Sinz
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Sinz
Perl parish
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| Height : | 284 m | |
| Area : | 6.72 km² | |
| Residents : | 378 (Jan. 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 56 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 66706 | |
| Area code : | 06866 | |
Location of Sinz in Saarland |
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Sinz is a part of the municipality of Perl in the Merzig-Wadern district ( Saarland ). Until the end of 1973 Sinz was an independent municipality.
history
The Roman road Metz - Trier runs southeast of Sinz. However, numerous Mesolithic, Bronze and Iron Age finds in the area show that the area was densely populated even before the Roman era. Sinz himself is likely to go back to Roman and Frankish settlements. In the 17th and 18th centuries, jurisdiction lay with the St. Matthias Abbey in Trier. Since command posts of the west wall were set up in and around the village, the community suffered greatly from the fighting of the Second World War . However, it was rebuilt after the war, including its Catholic parish church St. Dionysius.
As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Sinz was assigned to the new municipality of Perl on January 1, 1974 together with 13 other municipalities .
Population development
The development of the population of Sinz, the values from 1939 to 1974 are based on censuses:
| year | Residents |
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| 1939 | 366 |
| 1950 | 336 |
| 1961 | 320 |
| 1970 | 319 |
| 1974 | 334 |
| 2004 | 273 |
| 2010 | 331 |
| 2017 | 392 |
| 2020 | 378 |
Attractions
In Sinz, the Westwall Museum is located in a former bunker belonging to the Orscholzriegel . Bunker R53 was built during the Second World War and served as a command post. Compared to the standard models of its series, it was equipped with more extensive telecommunications technology and probably also had a permanent power connection. After the war, as the lettering “St” to the left of the entrance shows, it was to be preserved as a permanent facility. The French occupation, who blew up most of the German fortifications in the area after the end of the war, decided not to remove this bunker, because otherwise the houses in the immediate vicinity would have been endangered. The bunker was grounded and only exposed again in 1998. It has been restored to make it suitable for a museum since 2002.
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), p. 234.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistical overview of the municipality of Perl on www.perl.saarland
- ^ 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 .
