Schiffweiler

Basic data
State :	Saarland
County :	Neunkirchen
Height :	300 m above sea level NHN
Area :	21.32 km 2
Residents:	15,516 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	728 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66578
Primaries :	06821, 06824
License plate :	NK
Community key :	10 0 43 116
LOCODE :	DE SFW
Community structure:	4 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rathausstrasse 11 ; 66578 Schiffweiler
Website :	www.schiffweiler.de
Mayor :	Markus Fuchs ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Schiffweiler in the Neunkirchen district

View of Schiffweiler

Schiffweiler ( listen ^?^/^I , in the local dialect Schiffwiller , listen ^?^/^I ) is a municipality in the Saarland in the district of Neunkirchen , about 20 km northeast of Saarbrücken .

history

Schiffweiler, which was first mentioned in a document in 893, was completely destroyed in the Thirty Years' War and was not settled again until 1664.

Documentary mentions prove the extraction of hard coal from 1430 and a first hard coal mine as early as 1766.

The change to an industrial location took place in the middle of the 19th century when the large coal mines Reden (1847) and Itzenplitz (1856) were built. Mining dominated everyday life in the community for around 150 years , and it flourished quickly. But there were also downsides. The mining industry repeatedly caused considerable damage to the mountains ; Houses often fell victim to dismantling shortly after completion and had to be renovated or demolished . With the closure of the Reden mine in 1995, an era came to an end in Schiffweiler .

During the League of Nations -Mandats over the Saar region existed (1920-1935) in Heiligenwald and in Schiffweiler Domanialschulen .

Incorporations

After the incorporation of Heiligenwald, Landsweiler-Reden and Stennweiler, the municipality of Schiffweiler has been made up of the districts of Schiffweiler, Heiligenwald, Landsweiler-Reden and Stennweiler since the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , which came into force on January 1, 1974. An area of the municipality of Illingen with more than 150 inhabitants at that time came to Schiffweiler .


Schiffweiler	755 hectares	5753 inhabitants
Heiligenwald	446 hectares	4918 inhabitants
Landsweiler speeches	467 hectares	4621 inhabitants
Stennweiler	461 hectares	2231 inhabitants

politics

Local elections 2019

Turnout: 66.65%

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30.5%

43.3%

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7.7%

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Municipal council

The Schiffweiler municipal council has 33 members. The past local elections had the following results:

	2019		2014		2009		2004
Political party	Share of votes	Seats	Share of votes	Seats	Share of votes	Seats	Share of votes	Seats
SPD	43.287%	16	48.9%	17th	47.3%	16	53.1%	19th
CDU	30.517%	11	30.2	10	25.8%	9	32.4	11
Green	8.046%	2	-	-	3.5%	1	3.4%	-
The left	7.712%	2	9.6	3	15.5%	5	-	-
FDP	5.344%	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
FBL	5.094%	1	7.0%	2	7.9%	2	11.2	3
voter turnout	66.65%		51.8%		60.4%		59.5%

The Social Democrats lost an absolute majority in the local council with 16 seats. This was also evident in the election of the councilors. The SPD had not succeeded in entering into a coalition with another party. Instead, the CDU forms a coalition with all other parties.

First alderman: Mathias Jochum (CDU)
Second alderman: Erwin Mohns (Die Linke)
Third alderman: Peter Holzer (FBL)

mayor

1974 to November 1988: Werner Konter, SPD
1988 to November 2006: Friedhelm Frisch, SPD
2006 to March 29, 2010: Wolfgang Stengel, SPD
Since September 19, 2010: Markus Fuchs, SPD

Coat of arms of the municipality

The coat of arms was approved on July 26, 1976 by the Saarland Ministry of the Interior.

Blazon : "In blue a golden lily reel , covered with a silver cap piece , which is covered with a green linden leaf , a floating green bar cross and a black mallet and a black iron in an oblique intersection."

The colors of the parish are blue - white.

