Luisenthal (Völklingen)

Luisenthal Middle town Völklingen Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 57 ″  N , 6 ° 54 ′ 14 ″  E
Height :	177-210 m
Residents :	1635  (December 31, 2013) [1]
Postal code :	66333
Area code :	06898
Location of Luisenthal in Saarland
View from the train station to the Luisenthal mine

Luisenthal is a district of the city of Völklingen in the Saarbrücken regional association .

geography

Luisenthal is located in the Saar Valley east of Völklingen on the B 51 between the city center and the state capital Saarbrücken . The Saarbrücken − Trier railway line , where the Luisenthal (Saar) station is located , also runs through the village . To this day, the district is characterized by mining and its legacies such as industrial wastelands and dumps .

history

In 1717 a wealthy family founded a farm east of Völklingen and named it "Louisenthal" after their daughter Louise. In 1833 there were three houses: the Frommersbacher Mühle and two residential buildings. In 1836 there were already six houses and the district was given the new name Obervölklingen . Several tunnels were dug in the middle of the 18th century. Due to the growth of the new mines, many miners settled in the district. In 1857, a glassworks was also built near the train station , which opened a year later, but ceased operations again in 1872. In 1899 the Luisenthal mine was built . Schacht Richard I was near the train station sunk . In the following decades, the population grew rapidly due to mining.

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

In 1957 the place was officially given back the old name "Luisenthal". In 1961 the district had 3116 inhabitants. In 1962, Luisenthal made headlines nationwide because of a mine accident . In a firedamp explosion and several coal dust explosions in the Luisenthal mine, 299 miners died.

In 1974, as part of a regional and administrative reform, Luisenthal was to be incorporated into Saarbrücken , but a survey of the population showed an overwhelming majority of 98.6% to stay with Völklingen.

In 1995 coal production in Luisenthal was stopped, then shut down in 2006. Since then, the resident population has been falling steadily. In 2011, 1693 people lived in the district.

economy

Today welding wire Luisenthal GmbH, which is part of the Saarstahl group, is one of the largest employers in the district.

Web links

Commons : Luisenthal (Völklingen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Arnold Ilgemann: "French schools". The French domain schools during the League of Nations , lecture manuscript from June 22, 1993
2. ↑ Christoph Gunkel: Hell of fire at a depth of 600 meters. In: Spiegel. Rudolf Augstein, February 6, 2012, accessed on May 13, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} History of Luisenthal , völklingen-im-wandel.de