Leitersweiler

This article deals with the district of St. Wendel, the district of Hoffen in Alsace can be found under Leiterswiller .

Leitersweiler District town of Sankt Wendel
Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 35 ″  N , 7 ° 12 ′ 32 ″  E
Height :	374 m
Area :	6.47 km²
Residents :	499  (2018)
Population density :	77 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66606
Area code :	06851
Location of Leitersweiler in Saarland
View of Leitersweiler

Leitersweiler is a district and municipality of the city of St. Wendel in the district of the same name in Saarland . Until the end of 1973 Leitersweiler was an independent municipality.

geography

Leitersweiler is located about 5 kilometers east-northeast of St. Wendel below the so-called Leitersweiler beeches at an altitude of 420 meters above sea level in a side valley of the upper Betzelbach. The place is in a cauldron, so it is almost impossible to see from a distance. To the west there are partially wooded slopes, to the east a falling open meadow valley and to the north a rising open meadow valley. To the south the view is limited by a hill on which the landmark of Leitersweiler is located, the beech forest.

history

The first documentary mention of the place Leitersweiler dates from January 13th 1344. In this document a woman Adelheid vom Hofe, today's neighboring community Hoof and the people Wylche, Heekin and Herbord von "Luterßwiller" were named. So Hoof and Leitersweiler have a common certificate. The place name Leitersweiler is contained in the old Germanic first name "liut-han", a designation for the name of the old light and fire god Loki.

Ulrich vom Steine ​​and his wife Irmgard von Heinzenberg were the first landlords. Their property was passed on through their daughters in 1420 to the Vogt von Hunolstein , Manderscheid and von Dhaun and Schwarzenberg. In the Palatinate War of Succession , the village was destroyed by the French in 1667. After the reconstruction, the Hunolstein part of the village was sold in 1723 to the barons of Schorenberg, who ceded them to the Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken .

After the occupation of the Left Bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops (1794), Leitersweiler belonged from 1798 to 1814 to the canton of St. Wendel in the Saarbrücken arrondissement in the Saar department . Leitersweiler had 164 inhabitants at that time. Due to the resolutions at the Congress of Vienna and an additional contract with the Kingdom of Prussia , the place came to the "Herrschaft Baumholder" in 1816, which belonged to the Duchy of Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld and was renamed the Principality of Lichtenberg in 1819 . In 1834 the principality and with it Leitersweiler came to the Prussian Rhine Province .

During this time of poverty and hardship, many residents emigrated to America. With the completion of the Rhine-Nahe Railway in 1860, many residents found work in the nearby coal mines and in the Stumms ironworks . In the Franco-German War of 1870/71 and in both world wars there were many deaths to complain about. After the end of the Second World War , Leitersweiler was incorporated into the Saarland in 1947 and was now part of the St. Wendel district .

As part of the Saarland regional and administrative reform , the previously independent municipality of Leitersweiler was assigned to the district town of St. Wendel on January 1, 1974.

politics

Local council

The local council of the district of Leitersweiler has nine members, the mayor is Bernd Closter, SPD.

The distribution of seats after the last elections:

choice	CDU	SPD	total
2019	4th	5	9 seats
2014	3	6th	9 seats
2009	2	7th	9 seats
2004	2	7th	9 seats
1999	3	6th	9 seats
1994	3	6th	9 seats

partnership

There has been a partnership with the homonymous village of Leiterswiller in Lower Alsace since the 1970s . There is also an annual bus trip.

coat of arms

The newly created local coat of arms of Leitersweiler was first presented on the occasion of the 650th anniversary in 1994. The coat of arms shows up right in a growing green from the cleavage, border silver lion; upper left a sighted red sun in gold; lower right in silver a three-leaved beech branch placed at an angle to the left; lower left in black a red crowned golden lion.

Attractions

• The Leitersweiler beeches are a natural monument on a hill at 465 NN, south of Leitersweiler. They were first mentioned at the beginning of the Thirty Years War in 1618; since 1913 they have been under nature protection.
• The Leitersweiler Buchen and Tiefenbachtal nature reserve extends to the Osterauen in Niederkirchen . The newly built premium hiking trail “Tiefenbachpfad” also leads past it. From the refuge you have a view of the slopes of the Hunsrück when the weather is nice .
• In 1780 there were the first excavations for hard coal in the Leitersweiler district. The Saxony-Coburg government granted the Cetto brothers from Langenfelderhof in St. Wendel the concession for the pits in the mill forest and in Alzel. Four tunnels were then put into operation and 136 residents of Leitersweiler and the surrounding area found work. In 1860 the coal mines were closed because more productive coal seams were being mined in the Blies and Saar basins . The following remained as witnesses: In the Mühlengraben the miners 'fountain, the miners' path, a collapsed tunnel above the fountain and the mine dumps.

church

From a church perspective, Leitersweiler was connected to the parish of Niederkirchen from its inception until 1798 . After a Coburg interlude, the congregation came under Prussian sovereignty in 1839 and was connected to the Protestant congregation founded in 1825 . In 1850 the construction of the new church began on the ruins of a chapel from the time of the Thirty Years' War. The newly created church was consecrated on June 25, 1851. It was then rebuilt in 1913–1915 and fundamentally renovated in 1963 under Pastor Ernst Seynche. In 1990 a parish center was built next to the church under Pastor Jan O. Eckhoff. From 1985 there was a rectory in the village, but it was sold in 2013.

The church building and the parsonage of the Catholic parish of St. Marien Urweiler - Leitersweiler is located in Urweiler .

Web links

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

• Map and photo of Leitersweiler
• Leitersweiler, a village in the northern Saarland
• Leitersweiler celebrated 666 years in autumn 2010
• Literature about Leitersweiler in the Saarland Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} St. Wendel, Stadtteile ( memento of the original from July 25, 2015 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. 
2. ^ 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. 810 .
3. ↑ St. Wendel, Elections, Local Council