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City of Wadern
Former municipal coat of arms of Noswendel
Coordinates: 49 ° 31 ′ 28 "  N , 6 ° 52 ′ 11"  E
Height : 282 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.3 km²
Residents : 1206  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 165 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66687
Area code : 06871
Noswendel (Saarland)
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Location of Noswendel in Saarland

Noswendel is a district of the city ​​of Wadern in the Merzig-Wadern district in northern Saarland ( Germany ). The village lies at the foot of the Black Forest high forest and is part of the Moselle-Franconian language area.

geography

Districts

Location of Noswendel in the town of Wadern

Noswendel is divided into the districts of Noswendel, Noswendelroth and Batschweiler. While Noswendel and Noswendelroth have come closer and closer together in recent years, also geographically due to increasing development, Batschweiler is hardly recognizable as a district of Noswendel, as it is on the western side of the Röderwald about 3 km away from today's town center on the L152 between Nunkirchen and Thailen is located and there is no direct traffic connection to the town center.

To the west of Noswendel is the 346 meter high Rotherberg.

In the competition " Our village should be more beautiful " Noswendel has already received several awards, including winners in the Merzig-Wadern district (1983, 1989, 1994) and silver medals at state level (1983, 1989, 1994).

history

The church in Noswendel shapes the image of the town center. The church was consecrated in 1933

Noswendelroth was created during the clearing period between the 9th and 13th centuries. Noswendel itself is older. Barrows even indicate a settlement before the birth of Christ. Later the Roman road passed Noswendel.

The first written mention of Noswendel is in 1335 as "Noiswie" in the books of the Mettlach Abbey . The name of the place, which means something like "wet meadow", changed via "Nooßwendel" (1649) to its current name.

In the Middle Ages until the French Revolution , Noswendel was part of the Dagstuhl rule .

The place Batschweiler is first mentioned in 1647.

Noswendel belonged to the end of the First World War the district Merzig on which part was the Prussian government presidium Trier. This district was assigned to the Saar area under the League of Nations administration in 1920 according to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty - with the exception of the Hochwald communities (districts of Wadern, Losheim and Weiskirchen), including Noswendel, which remained with the Trier regional council under the name " Restkreis Merzig ". The district administration of the "remaining district" was in Wadern . After the Second World War , France decreed that the “remaining district” belonged to the newly formed Saarland, which was under French influence .

On January 1, 1957, Saarland and with it Noswendel again became part of the German state. The economic connection to the Federal Republic did not take place until July 6, 1959. As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Noswendel was dissolved on January 1, 1974 and assigned to the municipality of Wadern, which in 1978 was again elevated to a town has been.

politics

Local council

Results of the local council elections on May 26, 2019:

Mayor

Since the territorial reform in 1974:

  • Alois Biesel (1967 to 1974)
  • Edgar Schuster (1974 to 1999)
  • Hermann Leidinger (1999 to 2011)
  • Rudolf Hero (2011 to 2019)
  • Frederik Sturm, ProHochwald (from 2019)

coat of arms

Design: Willy Weeping.

  • Above left: a red cross on silver, the coat of arms of the Electorate of Trier as a reference to the former affiliation of the place.
  • Above right: on blue a silver wave bar with a millstone and a Celtic urn as an indication of the Wahnbach (Speckenbach) flowing through the district and the Noswendeler See with the necessary water systems and nature reserve as well as the finds from the Celtic period in Noswendel.
  • Bottom left: a silver linden branch on green as a reference to the old linden tree at the entrance to the village and to the nature reserve.
  • Bottom right: a red wolf's tang on gold as an indication of earlier membership of the imperial-free rule Dagstuhl, coat of arms of Trier Elector Philipp Christoph von Sötern.

Town twinning

Since 1968, Wadern has been twinning with the French city of Montmorillon in the Vienne department . This partnership was extended to Noswendel in 1973.

Culture and sights

Noswendeler See

The Noswendler See offers relaxation close to nature.

The approx. 6.6 hectare large Noswendeler See was dammed in 1979 and forms the heart of the local recreation center between Noswendel and Noswendelroth, where a large number of events take place every year in the high season. The Noswendeler See is filled by the Wahnbach , which rises at the Pascalhütte on the border between Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate near Steinberg and flows into the Prims north of Büschfeld .

The Noswendeler nature reserve " Noswendeler Bruch " is the largest wetland biotope in the whole of Saarland with an area of ​​approx. 100 hectares .

A defining element of the townscape is the church in the Noswendel district, consecrated in 1933, the cornerstone of which was laid on June 19, 1932.

Events

  • Lampion Festival (mid-July)
  • DEKO fun run (end of July)
  • Open Can Festival (July)
  • Fair (end of August)
  • Autumn and slaughter festival (mid-September)

Sports

Noswendel has a hard court that is used by FC Noswendel Wadern as an alternative. The main venue of the club, which was founded in 2015 and which emerged from the previously independent clubs SV Noswendel and TuS 09 Wadern, is the grass pitch in the Wadern Christianenberg Stadium. The club merger in 2015 was preceded by 17 years of a syndicate as SG Noswendel / Wadern. In the 2019/2020 season, the first team of the FC plays in the second highest league of the Saarland Football Association , the Verbandsliga Süd-West and is thus the top-class football team in the city of Wadern. In Noswendel there are three clay courts for tennis.

societies

The most important clubs in alphabetical order:

  • DRK local group Noswendel-Nunkirchen
  • Noswendel volunteer fire brigade
  • Local and tourist association
  • Noswendel youth club
  • Carnival association "Graad see lääds!"
  • Catholic church choir Noswendel
  • Catholic women's community Noswendel
  • Conservation Association
  • Noswendel men's choir
  • Music Association "Lyra"
  • Fruit and horticultural association
  • Noswendel tennis club

Economy and Infrastructure

Noswendel has a commercial area ("Michael-Uwer-Straße"). The place has leisure facilities around the Noswendler See, including a pedal boat rental. Noswendel has a Kneipp facility. The music pavilion in the village center is used for events. There is a parish and youth home and a fire station in the district . RV parking spaces can be found in the immediate vicinity of the lake.

Educational and educational institutions

  • Special school learning
  • Municipal day care center "Villa Wackelzahn" Noswendel

Sons and daughters of the place

literature

Web links

Commons : Noswendel  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b data and facts on www.stadt-wadern.de
  2. ^ Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, § 34, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 855 (PDF page 27; 499 kB)
  3. ^ 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. 804 f .
  4. ↑ Final result of the local council Noswendel 2019 on wadern.de
  5. ↑ Alois Biesel was mayor of the independent municipality of Noswendel from 1962 to 1974, and from January 1, 1974 in the function of mayor