Tholey

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Tholey
Tholey
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Tholey highlighted

Coordinates: 49 ° 29 '  N , 7 ° 2'  E

Basic data
State : Saarland
County : St. Wendel
Height : 393 m above sea level NHN
Area : 57.57 km 2
Residents: 12,032 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 209 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes : 66630-66636
Primaries : 06853, 06888
License plate : WND
Community key : 10 0 46 118
Community structure: 9 parts of the community
Address of the
municipal administration:
In the monastery 1
66636 Tholey
Website : www.tholey.de
Mayor : Hermann Josef Schmidt ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Tholey in the St. Wendel district
Nonnweiler Nohfelden Freisen Tholey Oberthal (Saar) Marpingen Namborn St. Wendel Rheinland-Pfalz Landkreis Merzig-Wadern Landkreis Saarlouis Landkreis Neunkirchenmap
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Tholey ( [tolaɪ] , Saarländisch Tole ) is a municipality in the district of St. Wendel of the Saarland .

Tholey, panorama shot from the Schaumberg

geography

location

The community is located about 30 km north of the state capital Saarbrücken in northern Saarland .

Districts

The municipality of Tholey consists of the following districts:

Precipitation diagram

Neighboring communities

Tholey's neighboring communities are - clockwise and starting in the north - Nonnweiler , Nohfelden , Oberthal and Marpingen (all in the St. Wendel district ), Eppelborn ( Neunkirchen district ), Lebach and Schmelz (both in the Saarlouis district ) and Wadern ( Merzig-Wadern district ) .

climate

The annual precipitation is 1001 mm. The precipitation is in the upper third of the measuring points of the German Weather Service . Over 85% indicate lower values. The driest month is April; it rains most in December. In the wettest month there is about 1.7 times more rain than in the driest month. The seasonal fluctuations in precipitation are in the upper third. In 67% of all places, the monthly precipitation fluctuates less.

history

Copy of the will of Adalgisel Grimo from the 10th century. The certificate with the mention of Tholey is considered to be the oldest document of the Rhineland ( Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz , inventory 1 a, number 1)
Old coat of arms (until 1974); today the coat of arms of the district Tholey

The first traces of a settlement in the area of ​​today's municipality Tholey go back to the Celts (see also Iovantucarus ). Multiple finds prove an extensive settlement by the Romans. In 2002, for example, new knowledge about the “Schweichhaus” settlement complex was gained during an emergency excavation. In the Middle Ages, large parts of what is now Saarland were subject to tribute to Tholey Abbey . A castle was built on the Schaumberg to protect the abbey . The manors were Lorraine and Kurtrier .

Origin of name

In a script from the year 634 (Testament of Grimo) mentioned as Taulegio , the place name is derived from Tegolegium , "brick-covered building".

Incorporations

As part of the Saarland regional and administrative reforms which were previously independent nine municipalities Weiler , hasborn-dautweiler , Lindscheid , Neipel, chafing , Sotzweiler , Theley , Tholey and About Roth-Niederhofen joined forces to present community of Tholey.

Church history

According to legend, Saint Wendelin is said to have been the founder and first abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mauritius , but this is not historically proven. The abbey was first mentioned in a document in the "Testament of Adalgisel Grimo " from  634 . The abbey is therefore the oldest monastery in what is now Germany. In 1794 the monastery was closed after being destroyed by the French. Since 1949 there is again a Benedictine monastery of the Beuron congregation in the village .

