Nunkirchen
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Nunkirchen
City of Wadern
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| Height : | 258 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 13.44 km² | |
| Residents : | 2510 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 187 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 66687 | |
| Area code : | 06874 | |
Location of Nunkirchen in Saarland |
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In terms of population, Nunkirchen is the largest district of the city of Wadern in the Merzig-Wadern district in Saarland .
geography
Nunkirchen is located at the foot of the Black Forest high forest on federal highway 268, almost exactly between Trier and Saarbrücken in the Moselle-Franconian- speaking area.
Districts
The Münchweiler district belongs to Nunkirchen. The name "Münchweiler" goes back to a fortified estate mentioned in the 13th century. The place was founded in 1932 by building settler farms. With Münchweiler Castle, it houses the only completely preserved baroque castle in Saarland.
history
middle Ages
Nunkirchen was first mentioned in a document in 1147 by the Archbishop of Trier Albero . But the place was demonstrably settled earlier. Finds from the Bronze Age (1935), but also the location on a Roman road, which has been proven by several excavations, show this. The spelling of the name Nunkirchen varied over the centuries. The Latinized form "Nunkircha" gave way to "Nunkirke" (1235) and "Neunkirchen" (1551 and 1724) to make way for "Brums-Nunkirchen" and Brims-Nunkirchen ", based on the nearby river Prims . Whether the “new church” or a so-called “Hunkirche”, which means something like the center of a Germanic hundred, acted as namesake can no longer be said with certainty today.
Thirty Years War and the French Period
The Thirty Years War hit the place hard. In 1618 there were reports of 25 fireplaces, in 1648 there were only one. In 1794, however, the village had 275 inhabitants again, a number that had increased to 919 by 1843. In 1778, half a millennium of fighting for the border was ended on the western border of the empire: the division of the previous communal rule (condominium) Merzig-Saargau between the Kurstaat Trier and France . Since this year the Saar from Beckingen to Saarhölzbach has formed the border between the spa state and France. When the border was drawn, Merzig had become the official seat of the newly won territories plus the Losheim nursing home that had previously belonged to the Saarburg office. From 1778 Nunkirchen was part of the Merzig office in the Losheim nursing home.
During the French period (1794 to 1814) Nunkirchen belonged to Mairie Weyerweiler, Canton Wadern , Arrondissement Birkenfeld and the Saar department with its seat in Trier .
The years 1814/15 brought drastic changes: The canton of Wadern initially belonged to the Generalgouvernement Mittelrhein with its seat in Trier. After the Second Peace of Paris (November 20, 1815) and the amalgamation of the Prussian provinces of the Grand Duchy of Lower Rhine and Jülich-Kleve-Berg , the Rhine Province was formed in 1822 with the regional council in Trier. On May 1, 1816, the cantons of Merzig, Wadern and Saarburg came to Prussia. The Merzig district was originally divided into ten mayorships . Nunkirchen came with Konfeld , Michelbach , Mitlosheim , Ober- and Unterthailen , Rappweiler and Steinberg to the Weierweiler Mayor , which was renamed the Weiskirchen Mayor on January 1, 1848 .
19./20. century
In Nunkirchen, after the introduction of the Prussian municipal code on July 23, 1845, the first municipal council was introduced at the meeting on August 13, 1846 .
After the First World War , the place was given a border function on May 19, 1919. While the eastern village of Auschet belonged to the Saar area under the administration of the League of Nations , Nunkirchen and the neighboring village of Michelbach to the south remained part of the German Empire. After the Second World War , Nunkirchen was assigned to the Saarland and thus came under French administration. On October 23, 1955, the Nunkircher decided against the Saar Statute with 57.6% and thus against the Europeanization of the Saarland. They followed the national trend. On January 1, 1957, Saarland and with it Nunkirchen again became part of Germany. 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 Nunkirchen was assigned to the new municipality (from 1978 city) Wadern on January 1, 1974.
politics
Local council
Results of the local council elections on May 26, 2019:
Mayor
Since the territorial reform in 1974:
- Paul Schmitz (1968 to 1984)
- Franz-Josef Lauer (1984 to 1999)
- Josef Moos (1999 to 2004)
- Jochen Kuttler (2004 to 2014)
- Frank Hiry (2014 to 2017)
- Patrizia Mötzel, ProHochwald (from 2017)
coat of arms
Blazon : "A red sword and a red arrow crossed diagonally in silver, covered by a red heart."
