Ludwigsthal (Neunkirchen)

Ludwigsthal City of Neunkirchen Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′ 48 ″  N , 7 ° 13 ′ 44 ″  E
Residents :	1136  (December 31, 2018)
Postal code :	66539
Primaries :	06821, 06826
Location of Ludwigsthal in Saarland

Ludwigsthal is a district of Neunkirchen (Saar) and is located southeast of downtown Neunkirchen between Wellesweiler and Furpach .

location

The district of Ludwigsthal is located in a forest area between the Neunkirchen districts of Furpach, Wellesweiler and Kohlhof . It is connected to the federal highways 8 and 6 . The Erlenbrunnenbach , which used to flow east of the town , no longer exists.

history

In earlier times the area belonged to the community of Mittelbexbach and since 1816 to the Kingdom of Bavaria . In the Mittelbexbacher Plantage district directly on the Prussian-Bavarian border, Jakob Neu from Steinbach settled in 1817 and built a stone house. The name plantation (in local parlance always "the plantation") was transferred to the new settlement in 1819. Plantation was predominantly populated by people who were looking for work in the nearby industrial town of Neunkirchen. In 1884 the residents of Plantage applied to change the name of the annexes to Ludwigsthal . The local council in Mittelbexbach agreed, as the name plantation was “ linguistically and factually incorrect ”, and so the place was renamed Ludwigsthal at the insistence of 400 residents in 1884 as a sign of loyalty to King Ludwig II of Bavaria. The old name is still popular in the vernacular (pronounced "Blandaasch"). In 1893 as in 1920 there were efforts to make Ludwigsthal an independent municipality, but these were abandoned after weighing the pros and cons, and the official spelling from 1884 (the local chronicle from 1911 uses the modernized Ludwigstal ) was retained. The district stayed with Bexbach until it came to the city of Neunkirchen on January 1, 1974 on the occasion of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland .

Population development

Number of inhabitants

year	1880	1951	1977	1988	2000	2015
Residents	373	1,214	936	1,093	1,202	1,219

Sights / surroundings

Consecration hall of the Ludwigsthal cemetery

In Ludwigsthal there is a small cemetery (0.8  ha ) that has been used as a burial place since 1876. Approx. 8 funerals take place every year. The consecration hall was restored a few years ago. A medium hiking trail of 6.5 km in length connects Ludwigsthal and the neighboring district of Kohlhof in Neunkirchen.

literature

• Heinrich Louis: Chronicle of Mittelbexbach and Ludwigsthal , Bexbach 1911.
• Bernhard Welter; Otto L. Ruffing: Bexbach. Heimat am Höcherberg , Bexbach 1999, section Die Annexe Ludwigsthal , p. 100

Web links

• Ludwigsthal on the pages of the district town of Neunkirchen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neunkirchen: Population status 2018 , accessed on March 24, 2019
2. ↑ Plantation: literally: 'planting tree cuttings'. Word meaning and etymology (French) , (German)
3. ↑ Adolf Müller: Thanks to the "Kini", the Blandaasch became Ludwigsthal. Saarbrücker Zeitung , June 18, 2009, accessed on August 30, 2011 . 
4. ↑ Gerhard Meiser: This is how the "Plantage" officially became Ludwigsthal 125 years ago. Saarbrücker Zeitung , August 3, 2009, accessed on August 30, 2011 . 
5. ↑ Ludwigsthal district. City of Neunkirchen, accessed on August 30, 2011 . 
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 .
7. ↑ Katrin Carl, Christian Reuther, Dennis Schuld: Kleine chroNiK. A journey through time through the history of Neunkirchen. District town Neunkirchen 2019. pp. 23–25
8. ^ Ludwigsthal cemetery. District town of Neunkirchen , accessed on September 4, 2011 . 
9. ^ Hirschbergweg Ludwigsthal / Kohlhof. District town of Neunkirchen , accessed on September 4, 2011 .