The current coat of arms of the community, which was newly formed by the community reform in 1974 from four earlier communities with coats of arms, wants to document this merger by accumulating the symbols of the earlier community coats of arms. The lily reel was taken from the earlier coats of arms of Schiffweiler and Landsweiler-Reden, mallets and iron from that of Landsweiler-Reden and Heiligenwald, the cross from that of Heiligenwald and the linden leaf from that of Stennweiler. The Göpelstück has also been added as a - double - symbol of mining, symbolizing a mine.

The coat of arms was designed by Alois M. Peter.

Coat of arms of the district

The coat of arms was approved on July 10, 1953 by the Saarland Ministry of the Interior.

Blazon : "An eight-spoke golden Glevenrad in black."

On the black shield, which symbolizes mining, is the golden Gleven wheel of the Knights of Greiffenclau, who came from the Rheingau and who renounced their iron forges and coal mines in the area of Schiffweiler in 1430 in favor of the Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken, but until 1599 Had properties there themselves.

The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Kurt Hoppstädter .

Partnerships


Greifenburg	Carinthia , Austria	Austria
Welzow	Brandenburg , Germany	Germany
Frunsensky, district of Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg , Russia	Russia

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Schiffweiler has a stop at the Fischbachtalbahn . The district of Landsweiler-Reden has a train station on the Nahe Valley Railway in the vicinity of the disused Reden mine .

Industrial and commercial space

After the decline of the mining industry, the community lost by far the largest employer . Schiffweiler is therefore primarily a place of residence today. Due to a lack of trade tax income , among other things , the municipality has one of the highest per capita debts in the Saarland.

In the past few years, the community has made great efforts to attract new businesses . Not far from the two disused coal mines, the Klinkenthal industrial park, which belongs to the Heiligenwald district , was created in a short time . In the place is the seat of the institute for regional studies in Saarland .

energy

A wind farm was built in Schiffweiler in 2014 . The park consists of five identical wind turbines of the type Vensys 112. The hub height of the plants is 140 meters, the rotor diameter is 112 meters, which corresponds to a rotor disc of about 1 ha and a total height of about 196 meters. The nominal output per system is 2.5 MW. (Location: 49 ° 23 ′ 5 ″ N , 7 ° 8 ′ 53 ″ E ). 49.384722222222 7.1480555555556

Health and social services

Number of health and social institutions
Type of Institution	Schiffweiler	Heiligenwald	Landsweiler speeches	Stennweiler	total
Doctor's offices	2	2	3	1	8th
Specialist practices	-	1	-	-	1
dentists	-	1	2	1	4th
Pharmacies	1	1	1	-	3
Nursing homes	1	2	-	-	3

Volunteer firefighter

After the new fire protection statute of the municipality came into force in March 2019, the Schiffweiler volunteer fire department consists of three extinguishing districts: North (former fire fighting districts Schiffweiler & Stennweiler), Heiligenwald and Landsweiler-Reden. The fire brigade has a total of 16 fire engines and special vehicles available.

Culture and sights

Buildings

The preserved headframes in Heiligenwald and Landsweiler-Reden are reminiscent of the two former mines. In a small park on the street “Am Bergwerk Reden” there are two memorials to the victims of the major mining accidents of 1864 and 1907.

In Heiligenwald and Landsweiler-Reden there are also the old station buildings (route Itzenplitz-Reden, 1860), in Schiffweiler the railway bridge with its round sandstone arches built in 1879 for the prosperity of this time. The local recreation area Itzenplitz Heiligenwald lies partly in the area of Schiffweiler.

Former coal mine in Landsweiler-Reden

The daytime facility of the former Reden mine before the renovation

Itzenplitz mine (Heiligenwald)

In 2007 and 2008, various state authorities were established in the administrative buildings of the former Reden coal mine, including a. the Center for Biodocumentation of the State Office for Environment and Occupational Safety, whose task is the documentation and conservation of the flora and fauna of the Saarland .

In mid-December 2008, the Edutainment Park Gondwana - Das Praehistorium was opened on the site .

In 2008 the mine served as a film set for the crime scene episode "The Black Grave".

Regular events

The village festivals in the individual districts and the miners' festival in the Heiligenwald district are known beyond the municipal boundaries. In addition to the events listed below, there is also an annual fair in Schiffweiler and Heiligenwald . The open-air artists' meeting is currently establishing itself as a relatively young institution, taking place in Heiligenwald for the third time in 2010.