The local church was a prerequisite for Nunkirchen to be mentioned for the first time. This is why the Saarland heraldist Kurt Hoppstädter used the original church patrons Barbara (red sword) and Sebastian (red arrow) when designing the coat of arms . He connected this motif with the Heart of Jesus , to whom the parish has been consecrated since 1896, the year the present parish church was consecrated.
Culture and sights
The parish church Herz Jesu , a listed three-aisled hall church , was consecrated on April 26, 1896 and completely renovated in 2005. The parish church in the center of the village is one of the few churches in Saarland whose interior has largely retained the original character of the building. There is a also the Holy in the center Antonius consecrated chapel , which was built in the early 20th century.
Münchweiler Castle is two kilometers away from Nunkirchen . The building erected by Baron Emmerich Carl Josef Zandt von Merl zu Weiskirchen has been largely restored and is the only largely preserved baroque palace in Saarland. It houses a hotel in the newly built farm building and a café in one wing of the historic building. Today the buildings are owned by a descendant of the builder, Baron von Hagke.
Nunkirchen has a long tradition in the smelting of iron . From 1724 to mid-1820, the Gottbill family ran an iron smelter in the village, which was known far beyond the region. Almost at the same time, Baron Emmerich Karl Joseph von Zandt founded an ironworks in what is now the Münchweiler district, which started operations in 1725. It was shut down in 1868.
Until 1970 the company Wild & Co operated a gemstone mine in Nunkirchen , which was used to mine lapis. The Nunkircher jasper , which the locals simply call agate, is considered a semi-precious stone. It can be dyed permanently and was coveted worldwide as a gemstone from 1860 onwards. It was often colored with Berlin blue and sold as an imitation of lapis lazuli under the trade names Deutscher Lapis, Swiss Lapis or Nunkirchener Lapis lazuli. When new coloring techniques for rocks were discovered in the middle of the 20th century, the extraction of jasper in Nunkirchen became unprofitable.
From 1955 to 1967, a flower festival initiated by the then chairman of the Heimat- und Verkehrsverein Matthias Müller drew tens of thousands of visitors to Nunkirchen.
Events
- Grimace Festival (in July)
- Faasend night express (Carnival parade at night, Saturday before Shrove Monday)
- Fair (June / July)
- Altbierfest of the Maltese (always on the Saturday before Pentecost)
- Christmas market (3rd weekend in Advent)
Sports
In addition to a hard sports court with a running track and two boules courts, Nunkirchen also has a tennis facility with five courts, which is characterized by its special location in the middle of the forest. The Weiherhof Golf Park with an 18-hole golf course is of outstanding importance for the town.
societies
The most important clubs in alphabetical order:
- Billard Club Michelbach 2000 eV (headquarters and clubhouse in Nunkirchen)
- Boules Spielgemeinschaft Nunkirchen 1992.
- Judo / Ju-Jutsu martial arts club Nunkirchen
- Catholic youth / altar boy Nunkirchen
- Church choir Nunkirchen - Michelbach
- Kneipp club Nunkirchen
- Culture at the gate
- Nunkirchen men's choir
- MHD - local group Nunkirchen
- Musikverein Nunkirchen "Village Musicians"
- Fruit and horticultural association Nunkirchen
- Sports club Nunkirchen 1925.
