Mandelbachtal
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Coordinates: 49 ° 12 ' N , 7 ° 10' E |
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| State : | Saarland | |
| County : | Saarpfalz district | |
| Height : | 313 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 57.71 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 10,478 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 182 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 66399 | |
| Primaries : | 06803, 06804, 06893 | |
| License plate : | HOM | |
| Community key : | 10 0 45 116 | |
| LOCODE : | DE MDL | |
| Community structure: | 8 districts : Bebelsheim , Blieshaben-Bolchen , Erfweiler-Ehlingen , Habkirchen , Heckendalheim , Ommersheim , Ormesheim , Wittersheim | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Theo-Carlen-Platz 2 66399 Mandelbachtal |
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| Mayoress : | Maria Vermeulen ( SPD ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Mandelbachtal in the Saarpfalz district | ||
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Mandelbachtal is a Saarland municipality in the south of the Saarpfalz district and the only one in Saarland that is not named after a place. The administrative seat is the Ormesheim district .
geography
Geographical location
Mandelbachtal is located in the UNESCO - Biosphere Reserve Bliesgau , about ten kilometers east of Saarbrücken , bordering the cities of St. Ingbert and Blieskastel , the community Gersheim , the regional association Saarbrücken and the French department of Moselle . The Mandelbach, which gives it its name, flows through the community from north to south and flows into the Blies at Habkirchen .
Community structure
Mandelbachtal consists of the districts of Bebelsheim , Blieshaben-Bolchen , Erfweiler-Ehlingen , Habkirchen , Heckendalheim , Ommersheim , Ormesheim and Wittersheim .
Neighboring communities
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St. Ingbert |
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Regional association Saarbrücken |
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Blieskastel |
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Moselle department |
Gersheim |
Surname
Until 1974 there was no community with the name Mandelbachtal. It is named after the valley of the same name in the Mandelbach , in which four of the eight municipal districts, namely Erfweiler-Ehlingen , Wittersheim , Bebelsheim and Habkirchen are located. From the upper reaches to the mouth of the Mandelbach there are still numerous pollarded willows , also known as osier. In earlier centuries, baskets, which are indispensable for rural agriculture, were woven from the branches of these polluted willows. Since its leaves were similar to those of the almond tree , the tree was also popularly called the almond tree. The stream flowing past was called the Mandelbach. Shortly before the confluence with the Blies there was also a place called Mandelbach (first mentioned in 1239), which is now part of the village of Habkirchen. In 1974, as part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland, the new community created from eight originally independent communities was given the name Mandelbachtal.
history
Numerous finds from the Celtic period, for example the splendid jewelery brooch from Wittersheim (today in the Museum of Prehistory and Early History, Saarbrücken ), point to a settlement in pre-Christian times. The Romans came and with them an enormous cultural and economic boom. Remnants of the wall occasionally come to light during construction work, for example in the area of the Erfweiler-Ehlingen church. Coins and shards from Terra Sigillata were found.
In the 3rd century AD, the Gallo-Roman population experienced difficult times. Germanic tribes invaded, burned everything down, and finally took possession of the land in the course of the next three centuries. New forms of life and settlement spread. The Heim- und Ingenorte (5th to 8th centuries) emerged. Christianity, brought with them by Roman settlers and legionaries, was temporarily lost. Then the monastery founder Pirminius came from the island of Reichenau via Alsace to Hornbach and founded his last monastery there, in which he was buried.
From here the monks of St. Benedict did missionary work in Bliesgau. The good soils allowed productive agriculture. Disputes between the different owners, such as B. Bliesgaugrafen and the Gräfinthal monastery emerged and lasted for many centuries.
The area of today's municipality of Mandelbachtal fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816 and belonged to the Zweibrücken regional commissioner . After the First World War, as part of the Versailles Treaty, the Saar area and with it the area of the municipality of Mandelbachal was separated from the German Empire and placed under a League of Nations mandate in 1920 . After the Second World War, the area became part of the Saarland and with it came to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957.
