Südlingen
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Südlingen
Local church Merzkirchen
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| Height : | 302 (290-330) m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 1.77 km² | |
| Residents : | 31 (2009) | |
| Population density : | 18 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | March 16, 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 54439 | |
| Area code : | 06583 | |
Location of Südlingen in Rhineland-Palatinate |
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 Saargau near Merzkirchen
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Südlingen is the westernmost and, together with Kelsen, the southernmost district of the Rhineland-Palatinate municipality of Merzkirchen in the Trier-Saarburg district . It is also the least populous district of the municipality.
geography
Südlingen, laid out as a street village , is located on the eastern slope of a south-sloping creek valley 1.44 km (as the crow flies from church to church) southwest of the district of Dittlingen and 2.45 km (as the crow flies from church to church) southwest of the district of Merzkirchen. The place is in the east of the Saargau on the border with Saarland . The border to the western neighboring municipality of Palzem (district Esingen) is 710 m away, that to the southern neighboring municipality Kirf (district Beuren) is 460 m away. The L 132 (Merzkirchen - Dittlingen - Palzem-Esingen - Palzem) leads through the village , from which the K 112 branches off in the west of the village to the north-western neighboring village of Palzem-Esingen, which leads to the northern district of Rommelfangen at the same point .
The highest elevations in the immediate vicinity are
- the Gommelberg (about 300 m above sea level ) in the south
- the Wiesenberg (about 320 m above sea level ) in the east
The surrounding landscape is used for agriculture and is characterized by pastureland, arable land and orchards. In parts of the district Keuper covers the shell limestone below .
The western part of the localization is in the FFH area Kalkwälder near Palzem (area number 6404-305).
Südlinger Bach
The name of the creek on the east side of which the place is located is Südlinger Bach . It rises about 580 m north of the locality, crosses under the L 132 to the east of the locality and joins after another 410 m with the Dittlinger Bach coming from the east. He continues to flow mainly in the south, takes to 1.44 km of the water coming from the direction of Beuren neck Grath -Baches on, makes at this point a turn to the west, flowing to Palzem-Dilmar over, whose name he called Dilmarbach carries from now, and flows after 3.16 km since the union with the Halsgrath as a right tributary southeast of Palzem in the Moselle.
history
The place Siedelingen was first mentioned in a document in 1159. The ending -ingen of the place name and the form of settlement Hof-Burg suggest a Franconian settlement. In addition, 30 graves from the Franconian period were found in 1895. Another four graves from the 8th century were found in the Rhenish State Museum in Trier during a subsequent excavation. Settlement in Roman times has not yet been proven, given the old Roman road running nearby at Flur Ahlersfels . Originally there was a moated castle here , surrounded by ramparts and moats. Like the nearby Thorn Castle, it was supposed to be an outpost against the county of Luxembourg .
Castle and village belonged to the Lords of Südlingen until they fell to Archbishop Hillin of Trier in 1161 in a dispute between Count Palatine Konrad the Staufer and the Trier bishops from Emperor Barbarossa . From the 14th century the settlement was owned by the von Püttlingen family , and later by the von der Fels (Veltz) family. Probably as a result of the effects of the Thirty Years' War , Südlingen was still destroyed and uninhabited in 1516. In 1707 the place came as a fief to Karl Lothar Freiherr von der Horst .
Up to eight meters high wall remains of earlier buildings still stood in 1848. The only traces from the 8th century can still be found in the privately owned chapel. Against the resistance of the residents, the Kapellenwiese was taken over by the diocese of Trier in 1970 , so that the chapel owners have to pay for the maintenance of the building themselves. In 1790 the village had six citizens in seven houses, in 1843 only four inhabitants, and in 1911 again 52 inhabitants in ten (!) Buildings. In the Second World War, the place was destroyed to 80%.
On July 18, 1946, the former community of Südlingen, together with 80 other communities in the districts of Trier and Saarburg , was annexed to the Saar area , which was separated from the rest of the French occupation zone in February 1946 and which was no longer subject to the Allied Control Council at the time . On June 6, 1947, this territorial outsourcing was withdrawn to 21 municipalities, so that Südlingen came to the 1946 newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .
On March 16, 1974, the previously independent community of Südlingen with 40 inhabitants was combined with five other communities to form the local community of Merzkirchen in the form of a new formation. The mayor of Südlingen is Rudolf Weiter.
coat of arms
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Blazon : "A red anchor cross in silver." |
| Reasons for the coat of arms: The red cross is part of the family coat of arms of the von Püttlingen family. From the 14th century, Südlingen Castle belonged to that of Püttlingen for several hundred years. |
The coat of arms was introduced in 1949 and comes from Ernst Steffny.
economy
The main sources of income for the residents are agriculture and employment in businesses in the larger surrounding areas.
Attractions
Chapel of St. Barbara and St. Blaise
Remains of today's small chapel ( ⊙ ) in Südlingen date from the Franconian times, around the 8th to 9th centuries. They are located on the east choir and on the south wall, from the foundation to a height of about 80 cm above today's level. There are also graves from Franconian times under the paved floor in the east choir behind the altar. Until 1840, the remains of the ramparts and moats of the former moated castle were visible on the meadow in the north of the chapel. When the ship was rebuilt in 1736, parts of the house chapel were preserved. The chapel faces east-west. The nave has two arched windows on each side and a round window in the unadorned west gable above the arched portal. The masonry is 80 cm thick, with the south wall, which is 1.4 m thick at the base, only reaches this thickness at a height of 1.6 m. The basic dimensions of the chapel are approximately 4.5 × 12 m. The choir is slightly retracted and represents the oldest part of the chapel. It has an arched window on both sides.
You enter the building through a dark-stained oak door. In 1955 a sepulcrum was found inside the altar . This suitcase-shaped, lead reliquary container contained the seal of Trier auxiliary bishop Hubert Yffz, who held this office from 1451 to 1483. So the altar was consecrated during this period. The reliquary is now kept in the Episcopal Cathedral and Diocesan Museum, after it was in the diocese archives until 1984.
The saddle roof carries a pyramid-shaped roof turret with sound arcades above the choir . The earliest mention of a bell is in 1783/84. In 1847 a bell without any inscription was cast around it. The church book shows that the chapel received a new bell weighing 24 kg from the Mabilon bell foundry in Saarburg in 1872 , with the old bell weighing 20.5 kg being taken in payment. In 1889 a new six-sided roof turret with a bell cage was put on and a newly cast steel bell weighing 25 kg was added, which, however, had already cracked at the end of the year. In 1917 an 80 kg steel bell with a diameter of 32 cm and the tone a was delivered. In 1957 a bronze bell with the tone d was donated, weight 25 kg, diameter 34 cm.
The chapel got a new fiber cement roof in 1969.
The chapel has a high altar about 3.4 m high. The base contained the reliquary container already described. The altar structure shows a statue of St. Barbara in the semicircular niche with a shell-shaped top, flanked by two marbled columns. To the right and left are the figures of the Mother of God and St. Blasius . Barbara and Blasius are the patrons of the chapel. The reredos ends at the top in a volute gable with an angel face.
The chapel is on the premises and is owned by a farmer who is also responsible for maintaining the building.
More Attractions
Apart from a nameless crossroads, Südlingen has no other sights. This ( ⊙ ) is on the L 132 just before the municipality border in the direction of Dilmar on a gravel road that turns right, the former Roman road. The cross without a name is dated 1885 and is made of red sandstone. A younger concrete cross stands on the stone.
literature
- Ernst Wackenroder : The art monuments of the Saarburg district . (= Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz , Volume 15, III. Department). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1939 (reprint from the Academic Bookshop Interbook, Trier 1982), pp. 235–237.
- Ernst Steffny and Clemens Lehnert: Merzkirchen - a Chronicle , Merzkirchen 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-037531-6 .
Web links
- Private website of the place
- To search for cultural assets in the Südlingen district of the Merzkirchen municipality in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
- Entry on the monument zone of the former castle and estate in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
- Entry on Sankt Blasius and Sankt Barbara in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
Individual evidence
- ^ Private website of the village
- ^ Entry on place name / local history (Südlingen, Merzkirchen municipality) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on February 8, 2016.
- ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 171 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
