Münchwies

Münchwies City of Neunkirchen
Coordinates: 49 ° 23 ′ 39 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 39 ″  E
Height :	369 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.31 km²
Residents :	1147  (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	347 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66540
Area code :	06858
Location of Münchwies in Saarland
View from Spitzbubenweg to Münchwies

Münchwies ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a district of the district town of Neunkirchen (Saar) . Until the end of 1973 Münchwies was an independent municipality.

location

Münchwies is located on the western slope of the Höcherberg . The highest point of the district is at 495  m not far from the summit of the Höcherberg, the lowest point is at 289  m in the valley of the Schönbach.

history

The place name is related to the former Wörschweiler monastery , which had a monastery courtyard here. This was mentioned in a document in 1346 and fell fallow in the 17th century. Munniches Wiese = meadow of the monks , this place was called in the 17th century. The first inhabitants of the place, who came from Wallonia and Luxembourg , adopted this name. Seven families lived here in 1701, and the place grew steadily in the late 19th century, not least because of the nearby coal mines in Wiebelskirchen , Frankenholz and Bexbach .

As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Münchwies was assigned to the then newly formed town of Neunkirchen on January 1, 1974 .

Infrastructure

Münchwies is connected to the transport network via L116, which leads to Lautenbach in the north , Hangard , Fürth and Steinbach in the west and Frankenholz in the south-east .

Located in Münchwies is the Münchwies Clinic , which belongs to the Median Group and is a hospital for the treatment of addictions .

In 2014, a telecommunications company from Saarland built a broadband internet network in Münchwies with speeds of up to 100 megabits per second. The expansion was inaugurated in October 2014.

Number of inhabitants

year	1840	1880	1925	1951	1977	1988	2000	2015
Residents	367	530	1,073	1,234	1,371	1,275	1,373	1,153

literature

• Literature about Münchwies in the Saarland Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Münchwies  - Collection of Images

• Website of the city of Neunkirchen
• Website of the Münchwies district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neunkirchen: Population status 2018 , accessed on March 24, 2019
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. 806 .
3. ↑ Katrin Carl, Christian Reuther, Dennis Schuld: Kleine chroNiK. A journey through time through the history of Neunkirchen. District town Neunkirchen 2019. pp. 23–25