- Grün-Weiß tennis club in Nunkirchen
- Table tennis club Nunkirchen
- VdK Nunkirchen
- Association for trade, liberal professions & tourism Nunkirchen
Economy and Infrastructure
Nunkirchen is characterized by its special location at two important road junctions. The place is on the one hand on the federal highway 268 between Trier and Saarbrücken , on the other hand on the country roads to Weiskirchen and Wadern . On the other hand, the high traffic load resulting from the junction situation results in an infrastructure that many other places in rural regions lack. Nunkirchen has two general practitioners, a pharmacy, a nursing home for the elderly, a workshop for the disabled, a dormitory for the disabled, a dentist, two bank branches, a post office, four bakeries, a supermarket, a drinks and event service, two petrol stations, one Newsagent, two car dealers, a market for agricultural needs, several restaurants and food stalls. Nunkirchen also has a large industrial area.
media
- Saarbrücker Zeitung
- Wochenspiegel Hochwald
- Official notice of the city of Wadern
Educational and educational institutions
- Catholic kindergarten
- Nunkirchen primary school in the city of Wadern
- Hochwald vocational training center
- State day care center
traffic
The federal highway 268 runs through Nunkirchen . In the town center (roundabout) the B268 meets two state roads (L152 to Weiskirchen and L148 to Wadern).
The station "Nunkirchen" was on the railway line Merzig South Büschfeld that only the section Merzig (Saar) East Dellborner mill museum trains will be busy. The route is used by steam trains from the "Museum Railway Club Losheim am See". The rest of the section has been closed .
Personalities who are connected to Nunkirchen
- Reinhold Wirtz (1842–1898) was a German architect , local district and diocesan master builder of the Diocese of Trier , who from 1886 and probably until 1892 was associated with the Catholic parish church Herz Jesu , which was built according to plans from 1886, 1892 (detailed plan), Begun in 1894 and completed in 1895 and consecrated in 1896.
- Peter Groß (1902–1976), member of the state parliament, from 1960 to 1968 mayor of the municipality of Nunkirchen
- Elmar Engel (1933–2001), writer, travel journalist
- Walter Wolter (* 1950), writer
- Peter Kuttler (* 1964,) radio and television presenter (WDR 4, Deutsche Welle, WDR television)
- Anke Rehlinger (* 1976), politician (SPD)
literature
- Elmar Engel: Hampitt Holbach's Odyssey - Canada 1896. Edition Meyster, 1985.
- Elmar Engel: Hampitt Holbach's Odyssey - Gold Rush on the Yukon 1897/98. Edition Meyster, 1986.
- Elmar Engel: Hampitt Holbach's Odyssey - Behind the blue mountains. Lehnert Verlag, 1992.
- Elmar Engel: Whoever laughs last. Lehnert Verlag, 1996.
- Fritz Glutting: Heimatbuch Nunkirchen . Self-published, 1992.
- Anne-Mie Puhl-Herbst: Parish Church Herz Jesu Nunkirchen: 1896–2006; the churches in Michelbach, Büschfeld, Bardenbach. Provesa Verlag, 2006.
- Hans P. Klauck, Walter Petto, Werner Habicht: The inhabitants of the parish Nunkirchen before 1801: Biel, Büschfeld, Michelbach, Münchweiler, Nunkirchen. Working group for Saarland family studies, 1992.
- Jochen Kuttler: Like year and day ago: an excursion into the past of Nunkirchen and Münchweiler . 2004.
- Jochen Kuttler: Hitler wake and stew Sunday. , Self-published, 2018.
- Matthias Müller: Nunkirchen / Münchweiler - a home book . Tourist tourist office Nunkirchen-Münchweiler, 1957.
- Literature on Nunkirchen in the Saarland Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b data and facts on www.stadt-wadern.de
- ↑ Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, § 34, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 855 (PDF page 27; 499 kB)
- ^ 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 .
- ↑ Paul Schmitz was mayor of the independent municipality of Nunkirchen from 1968 to 1974, and from January 1, 1974 in the role of mayor
- ↑ Kremer's fireplace record collection. Matthias Kremer, accessed on July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Museums-Eisenbahn-Club Losheim am See
- ↑ Die Nunkircher Kirche ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 27, 2013.
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