St. Nikolaus (Großrosseln)

St. Nicholas Community Großrosseln
	Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 13 ″ N , 6 ° 49 ′ 42 ″ E
Height :	224 m
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66352
Area code :	06809
Location of St. Nikolaus in Saarland
	St. Nicholas

St. Nikolaus (in the local dialect Nikloos ) is a district of the community Großrosseln in the Saarland regional association Saarbrücken . Until the end of 1973 St. Nikolaus was an independent community.

history

The place is considered the oldest settlement in the Warndt . In 1270 a chapel was built near the hunting lodge of the Counts of Saarbrücken . Even Emperor Barbarossa was hunting guest. Numerous believers came as pilgrims to "St. Nicholas" .

The chapel was destroyed in the Thirty Years War . At the beginning of the 18th century St. Nicholas was settled again.

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

Christmas post office

Since 1966 there has been a St. Nicholas post office every December , which answers more than 26,500 letters "to St. Nicholas" on a voluntary basis. A year later, a special postmark is used for the first time for this occasion. From December 5th to 6th, the Nikolaus Christmas Market will take place in front of the Nikolaus Post Office on Nikolausplatz. On December 5th there is a St. Nicholas reception followed by a children's gift giving every child a St. Nicholas cone that they fill themselves.

Reference to the Christmas post office in Sankt Nikolaus (Saarland)

Web links

Commons : St. Nicholas - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ New Structure Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, Section 3, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 853 (PDF page 25; 499 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. 806 .
↑ http://www.nikolauspostamt.de/

[1] New Structure Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, Section 3, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 853 (PDF page 25; 499 kB)

[2] 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. 806 .

[3] ttp://www.nikolauspostamt.de/