Wiesbach (Saar)
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Wiesbach
community Eppelborn
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| Height : | 281 m | |
| Residents : | 3710 (Feb. 1, 2018) | |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 66571 | |
| Area code : | 06806 | |
Location of Wiesbach in Saarland |
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Wiesbach is a part of the municipality of Eppelborn in the district of Neunkirchen ( Saarland ). Until the end of 1973 Wiesbach was an independent municipality.
history
Wiesbach was first mentioned in a document in 1201. The oldest spelling of the place name is "Wysenbach" when it is first mentioned. In the course of time the place name has seen some changes: 1218 Wissenbach; 1231 Wysenpack; 1276 Wysempahach; 1330 Wesembach and Wieszbach; 1343 Wysenebach; 1602 Wißbach; 1620 Wiehsbach; 1694 Wisbach; 1736 Wießbach and finally from 1789 Wiesbach.
Historical research explains the word components with the fact that the place Wiesbach got its name from the first stream that flowed through the meadows. The Wiesbach rises in the Hahnwald and flows into the Ill in Eppelborn .
The Valentinus Chapel was built in 1796 .
As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Wiesbach was assigned to the new municipality of Eppelborn on January 1, 1974, together with seven other municipalities .
On July 8, 2002, a stage of the Tour de France led through the district of Mangelhausen and thus also through Wiesbach.
politics
Mayor and Mayor
- 1927–1935 Mayor August Monz
- 1935–1937 Mayor Alois Riehm
- 1937–1941 Mayor Eduard Caspar
- 1941–1945 Mayor Johann Kuhn
- 1945 Mayor Johann Jochem (appointed by the occupying power)
- 1945–1956 Mayor Nikolaus Monz
- 1956–1960 Mayor Thomas Maurer
- 1960–1974 Mayor Leo Peter, CDU
from the territorial and administrative reform:
- 1974–1984 Mayor Leo Peter, CDU
- 1984–2009 Mayor Richard Kleer, CDU
- 2009–2012 mayor Birgit Müller-Closset, SPD
- 2012–2016 Mayor Klaus Herold, SPD
- since November 2016 mayor Stefan Löw, SPD
Economy and Infrastructure
Local businesses
The Siebert company, an international company in the field of "innovative display and information systems for automation and industrial communication" is based in the "Escher industrial estate" opened in the 1980s.
The Uchtelfangen substation is partly located on the Wiesbacher Bann .
Commercial area A1-Intercommunal
The Echer industrial area is currently being expanded under the project name industrial area A1 Intercommunal . The newly developed commercial areas are located both in the Wiesbach district of the Eppelborn community and the Uchtelfangen district of the Illingen community . In the meantime (mid-2007) some companies from the Illingen community and Eppelborn community have settled there. What is interesting is that the land was built on by respective companies in the original district of the communities from which they come. The development is generally relatively slow.
Educational institutions
There is a primary school in Wiesbach that also offers voluntary all-day care.
Cultural and club life
St. Augustine Church
The parish church of St. Augustine was built in 1963 according to the plans of the architects Dietz & Grothe in the brutalist style. The colorful concrete glass windows created by the artist Boris Kleint are worth seeing.
Culture days
A village festival has been held in Wiesbach since 1981 under the name of Kulturtage . In contrast to other village festivals, it is significant that, mostly in the form of cultural presentations by individual local associations, special attention is paid to the preservation of culture and customs. The village festival takes place annually on the last weekend in June. Since 2003, the village festival has been supplemented by an open-air concert on Fridays.
Hobby and crib exhibition
In 1984 the Wiesbach Hobby Exhibition was brought into being by the married couple Theresia and Fintan Theis in the Wiesbach district of Eppelborn, and four years later a nativity scene exhibition was added. Organized by Wiesbach mayor Richard Kleer, the exhibition has since taken place in uninterrupted sequence on the weekend before the Sunday of the Dead in November of each year. It is one of the largest of its kind in the region and attracts several thousand visitors to the Wiesbachhalle over three days.
FC Hertha Wiesbach
The football club Hertha Wiesbach eV , founded in 1908 as SSK Hertha Mangelhausen eV , rose in 2013 after winning the championship early with its first team in the football league Rhineland-Palatinate / Saar .
Personalities
Honorary citizen
The only honorary citizen of the formerly independent community of Wiesbach is Pastor Albert Becker (* 1892 in Schnierlach (Alsace) , † 1975 in Wiesbach (Saar)). He was honored in 1970 by being awarded an honorary citizen's letter for his past 30 years of pastoral work in Wiesbach.
Other personalities
- Heribert Bettscheider was a Catholic theologian.
- Josef Jochem was Saarland Minister for Culture, Education and Sport from 1977 to 1980.
- Dominik Keuper became European trail motorsport champion in 2006 and 2008, won several German championship titles and was multiple winner of the three-country cup.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures for the municipality of Eppelborn , accessed on February 12, 2018
- ^ 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. 805 .
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- ^ Heinz Bier: Belated championship celebration . Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH. May 7, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
