Rubenheim

Rubenheim community Gersheim
	Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 32 " N , 7 ° 12 ′ 26" E
Height :	243 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	735 (2008)
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66453
Area code :	06843
Location of Rubenheim in Saarland
	View from the east over Rubenheim

The Catholic Parish Church of St. Mauritius

The museum for everyday village culture

Rohrental recreational area

Rubenheim is a district of Gersheim in the Saar- Palatinate district . Until the end of 1973 Rubenheim was an independent municipality in the district of Sankt Ingbert .

geography

location

Rubenheim is located on the Laudenbach in a side valley of the Blies . The area , which is very hilly, has an agricultural character.

climate

The climate is influenced by the Atlantic. The average annual precipitation is 786 mm, the rainiest time is in the spring months. The mean annual temperature is 9 ° C. The long-term average temperature does not drop below 0 ° C even in January . The prevailing wind direction is west / southwest. The bio-climate is mild to irritant-friendly.

history

Signs of early settlement are grave fields with barrows from the Hallstatt (750 to 450 BC) and Latène periods (450 to 25 BC).

The place was first mentioned in 1245 with the knight Rudolf von Rubenheim ( de Ropoinheim ).

In the Thirty Years War Rubenheim was almost completely depopulated. In the second half of the 17th century new settlers were recruited, some of whom came from Tyrol. The place belonged partly to the Counts of Leyen and Pfalz-Zweibrücken . In 1778 Pfalz-Zweibrücken swapped Wolfersheim , Herbitzheim and the share in Rubenheim to the Baron von Cathcart, who kept Wolfersheim and Herbitzheim and the share in Rubenheim sold the Count von der Leyen a few days later.

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

religion

Most of the inhabitants of Rubenheim are Catholic . The Catholics belong to the parish of St. Mauritius , which is assigned to the Blieskastel parish association in the Saarpfalz deanery , which in turn is part of the Speyer diocese .

The evangelical Christians belong to Protestant parish Wolfersheim.

politics

Rubenheim is one of nine parishes in the Gersheim parish.

Local council

Distribution of seats in the local council :

CDU 7 seats
SPD 2 seats

Mayor

Kathrin Hauck ( CDU ) has been the mayor since 2014 .

Culture and sights

Museums

In Rubenheim, the museum for everyday village culture, opened in 1988 on a private initiative, is located in a restored farmhouse from the first half of the 20th century. On display are exhibits from everyday life and everyday culture, especially objects used by farmers , day laborers , craftsmen and workers from the 19th and 20th centuries. The museum is open every 3rd Sunday of the month and there is no entry fee.

Other attractions in the area include the cultural landscape center " House perforated field " (in the district Wittersheim ), the natural stage Gräfinthal (on the district Bliesmengen-Bolchen ), the Optical Telegraph (on the district Biesingen ) and the house of village history Bliesmengen-Bolchen.

Architectural monuments

In the Saarland's list of monuments , two crossroads from 1748 and 1778 and the Catholic parish church of St. Mauritius with furnishings and a tower from the 11th century are listed as individual monuments.

Green spaces and recreation

Rubenheim has a local recreation area in the Rohrental valley to the west of the village with the pond in it .

Regular events

Events of the Rubenheim Carneval Club 1960 eV: including a large pageant and gala cap meeting on 2 Saturdays during the carnival season
Pentecost tent camp of the Rubenheim youth club
On the weekend after Corpus Christi , the LVM Saarland Trofeo junior world cup cycle race leads through the region.

gastronomy

Restaurants in Rubenheim are the “TuS Rubenheim Sports Home”, the “Fischerhütte am Rohrentalweiher”, the “Restaurant in the Golfhaus” and the “Bistro History”.

societies

Friends of the Rubenheim volunteer fire department
Gymnastics and Sports Club Rubenheim eV
Rubenheim Music Association
Fruit and horticultural association Rubenheim
Rubenheim hiking and pensioners association
DRK local branch Rubenheim
Rubenheim Carneval Club 1960 eV (RCC)
Fishing club Rubenheim

Economy and Infrastructure

Rubenheim is a distinct residential and commuter community . Most of the employed people work as commuters in the regions of Saarbrücken , St. Ingbert , Homburg and Zweibrücken .

Public facilities

Day care center “St. Mauritius"
graveyard
Consecration hall
Catholic Church of St. Mauritius
Rubenheim youth club
Fire station (local councils)
Nordic walking park

traffic

State road 231 runs through the village from Herbitzheim to Erfweiler-Ehlingen .

The place is connected to Gersheim , Aßweiler and Blieskastel via bus lines 501, 503 (both Bliestalverkehr) and 504 (Saar-Mobil) . Some journeys are carried out as a collective call taxi in the evening and on weekends. At the weekend, an N 51 night bus (Saar-Mobil) runs from Saarbrücken-Ensheim (with a connection from Saarbrücken ) to Gersheim-Reinheim via Rubenheim.

literature

Community of Gersheim (ed.): 750 years of Rubenheim - A Chronicle - From the history of the parish . tape 1-2 (1993-1995) . Gersheim.

Web links

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

Literature on Rubenheim in the Saarland Bibliography
European cultural park Reinheim / Bliebruck
Rubenheim district on gersheim.de
Museum for everyday village culture

Individual evidence

^ W. Reinhard, A burial mound of the Hallstatt period by Rubenheim, Gem. Gersheim, Saar-Pfalz-Kreis, Ber. State Monument plant Saarland 27/28, 1986/87, 83-101.
↑ Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, § 16, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 855 (PDF page 26; 487 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. 809 .
↑ St. Mauritius, Rubenheim ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) On: cms.bistum-speyer.de, accessed on June 28, 2012
↑ ^a ^b Local councils and mayors ( memento from January 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) On: www.gersheim.de, accessed on June 28, 2012
↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list Saarpfalz-Kreis (PDF; 1.11 MB), accessed on June 28, 2012
↑ Restaurants, Gersheim community at: www.gersheim.de, accessed on June 28, 2012

[1] W. Reinhard, A burial mound of the Hallstatt period by Rubenheim, Gem. Gersheim, Saar-Pfalz-Kreis, Ber. State Monument plant Saarland 27/28, 1986/87, 83-101.

[2] Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, § 16, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 855 (PDF page 26; 487 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] St. Mauritius, Rubenheim ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) On: cms.bistum-speyer.de, accessed on June 28, 2012

[politik-5] Local councils and mayors ( memento from January 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) On: www.gersheim.de, accessed on June 28, 2012

[6] List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list Saarpfalz-Kreis (PDF; 1.11 MB), accessed on June 28, 2012

[7] Restaurants, Gersheim community at: www.gersheim.de, accessed on June 28, 2012