As part of the regional and district reform of Saarland , the new municipality of Mandelbachtal was created on January 1, 1974 from the eight formerly independent municipalities of Bebelsheim, Blieshaben-Bolchen, Erfweiler-Ehlingen, Habkirchen, Heckendalheim, Ommersheim, Ormesheim and Wittersheim.
religion
Mandelbachtal is mostly Roman Catholic. The Catholic Christians belong to the two parish communities newly formed in 2015, St. Jakobus Mandelbachtal (with the formerly independent Catholic churches Bebelsheim ( St. Margaretha ), Blieshaben-Bolchen (St. Paulus), Erfweiler-Ehlingen ( St. Mauritius ), Habkirchen ( St. Martin ), Ormesheim ( St. Mauritius ) and Wittersheim ( St. Remigius )) and parish community Veronika Ensheim (with Heckendalheim ( St. Josef ), Ommersheim ( Mariä Visitation ) and the Catholic churches in Ensheim (St. Peter) and Eschringen (St. Laurentius)).
The Protestant Christians in the Mandelbachtal belong to the Protestant parish Ensheim-Eschringen-Mandelbachtal, which also has a church (Kreuzkirche) in Ormesheim .
politics
Municipal council
Of the 33 seats in the municipal council, there were:
- 1974–1979: 19 CDU, 10 SPD, 2 FDP, 2 FWG (CDU sole majority)
- 1979–1984: 17 CDU, 11 SPD, 2 FDP, 3 FWG (CDU sole majority)
- 1984–1989: 17 CDU, 12 SPD, 2 FWG, 2 Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen (CDU sole majority)
- 1989–1994: 15 CDU, 12 SPD, 3 FWG, 2 Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen (SPD / FWG / Greens coalition)
- 1994–1999: 16 CDU, 11 SPD, 3 FWG, 2 Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen (SPD / FWG / Greens coalition)
- 1999-2004: 19 CDU, 11 SPD, 2 FWG, 1 Alliance 90 / The Greens (CDU sole majority)
- 2004–2009: 19 CDU, 10 SPD, 2 FWG, 2 Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen (CDU sole majority)
- 2009–2014: 15 CDU, 8 SPD, 2 FDP, 3 FWG, 2 Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen, 3 Die Linke (CDU / FDP coalition)
- 2014–2019: 16 CDU, 11 SPD, 3 FWG, 2 Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen, 1 Die Linke (2014–2015: Grand CDU / SPD coalition, from 2015 to 2019 no fixed coalitions)
- since 2019: 13 CDU, 12 SPD, 4 FWG, 3 Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen, 1 Die Linke (no fixed coalition)
Parties
- CDU community association Mandelbachtal with eight local associations
- SPD community association Mandelbachtal with seven local associations
- FDP local association Mandelbachtal
- FWG community association
- Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen local association Mandelbachtal
- DIE LINKE local association Mandelbachtal
mayor
- 1974–1984: Theo Carlen (CDU), Ormesheim, (died shortly after his re-election in 1984)
- 1984–1994: Karlhans Rimlinger ( independent ), Ormesheim
- 1994-2004: Günter Walle (SPD), Ommersheim
- 2004–2012: Herbert Keßler (CDU), Ommersheim
- 2012–2019: Gerd Tussing (CDU), Erfweiler-Ehlingen
- Since October 1, 2019: Maria Vermeulen (SPD), Ormesheim
Alderman
1974-1979
- First alderman: Lothar Hermann (CDU)
1979-1984
- First alderman: Albert Uth (born June 29, 1932 - † February 3, 2016) (CDU)
- Alderman: Leo Truth (CDU) (†)
1984-1994
- First Alderman: Leo Truth (CDU) (†)
1989-1994
- First alderman: Günter Walle (SPD)
- Alderman: Franz Schnabel (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Alderman: Manfred Nagel (FWG)
1994-1999
- First alderman: Josef Rohe (FWG), assigned task: Voluntary fire brigade
- Alderman: Josef Rebmann (SPD), assigned task: building yard
- Alderman: Christoph Braunberger (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), assigned tasks: Nature conservation
1999-2004
- First alderman: Werner Untersteller (CDU)
- Alderman: Otto Kempf (CDU)
2004-2009
- First alderman: until 2007: Werner Untersteller (CDU), assigned area of responsibility: volunteer fire brigade; from 2007: Eberhard Keipert (CDU): assigned area of responsibility: cemetery and building yard
- Alderman: Manfred Pfeiffer (CDU), assigned areas of responsibility: youth, education, culture, tourism and sport
2009-2014
- First alderman: Manfred Pfeiffer (CDU), assigned areas of responsibility: culture, tourism and sport
- Alderman: Eberhard Keipert (CDU), assigned areas of responsibility: cemetery and building yard
- Alderman: Martin Müller (FDP), assigned areas of responsibility: youth and education
2014-2019
- First alderman: Eberhard Keipert (CDU)
- until 2015: Alderman: Kai Hartz (SPD)
2019-2024
- First alderman: Maria Vermeulen (SPD) (July 4, 2019 to September 30, 2019), since October 1, 2019 Silvia Becker (SPD)
minister
The former Saarland Minister for Finance and Europe (2012-2018) and current President of the State Parliament (since 2018) Stephan Toscani lived in Mandelbachtal-Ormesheim. He belongs to the CDU.