Regular, recurring events by the community
kind of event	District	Determination of the date
Village festival	Landsweiler speeches	annually by the local council
Miners Festival	Heiligenwald	2nd Sunday in July
Village festival	Stennweiler	last weekend in July
Village festival	Schiffweiler	Sunday after the Assumption of Mary
Christmas Market	changing	1st Advent

Nature and relaxation

Pump house at the Itzenplitzer Weiher in Heiligenwald

The Itzenplitzer Weiher in Heiligenwald with its listed “pump house” is a well-known local recreation area .

The “ Thousand Year Linden Tree ” is the landmark of Stennweiler, the smallest district in the municipality of Schiffweiler.
The outdoor pool in Landsweiler has a heated pool and a giant slide.
The Theaterfreunde Heiligenwald , a group founded in 2005, shows regular performances on their main stage in the community center of Heiligenwald .

Landscape of industrial culture north (LIK.Nord)

Schiffweiler is part of the major nature conservation project Landscape of Industrial Culture North (LIK.Nord). The cities of Neunkirchen and Friedrichsthal, the municipalities of Illingen, Merchweiler, Schiffweiler and Quiigart as well as the district of Neunkirchen and Industriekultur Saar GmbH (IKS) have merged to form a special purpose association and in 2009 won the federal competition "Large-scale nature conservation projects and rural development" from the Federal Environment Ministry. The aim of the project is to shape the future-proof development of the old industrial landscape, which is characterized by mining. This is intended to maintain and further expand the biodiversity of the landscape through maintenance and targeted interventions. The landscape laboratory "Reinvention of the miner's cow" is located in the area of the municipality of Schiffweiler. The project has been in the implementation phase since the end of 2013.

Sports

MSC Schiffweiler

The MSC Schiffweiler was founded in 1929. The motorsport club is one of the largest motorsport clubs in Saarland, and its focus is on rallying. With the Saar-Ost Rally, the club also organizes its own rally.

SSV Heiligenwald

The SSV Heiligenwald became known across borders in 1996 as the German Badminton League Champion.

FSG Schiffweiler

The football club FSG Schiffweiler is based in Schiffweiler . The most famous former players include Anthony Tieku and Rainer Heilmann . In 2008 the FSG celebrated its 100th anniversary. 2008/09 one rose to the association league. In 1984 the youth department was honored by the Sepp Herberger Foundation for its outstanding youth work.

FC 08 Landsweiler speeches

The football club was founded on May 1, 1908 under the name FC Borussia Landsweiler. In 2008 the association could look back on its 100th anniversary. The greatest success of the club, which at that time was still playing under the name "Teutonia Landsweiler-Reden", was its participation in the Regionalliga Südwest , the second highest German soccer class in the 1968/69 season. The home games are held in the Kohlwaldstadion.

Former names: -FC Borussia Landsweiler (1908/09 to 1908/09) -FC Teutonia 08 Landsweiler-Reden (1909/10 to 1918/19) -SV Landsweiler-Reden (1919/20 to 1944/45) -OSV Landsweiler- Speeches (1945/46 to 1951/52) - FC Teutonia 08 Landsweiler speeches (1952/53 to 1985/86)

Nordic walking park

Since 2007 there has been a Nordic walking park in the Itzenplitz recreation area . It comprises four different routes of varying difficulty. We also offer the new sport cross skating with skikes . In 2008, a major event for Nordic walkers, hikers and cross skaters was held for the first time.

BC Schiffweiler / LZ Saar

The Billiard Club 1924 Schiffweiler is based in the Billiard State Performance Center in the Landsweiler district. The club plays in the 2nd three- cushion Bundesliga (group south) and has hosted several German Grand Prix (qualifying tournaments for the German championships in Bad Wildungen ). In 2007, the European Women's Championship in the free game discipline took place in the state performance center. Steffi Träm won the silver medal at her home game.

TG 1884 Landsweiler-Reden e. V.

