Tünsdorf

Tünsdorf municipality Mettlach
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 28 "  N , 6 ° 29 ′ 53"  E
Height :	358  (250-442)  m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.37 km²
Residents :	873  (Dec. 31, 2009)
Population density :	163 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66693
Area code :	06868
View from Kewelsberg to Tünsdorf

View from the south of Tünsdorf

Parish Church of St. Martin in Tünsdorf

Tünsdorf is a district of the municipality of Mettlach in the Merzig-Wadern district ( Saarland ). Tünsdorf was an independent municipality until the end of 1973.

history

Tünsdorf goes back to a Roman settlement. In the Middle Ages it represented the center of the Saargau with its Martin parish, to which the surrounding villages belonged . In 1941, Tünsdorf was the location of a Serbian work detachment. During the Second World War there was also a camp for Soviet prisoners of war in the village , and in the summer of 1941 a large work detachment from the SS special camp in Hinzert was deployed there.

politics

Due to the territorial and administrative reform in Saarland in 1974 , Tünsdorf became part of the municipality of Mettlach on January 1, 1974.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved by the Ministry of the Interior on May 28, 1962 and was valid until the municipality was dissolved in 1974.

Blazon : "A black lecture cross floating in silver over a green three-mountain."

Attractions

The former monastery in Tünsdorf dates from the baroque period . In the crypt there is a relic of Teresa of Avila . Lectures and courses are held in the monastery school today. The old monastery has been privately owned since 2007. The former Neumühle flour mill now serves as a meditation center.

Two chapels from the 17th century, a St. Martin's monument and a Lourdes grotto from the 20th century bear witness to the religious tradition. The American artist Matt Lamb designed the Maria Königin baptistery .

At the Martinsbrunnen St. Martin, who stopped three times in Tünsdorf on the way to Trier , is said to have baptized.

Old tools have been preserved in the former village smithy.

Tünsdorf Monastery Garden (2008)

As part of the Gardens Without Borders project , the farm garden at the former monastery in Tünsdorf was created in 2008. The ObstWiesenWeg , which leads from Tünsdorfer Kirchplatz towards Wehingen , promotes the preservation of the old orchards . In parts it consists of a fruit tree avenue .

Regular events

On Assumption of Mary , the parish festival of St. Martin takes place every year with a procession to the Lourdes grotto on the Kewelsberg .

Personalities

• Willi Massa (1931–2001), theologian, homileticist and meditation teacher as well as co-founder and director of the Neumühle - European Center for Meditation and Encounters

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. 271–274.

Web links

Commons : Tünsdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tünsdorf on the website of the municipality of Mettlach
• Literature about Tünsdorf in the Saarland Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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 .