State Secretaries
At the time of the so-called Jamaica coalition (CDU, FDP, Die Grünen) in Saarland from 2009 to January 18, 2012, Peter Hauptmann was State Secretary in the Ministry of Economics and Science. He lived in Mandelbachtal-Ormesheim and belongs to the FDP.
Member of the state parliament
The municipality of Mandelbachtal had a representative in the state parliament of Saarland :
- Stephan Toscani (* 1967) lived in Ormesheim . He has been a member of the Saarland State Parliament since 2004 and President of the State Parliament since 2018.
- From 2009 until the early election of the Landtag in 2012, Christian Schmitt (* 1981), initially FDP and since 2011 non-party, from Ommersheim , was a member of the Saarland Landtag.
- From 1990 to 1999 Albrecht Feibel (1940–2011), CDU, from Mandelbachtal-Ormesheim was a member of the Saarland state parliament, where he worked on economic and transport policy, before becoming a member of the German Bundestag from 1999 to 2005 .
- From 1970 until his election as director of Saarland Broadcasting in 1977, Professor Hubert Rohde from Heckendalheim (1929–2019), CDU, was a member of the Saarland state parliament, most recently as its vice-president.
- From 1947 to 1955 and from 1960 to 1965 Erwin Müller (1906–1968), most recently CDU, from Habkirchen was a member of the Saarland Landtag.
- From 1947 to 1955, Mayor Hermann Truth (1900–1981), most recently CDU, from Ormesheim was a member of the Saarland Landtag.
coat of arms
Blazon : "A continuous green paw cross in silver , angled with two red heraldic roses each with golden sepals and a golden lug ."
Economy and Infrastructure
The economy in Mandelbachtal stands for industry diversity, but is predominantly rural. In addition to tourism and catering businesses, many craftsmen and service providers have also established themselves. The service sector in particular is strongly represented in Mandelbachtal in terms of both the number of employees and the added value. Mandelbachtal is also a conference venue. There are three industrial areas in Erfweiler-Ehlingen (Große Heide), Ommersheim (Obere Oberwürzbacher Straße) and in Blieshaben-Bolchen (in the upper range).
traffic
Motorways and federal highways
Mandelbachtal lies on the federal highway 423 Homburg - Saargemünd and is on the federal highways 8 Luxembourg - Karlsruhe (exit Homburg-Einöd), 6 Paris - Mannheim (exits St. Ingbert and Brebach-Fechingen), 620 Saarbrücken - Saarlouis (exit Güdingen) and the French A 4 Paris– Strasbourg (Saargemünd exit, F) connected.
Public transport
The municipality is covered by the three honeycombs 561 (Ormesheim (also includes Heckendalheim, Ommersheim)), 562 (Erfweiler-Ehlingen (also includes Wittersheim, Bebelsheim)) and 563 (Blieshaben-Bolchen (also includes Habkirchen)) of the Saarland transport association . There is only public transport with buses ; the rail-bound traffic is reached via feeders in the neighboring communities. The Ormesheim district is integrated into the Saarbrücken city bus network; the districts of Heckendalheim and Ommersheim have a high-speed connection to Saarbrücken Airport and Saarbrücken Central Station with the R10 line . In addition, the offer Biosphärenbus crosses (line 501 of the Saar-Pfalz-bus ) on its journey from Kleinblittersdorf to Homburg by the UNESCO - Biosphere Reserve Bliesgau the districts Bliesmengen-Bolchen and Habkirchen. The other districts have local buses.