The club was founded on July 6, 1884 as the Landsweiler gymnastics club. In 1911 a second gymnastics club was founded in Landsweiler with the gymnastics company. In 1927 the two gymnastics clubs merged under the name Turngemeinde 1884 Landsweiler-Reden . TG 1884 currently has 538 members, 236 of whom are children and young people under the age of 18. The TG is thus one of the largest clubs in the municipality and has made a name for itself in the cultural sector as well as in the sporting sector.

TGL TITANS Basketball Landsweiler speeches

The club was founded in 1999 as a "hobby division" in the TG 1884 Landsweiler-Reden e. V. founded. Since the 2004/2005 season there has been an active participation in the league operations of the Saar Basketball Association. In the 2012/2013 season, the greatest success to date was achieved with promotion to the regional league. From February 2 to February 4, 2013 and from April 7 to April 9, 2017, the club hosted the finals for the Saarland basketball cup. The TGL TITANS currently have 3 active men's teams with a total of 60 players.

people

Sons and daughters of the church

Johannes Hoffmann (1890–1967), politician ( CVP ), Prime Minister of Saarland from 1947 to 1955
Christian Fries (1895 – unknown), German criminal police officer and resistance fighter
Ernst Dürrfeld (1898–1945), politician ( NSDAP ) and Lord Mayor of Saarbrücken
Friedrich Pfordt (1900–1957), politician (KPD)
Richard Kirn (1902–1988), politician ( SPS ), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor of the Saarland 1947–1951 and 1952–1954
Konrad Grebe (1907–1972), Steiger and inventor; internationally known as the father of the coal plow
Hans Klein (1912–1984), pathologist and university professor
Alfred Dohm (1922 – unknown), politician (SPS, CDU) and journalist
Franz Maurer (1929–2005), White Fathers missionary and development worker
Marianne Aatz (* 1929), visual artist
Gerhard Breit (1930–1989) politician (CDU), District Administrator of St. Wendel 1973–1974; permanent representative of the Minister of the Interior 1974–1985
Horst G. Schmidt (born November 11, 1934 - † June 18, 2007), art sculptor
Friedel Läpple (* 1938), politician (SPD), Minister of the Interior of Saarland 1985–1999
Doris Pack (* 1942), politician ( CDU ), MEP , Member of the Bundestag
Ralf Baptist Friedrich (* 1946), former member of the Red Army faction
Gerd Zewe (* 1950), soccer player, 440 Bundesliga games (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Ralf Peter (* 1968), countertenor
Philip Welker (* 1989), national badminton player

literature

Helmut Weyand: Studies on the development of Saarland villages and their corridors. With special consideration of the community of Schiffweiler (= publications of the Institute for Regional Studies in Saarland. Vol. 17). Institute for regional studies in Saarland a . a., Saarbrücken 1970 (at the same time: Saarbrücken, Univ., Diss.).

Web links

Commons : Schiffweiler - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the municipality
Literature about Schiffweiler in the Saarland Bibliography
Link catalog on Schiffweiler at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

↑ Saarland.de - Official population figures as of December 31, 2019 (PDF; 20 kB) ( help ).

↑ Arnold Ilgemann: "French schools" - The French Domanialschulen in the League of Nations. (PDF) MELUSINE - Literary Society Saar-Lor-Lux-Elsass eV , June 22, 1993, accessed on September 27, 2019 (lecture manuscript).

^ 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. 805 .

↑ schiffweiler.de ( Memento of the original dated December 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Schiffweiler population statistics . Official website of the municipality of Schiffweiler. Retrieved April 27, 2010. @1@ 2

^ Result of the election to the local council. In: Schiffweiler.de , accessed on October 1, 2019.

↑ Saarland: LIK.Nord | Saarland.de. Retrieved July 24, 2017 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-SL-1] Saarland.de - Official population figures as of December 31, 2019 (PDF; 20 kB) ( help ).

[2] Arnold Ilgemann: "French schools" - The French Domanialschulen in the League of Nations. (PDF) MELUSINE - Literary Society Saar-Lor-Lux-Elsass eV , June 22, 1993, accessed on September 27, 2019 (lecture manuscript).

[3] 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. 805 .