Salmtal

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '  N , 6 ° 51'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Association municipality :	Wittlich-Land
Height :	181 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.09 km 2
Residents:	2433 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	173 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54528
Area code :	06578
License plate :	WIL, BKS
Community key :	07 2 31 113
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Kurfürstenstrasse 1 54516 Wittlich
Website :	www.salmtal.de
Local Mayor :	Markus-Peter Meyer
Location of the local community Salmtal in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich

Salmtal is a municipality in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate . In terms of population, it is the largest municipality in the Wittlich-Land association . Salmtal is designated as a basic center according to state planning .

geography

The community is located in the southern Eifel and there in the Wittlich valley in the Salm valley . The Burgberg rises to the north of the community, and the Kellerberg to the west. The A 1 federal motorway runs east of Salmtal and the A 60 to the north . Salmtal is also on the Moselle route , the Koblenz - Trier railway line .

The municipality of Salmtal is divided into the districts Dörbach and Salmrohr. The residential area Auf der Huf belongs to the Dörbach district ; to the district Salmrohr the residential areas Alter Bahnhof Salmrohr, Birkenhof, Josefshof, Kapellenhof and Tannenhof.

With the designation of new building areas since 2000, both districts along the L 141 are slowly growing together.

The Bendersbach flows through the Dörbach district. This flows into the Mühlengraben, a tributary of the Salm.

Neighboring communities (clockwise from the north) are: Altrich , Klausen , Sehlem , Heckenmünster , Dodenburg and Dreis .

history

Although there are Roman settlement finds from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD in the municipality, the first written mention of the place name Salmrohr as Rore bei Seleheim (see also Sehlem ) was not made until the year 1007. In 1250 the place name Dörbach was first mentioned mentioned in writing as Derinbach (arid brook). What was meant was probably today's Bendersbach, which shapes the place.

From 1794 both places were under French rule , in 1815 they were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna .

During the Second World War, the railway line and especially the railway bridge over the Salm were the target of air raids. Since 1999 - in connection with evacuations - at least five duds from this period had to be defused by the ordnance disposal service.

Since 1946, both places were part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate . On June 7, 1969, the municipality Salmtal was formed from the municipalities Salmrohr and Dörbach as part of a regional reform.

Statistics on population development

The development of the population of Salmtal in relation to today's municipality area; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 606 1835 1.006 1871 1,095 1905 1,158 1939 1,370

year Residents 1950 1,478 1961 1,618 1970 1,863 1987 1.952 2005 2,379

year Residents 2011 2,370 2017 2,380 2019 2,433

religion

Salmtal is predominantly Roman Catholic. The Salmtal parish community is part of the Wittlich deanery and offers the faithful two churches and three chapels in the community area.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Salmtal consists of 16 council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	WGR	FWG	total
2019	-	7th	4th	5	16 seats
2014	-	6th	4th	6th	16 seats
2009	-	5	3	8th	16 seats
2004	1	6th	3	6th	16 seats
1999	2	5	4th	5	16 seats

• FWG = Free Voter Group Salmtal e. V.

mayor

Previous mayors of the municipality:

• 1964–1969: Karl Bläsius
• 1969–1974: Josef Scheit
• 1974–1979: Jakob Thiel
• 1979–1999: Karl-Heinz Nau
• 1999–2007: Manfred Hower
• 2007–2013: Reinhard Berg
• 2013–2019: Anton Duckart
• since 2019: Markus Peter Meyer

coat of arms

Blazon : "Under a golden shield head, inside a growing red, silver-armored lion, split shield, in front a blue anchor in silver, behind Eisenhutfeh ​​in silver." The coat of arms was approved by the Trier district government on January 3, 1980 .

Foundation of the coat of arms: The Salmrohr district and part of the Dörbach district used to belong to the rule of the Knights of Esch. The coat of arms of the knight Konrad von Esch, 1330, (under a golden shield head with lions, Grauwerk-Eisenhutfeh) has been replaced by a blue anchor on the front, taken from the Abbot's coat of arms of Jacobus Otto von Trier, which is on the open gable of the Dörbacher Mühle, formerly Gutshof Mühle des former Augustinian Canons Monastery in Klausen is shown.