Long-distance train stations
Long-distance train stations are located in the neighboring cities of Saarbrücken with ICE and TGV connections (16 km) and Homburg (IC / ICE) (25 km), as well as in Sarreguemines in France (10 km). Regional train stations (RB / RE) are located in St. Ingbert (10 km) and Blieskastel-Lautzkirchen.
Flight connections
In the immediate vicinity of Saarbrücken Airport, Mandelbachtal is connected to air traffic in just a few minutes. Other airports within a radius of 200 km are in Frankfurt am Main , Hahn , Luxembourg (L), Strasbourg (F), Baden-Baden and Metz (F).
Culture and sights
The hamlet of Gräfinthal with a monastery chapel, three excursion restaurants and an open-air stage is one of the most important sights in the community of Mandelbachtal . The Ommersheimer Weiher in Ommersheim is also a popular destination.
Tourist office Mandelbachtal
To promote and further develop culture and tourism in the Mandelbachtal municipality, the Mandelbachtal municipality established the Mandelbachtal e. V. founded. It has its office in the town hall of the Mandelbachtal community. Information boards are set up at over 100 locations, for example two about the meadow landscape of the Blies. Today, the Mandelbachtal tourist office is a kind of umbrella organization for all the clubs operating in Mandelbachtal and organizes cultural events and concerts for the community. The association is also the publisher of numerous publications and leaflets.
Horses
The municipality of Mandelbachtal was awarded the title “Most Horse-Friendly Municipality” in 1994 at the federal level. Icelandic horses in particular are kept here. Well-known farms include the Grenzlandhof in Bebelsheim, the Ponsheimer Hof between Ormesheim and Eschringen, the Dutch horse farm and the Hunackerhof in Ormesheim. A network of bridle paths runs through the community.
Museums and studios
- House of the village history of Blieshaben-Bolchen
- Habkirchen Customs Museum
- Cultural landscape center " Haus Lochfeld " Wittersheim
- Optical telegraphs near Bebelsheim and Biesingen
- Exhibition room "Kunstraum LandArt" Ormesheim
- Foyer in the Mandelbachtal town hall in Ormesheim
Regular events
Every Tuesday there is a weekly market in Ormesheim on Theo-Carlen-Platz . Village festivals in Erfweiler-Ehlingen and Ommersheim (on the first weekend in July) are an integral part of cultural life. The bridge festival in Habkirchen and the summer garden festival in Ormesheim are also celebrated.
The Gräfinthal natural stage plays Schwänke and children's plays during the summer months (15,000 visitors per year).
The Saarland Trofeo , an annual international junior cycle race, often runs through the community of Mandelbachtal.
Personalities
- Eberhard Sandschneider , Professor of Political Science and Head of the Politics Unit for China and East Asia at the Free University of Berlin , grew up in the Mandelbachtal district of Bebelsheim.
Web links
- Literature on Mandelbachtal in the Saarland Bibliography
- Mandelbachtal community
- Homepage of the district of Blieshaben-Bolchen
- Homepage of the district Ommersheim
- Homepage of the Ormesheim district
- Homepage of the district Erfweiler-Ehlingen
- Link catalog on the topic of the Mandelbachtal at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saarland.de - Official population figures as of December 31, 2019 (PDF; 20 kB) ( help ).
- ↑ a b c History of the Mandelbachtal community ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2013 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. On: www.mandelbachtal.de, accessed on July 19, 2012
- ^ 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. 809 .
- ↑ Result of municipal elections 2014 ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2014 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. At: www.mbt-neu.saar-new-media.com, accessed on May 28, 2014
- ↑ Community result Mandelbachtal at: www.statistikextern.saarland.de, accessed on May 28, 2014
- ↑ Two new information boards about the Blies ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Saarbrücker Zeitung, December 24, 2011
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