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Urchin municipality Illingen
Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′ 44 ″  N , 7 ° 1 ′ 10 ″  E
Height :	278 m
Area :	9.6 km²
Residents :	4403  (Jun 1, 2006)
Population density :	459 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66557
Area code :	06825
Location of Uchtelfangen in Saarland
View from the mountain chapel Illingen to Uchtelfangen

Uchtelfangen is the second largest district of Illingen in the Saarland district of Neunkirchen in Germany and has 4403 inhabitants (as of June 1, 2006).

geography

Geographical location

Uchtelfangen, in the Prims-Blies hill country, is in the west of the Illingen municipality at the A1 / A8 motorway junction . The Kaisen district belongs to Uchtelfangen.

Neighboring places

In a clockwise direction and starting in the north, Uchtelfangen is bordered by Wustweiler , Illingen, Lummigart, Wiesbach and Humes.

history

The first documentary mention refers to the 13th century. A settlement since the 1st millennium BC can be assumed according to archaeological finds. In 1905 the place had 2397 inhabitants. There is a memorial to the fallen in the cemetery.

Incorporation

On January 1, 1974, Uchtelfangen was incorporated into the Illingen community.

politics

District representation

Uchtelfangen is represented by the local council and the mayor according to the local self- government law of the Saarland .

Local council

The local council consists of 11 elected members. In the local council election on May 26, 2019 , the CDU won seven and the SPD four seats.

Mayor

The mayor in Uchtelfangen is currently Stefan Maas.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Uchtelfangen shows the lion of Nassau-Saarbrücken and the mutilated Lorraine eagle and documents the former rule.

Culture and sights

Evangelical Church Uchtelfangen

Buildings

The Evangelical Church of Uchtelfangen from 1771 is in the baroque style; The neo-Gothic Catholic Church of St. Josef from 1890 was built according to the plans of the cathedral builder Reinhold Wirtz and is considered the cathedral of the Ill Valley . Both churches are under monument protection .

Green spaces and recreation

A water treading facility , the local recreation areas Sonnenborn with a heated outdoor pool and Schwarzenheller forest , as well as the 2004 created by the Natur- und Vogelschutzverein e. V. Uchtelfangen created the nature trail nature experience Bamster Wald .

Sports

In Uchtelfangen there is a sports field, a sports and culture hall, a gym, the Sonnenborn outdoor pool and the Saarlandring kart track . Next to the primary school there is a small multi-field for basketball and soccer.

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

• The RWE AG operates within the boundaries Illingen-Uchtelfangen the substation Uchtelfangen , which plays an important role in the European electricity transmission network.
• The industrial area "Am Saarbrücker Kreuz" is the seat of many modern production and service companies.
• Business park "A1 Interkommunal", as the first intermunicipal business park in Saarland, developed and marketed jointly by the municipalities of Eppelborn and Illingen.

Educational institutions

The following educational institutions exist in Uchtelfangen:

Kindergartens

• Catholic kindergarten St. Josef Uchtelfangen
• Protestant kindergarten Uchtelfangen

primary school

• Uchtelfangen primary school

special school

• Kerpenschule Uchtelfangen - School for people with learning disabilities

traffic

Uchtelfangen is located east of the Saarbrücken motorway junction , where the A 8 ( Luxembourg - Pirmasens ) and the 1 ( Lübeck - Saarbrücken ) motorway intersect ; Uchtelfangen has its own junction on the A1 (exit No. 142).

Personalities

People who were born in Uchtelfangen

• Heinrich Bayer (1909–1944), resistance fighter against National Socialism, executed in 1944 as a conscientious objector
• Paul Guthörl (1895–1963), geologist and paleontologist
• Patrick Herrmann (* 1991), soccer player

People who worked in the place

• Reinhold Wirtz (1842–1898) was a German architect , municipal district and diocesan master builder for the Diocese of Trier .

Web links

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

• The place on www.illingen.de
• Literature on Uchtelfangen in the Saarland Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mayers 1909
2. ↑ Monument to the Fallen
3. ^ 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. 805 .
4. ↑ Saarland Ministry of Justice: Municipal Self- Administration Act. Saarland Ministry of Justice, June 15, 2016, accessed on February 19, 2019 . 
5. ^ Municipality of Illingen: Local council election Uchtelfangen. Municipality of Illingen, May 27, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
6. ^ Municipality of Illingen: Mayor in the districts. Illingen municipality, 2019, accessed on August 23, 2020 . 
7. ^ Landesdenkmalamt: List of monuments of the Saarland, partial list of monuments in the Neunkirchen district. Ministry of Education and Culture Saarland, October 13, 2017, accessed on May 20, 2019 . 
8. ↑ http://www.autobahn-online.de/a1.html