Saarburg

Persons connected with Saarburg

and display information about the image
Panorama of Saarburg from the Kreuzberg viewpoint

literature

  • Johann Jacob Hewer: History of the Castle and the City of Saarburg , Trier 1862 ( E-Copy ).
  • Ernst Wackenroder : The art monuments of the Saarburg district . (= Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz , Volume 15, III. Department). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1939 (reprint from the Academic Bookshop Interbook, Trier 1982), pp. 178-227.

Web links

Commons : Saarburg  - Collection of images
Wiktionary: Saarburg  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wikisource: Sarburg in the Topographia Colonia et al. (Matthäus Merian)  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ a b c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
  3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 125 (PDF; 3 MB).
  4. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 177 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
  5. ↑ Historical information on the website of the city of Saarburg
  6. ^ Saarburg training site becomes national natural heritage Saarburger Zeitung, December 16, 2011
  7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  8. ↑ Entry on the water tower on the Hosteberg in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on July 24, 2019.
  9. ↑ Entry on Rheinart estate - cellar and wine press house (Saarburg) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on September 15, 2015.