Oberkirchen (Freisen)

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Oberkirchen
Freisen municipality
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Oberkirchen
Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '31 "  N , 7 ° 15' 44"  E
Height : 349 m
Area : 9.54 km²
Residents : 2693  (December 8, 2011)
Population density : 282 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66629
Area code : 06855
Oberkirchen (Saarland)
Oberkirchen

Location of Oberkirchen in Saarland
View from the Oberkirchen valley bridge in southern direction towards Oberkirchen. In the center of the picture is the Catholic parish church of St. Katharina.
View from the Oberkirchen valley bridge in southern direction towards Oberkirchen. In the center of the picture is the Catholic parish church of St. Katharina .

Oberkirchen is a part of the municipality of Freisen in the St. Wendel district in Saarland . Until the end of 1973 Oberkirchen was an independent municipality.

geography

The Weiselberg photographed from the Haupersweiler side

Oberkirchen marks the beginning of the Ostertal. The Oster rises near the village and flows into the Blies in Wiebelskirchen .

With the Weiselberg , a volcano from the Permian ( Rotliegend ) that has been extinct for around 280 million years can also be found in the district . The stone cabinet is an igneous hardship ; Remains of lava lumps loosened from the rock during the Ice Age and tumbled into the valley form the Stone Sea today .

climate

The annual precipitation is 956 mm and is thus in the upper third of the values ​​recorded by the measuring points of the German Weather Service . Over 82% indicate lower values. The driest month is April; it rains most in December. In the wettest month there is around 1.6 times more rain than in the driest month. The seasonal fluctuations in precipitation are in the middle third. In 57% of all places, the monthly precipitation fluctuates less.
Precipitation diagram

history

First documented mention in 880 in a confirmation document of Ludwig III. for a donation "Easter Aha" to the Frankfurt Salvatorkapelle by his father Ludwig the German .

Reorganization

As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Oberkirchen was assigned to the municipality of Freisen on January 1, 1974.

Economy and Infrastructure

Two country roads run through the village, and the village is also connected to the Ostertalbahn, which has been reactivated as a tourist train. The A 62 can be reached via the Freisen and Reichweiler junctions, each around 4 km away.

The Türkismühle – Kusel railway line was dismantled in the 1960s on the Freisen and Kusel section and converted into a cycle and hiking trail (Fritz-Wunderlich-Weg).

Local businesses include a butcher's shop, a bakery, a gas station as well as various craft businesses and a car dealership.

There is also a convertible swimming pool with a mobile roof that can be converted from an indoor pool to an outdoor pool (or vice versa) within a few minutes.

religion

Please refer

politics

Mayor

  • Anton Müller (1974-1984)
  • Gerd Backes (1984-2004)
  • Karl-Josef Scheer (2004–2012)
  • Herbert Meinl (2012-2016)
  • Roland Becker (since 2017)

Local council

  • 11 seats (9 SPD, 2 CDU).

Sights / leisure facilities / surroundings

Oberkirchen Viaduct
  • Oberkirchen Viaduct (Viaduct of the Westrichbahn Türkismühle - Kusel)
  • Catholic Parish Church of St. Catherine
  • Mineralogical Museum / Café Edelstein
  • Weiselberg Stadium
  • Weiselbergbad (convertible indoor / outdoor pool)
  • Barefoot path in Oberkirchen
  • Nature reserve and hiking area Weiselberg with the geological formations Steinernes Meer and Steinerner Cabinet
  • the "Eulental" ( Leichweilerbachtal with jungle-like vegetation)

societies

  • Table tennis club Oberkirchen
  • Reitverein Weiselberger Hof eV
  • FC "Oster 20" Oberkirchen
  • Friends of the Freisen-Oberkirchen elementary school

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

  • Claus Becker (1900–1965), journalist and editor-in-chief of the Saarbrücker Zeitung

Web links

Commons : Oberkirchen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The municipality of Freisen in numbers at www.freisen.de
  2. ↑ Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, § 45, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 857 (PDF page 29; 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. 809 .
  4. ↑ freisen.de/politik