Culture and sights

Catholic parish church of Saint Martin

Buildings

In the Dörbach district there are ten cultural monuments including the

• Filial church St. Gangolf : It was built in 1897 and extended to the south after the Second World War.
• Dörbacher Mühle : a complex of several former mills in the street Am Bendersbach

In Salmrohr there are eleven cultural monuments including the

• Parish Church of St. Martin : It was built in 1839.
• Salmrohrer Mühle : The former mill at Mühlenstrasse 5 is a hipped roof building with a wooden mill wheel from the 1st half of the 19th century.
• St. Wendelinus Chapel : The chapel above the village is a plastered building with a niche sculpture.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Salmtal

societies

There are around 30 clubs in Salmtal. Salmtal became known nationwide through the football club FSV Salmrohr , which played in the 2nd Bundesliga in the 1986/1987 season.

After extensive renovation work, the old elementary school in the Dörbach district is used by many associations for their activities.

The Salmtal volunteer fire brigade is of particular importance , as it not only covers tasks in the community, but is also responsible for relief and rescue operations on the A1 and A 60 federal motorways.

Others

The Sauerquelle in Hexengraben, in the forest west of the Dörbach district, is also worth seeing.

Infrastructure

traffic

Salmtal is crossed by the state road 141 ( Wittlich - Hetzerath ). The L 50 ( Dreis - Klausen ) also runs through the Salmrohr district . Salmtal is connected to the federal motorway network via the junction (AS) Salmtal ( A 1 ) and the AS Wittlich-West ( A 60 ).

The public transport is taken over by the Verkehrsverbund Region Trier . Connections to Wittlich , Heidweiler , Zemmer and Schweich are offered. In the morning there are also connections to Trier .

In 2003, the central and barrier-free “Salmtal” train stop was created on the Moselle route . This is served by two regional train lines.

line	designation	Line course	Clock frequency
RB 81	Moselle Valley Railway	Koblenz - Cochem - Bullay (DB) - Wittlich - Salmtal - Trier	60 min
RB 82	Elbling Express	Wittlich - Salmtal - Trier - Konz Mitte - Perl	60 min (Wittlich-Trier only Mon-Fri)

RE connections can also be reached from Wittlich main station . The old train station in the north-west of the Salmrohr district has been dismantled and is no longer used.

Salmtal is also on the Salm cycle path from Dreis to Klüsserath .

Medical supplies

There is a general practitioner and a dentist in Salmtal. There is also a pharmacy in town. The network hospital Bernkastel-Wittlich in the nearby district town offers supraregional as well as intensive care. The senior citizens' home "Zur Buche" offers a variety of care and support options.

education

In Salmtal there is a primary school in the Salmrohr district. An integrated comprehensive school and a Realschule plus are located in the school center in the Salmauen between the two districts . The kindergarten is also located there. In the district town of Wittlich (9 km) there are further schools and high schools.

A stationary youth traffic school is located on the site of the former elementary school in Dörbach . This is operated by the Wittlich police station and looks after 20 elementary schools and two special needs schools.

The Volkshochschule Wittlich-Land uses rooms in the school center for some of its courses.

media

As a regional daily newspaper, the Trierische Volksfreund reports on events in Salmtal in its local edition for the Wittlich region. "Das Rathaus" is distributed free of charge to all households once a week as a newsletter for the association and the municipalities.

Sports

The football clubs FSV Salmrohr and Eintracht Dörbach maintain an artificial turf pitch in each of the districts. There is also a grass pitch in the Salmtalstadion for league games and school sports. The TC Salmtal operates two tennis courts at the school center. The gym of the integrated comprehensive school is also available to clubs from Salmtal and neighboring communities outside of school hours.

Web links

Commons : Salmtal  - Collection of images

• To search for cultural assets of the local community Salmtal in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
• Link catalog on Salmtal at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ ^{A b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved April 3, 2020 . 
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 92 (PDF; 3 MB).
4. ^ Entry on Roman settlement site (Dörbach, municipality of Salmtal) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on December 31, 2018.
5. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 177 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections .
7. ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Bernkastel-Wittlich district. Mainz 2020, p. 76 f. (PDF; 483 kB).
8. ↑ Entry on Sankt Gangolf (Dörbach, community Salmtal Im Neugarten 1) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on December 31, 2018.
9. ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Bernkastel-Wittlich district. Mainz 2020, p. 77 (PDF; 483 kB).
10. ^ Website of the municipality, directory of associations. Retrieved December 28, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Moselle Valley Railway - About us. Accessed December 31, 2018 . 
12. ^ Youth traffic schools Education server of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, accessed on December 29, 2018