Jewish history

A Jewish community existed in Tholey from the 18th century to around 1940. A first Jewish family was mentioned in 1729. In 1843, 88 Jewish people lived in Tholey (9% of the total population of 952), in 1895 there were 91. A synagogue was inaugurated on December 4, 1863 by district rabbi Kahn from Trier . A Jewish denominational school had existed since 1876. In 1925 there were still 50 members of the Jewish community, in 1935 there were 41 members. Due to the increasing disenfranchisement during the Nazi era and due to the economic boycott, many moved to other cities or emigrated. After the deportations , at least 20 of the Jewish residents born in Tholey or who had lived there for a long time were murdered. The synagogue was sold in 1937 and later demolished. A house was built on its foundation walls on Trierer Strasse. On April 21, 2015 Gunter Demnig laidstumbling blocks in Tholey.

politics

Local elections 2019
Turnout: 74.9% (2014: 68.4%)
 %
70
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
61.7%
24.0%
5.8%
8.5%
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-2.8  % p
-2.0  % p
+ 0.2  % p
+ 4.6  % p

Municipal council

The council with 33 seats is made after the local elections on May 26, 2019 as follows:

Political party Share of votes +/-% p Seats +/-
CDU 61.7% - 2.8 21st - 1
SPD 24.0% - 2.0 8th - 1
LEFT 5.6% + 0.2 2 + 1
GREEN 8.5% + 4.6 2 + 1

mayor

  • 1974–1983: Anton Schäfer, CDU
  • 1983–2003: Hans-Dieter Frisch, CDU
  • 2003 – today: Hermann-Josef Schmidt, CDU

Community partnerships

Partner communities of Tholey are Alto Feliz in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire in the French region of Center-Val de Loire .

Culture and sights

Churches

Landmarks

Schaumberg tower after renovation
  • Schaumbergturm : the highest observation tower in Saarland, Franco-German meeting place, transmitter systems

Museums

  • The local history museum in Neipel documents the geology and pre- and early history of the place and its surroundings. There are also special exhibitions in the museum.
  • The Theulegium Cultural History Museum in the Tholey district is divided into five thematic groups: geology, prehistory and early history, St. Mauritius Tholey Abbey , Schaumburg office and contemporary history in the basement museum.

sculpture

To the northwest of the district of Sotzweiler is the word sail , an approximately 13 meter high steel sculpture by the local artist Heinrich Popp .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Already in Roman times a road led from Metz via Tholey to Mainz .

Tholey was formerly connected to the railway network via the St. Wendel – Tholey railway line .

Today the community is well connected to the national road network by the Federal Motorway 1 ( Oldenburg in Holstein - Saarbrücken ).

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Born in Tholey

Associated with Tholey

Worth mentioning

The volcanic rock tholeiite is named after Tholey. However, its definition has changed so that the volcanic rock near Tholey is not a tholeiite according to today's definition .

See also

Web links

Commons : Tholey  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Saarland.de - Official population figures as of December 31, 2019 (PDF; 20 kB) ( help ).
  2. Geoplatt ( Memento of November 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. Edith and Eric Glansdorp: Traces of prehistory and early history in the middle Primstal - Archaeological exhibitions in the Neipel local history museum from 1997 to 2012 . Archäologie Büro & Verlag Glansdorp, Tholey 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-039212-2 .
  4. Wolfgang Haubrichs "Borders and Interferences", 2005
  5. Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, § 37, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 857 (PDF page 29; 499 kB)
  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. 810 .
  7. ^ Copy of the will of Adalgisel Grimo from the 10th century. ( State Main Archive Koblenz , inventory 1 a, number 1)
  8. Tholey Abbey - History: Middle Ages , accessed September 5, 2019
  9. ^ Saarbrücker Zeitung, Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH: Stumbling blocks against forgetting. Retrieved January 27, 2019 .
  10. The Regional Returning Officer - Final result of the 2019 municipal council elections
  11. Saarbrücker Zeitung of February 7, 2019
  12. ^ Website of Tholey Abbey
  13. St. Mauritius Tholey Abbey: Homepage on the renovations 2018-2020. Benedictine Abbey of St. Mauritius, accessed on May 9, 2020 .
  14. Neipel Local History Museum
  15. Museum Theulegium
  16. Heinrich Habel u. Lothar Altmann: Die Bayerische Staatskanzlei, 10th edition, Regensburg 2013, pp. 34–39.
  17. Nadine Schön, Member of the Bundestag (CDU). Retrieved August 19, 2019 .