Utweiler

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Utweiler
community Gersheim
Former municipal coat of arms of Utweiler
Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ′ 33 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 327 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 46  (2011)
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66453
Area code : 06844
Utweiler (Saarland)
Utweiler

Location of Utweiler in Saarland
View of Utweiler
View of Utweiler

Utweiler (in the local dialect Utwiller ) is a district of Gersheim in the Saar- Palatinate district . Until the end of 1973 Utweiler was an independent municipality in the Homburg district .

history

A document dated August 17, 1310 names Udewilre in the rule of Zweibrücken-Bitsch . In 1317 Udewilre belonged to the parish Güderkirch .

With the reign of Bitsch, Utweiler fell to the Duchy of Lorraine in 1604 and to the Kingdom of France in 1766 . Through an exchange of territory in 1781, the village came into the possession of the imperial counts von der Leyen . As a result of the wars triggered by the French Revolution , the Left Bank of the Rhine fell to the French Republic and to the Mairie ( German mayor's office, mayor's office) Brenschelbach in the canton of Medelsheim in the Donnersberg department .

After the Second Peace of Paris , Utweiler came to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816 and was part of the "Mayor's Office Medelsheim".

After the First World War , Utweiler was assigned to the Saar area in accordance with the provisions of the Versailles Treaty . In 1935, the Saar area was re-incorporated into the German Empire .

The chapel, consecrated to Brother Konrad , was converted into a church in 1934 and the Utweiler Catholics were released from their ecclesiastical dependence on the French Güderkirch. In 1939 the place belonged to the Red Zone . The residents were evacuated; the abandoned place directly on the border became a theater of war. In 1944 Utweiler was evacuated for the second time.

In March 1945, Utweiler was the first town in what is now Saarland to be captured by the 12th Division of American troops during World War II . Before that, a bitter tank battle developed around the place, as the 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" had orders to "keep the enemy away from the Reich under all circumstances". Around 600 Germans and Americans were killed in the fighting.

From 1937 to 1950 Utweiler was part of the "Mayor's Office Altheim". After that it belonged as an independent municipality to the "Mayor's Office Medelsheim".

As part of the Saarland regional and administrative reform , the previously independent municipality of Utweiler was assigned to the municipality of Gersheim on January 1, 1974.

politics

The districts of Peppenkum and Utweiler together form a municipality, which is represented by a local council.

Attractions

The branch church of St. Konrad von Parzham and the Assumption of Mary in Utweiler

Several road crosses from the 18th century have been preserved in and around Utweiler. The state monument list also lists the altar of the Catholic branch church of St. Konrad and Assumption of Mary from 1748.

Economy, infrastructure and transport

The village is dominated by agriculture, the road that leads to Utweiler ends here.

Regular events

The brother Konrad ride, which begins in Medelsheim , also leads through Utweiler every year. The relic of St. Conrad, the patron saint of farmers, is carried on a cart. The horses and vehicles of the parade are blessed in Utweiler, after which an open-air mass takes place. The proceeds of the collection go to Timor , where the brother Beatus from Utweiler lives as a missionary .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Gölzer: Two letters from the Puller von Hohenburg about Steblingen and Utweiler from 1310 and 1340 . In: Saarpfalz, Homburg 2013, ISSN  0930-1011 , pp. 56-63
  2. ↑ Helmut Lambert: Utweiler Family and House Chronicle 1549–1950 , Saarbrücken 1993, p. 40
  3. ↑ a b c d Utweiler's original document from 1310 viewed in Nancy ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: www.gersheim.de, accessed on June 28, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gersheim.de
  4. ↑ Welcome to Utweiler! From: www.utweiler.de, accessed on June 28, 2012
  5. ↑ Information on Utweiler ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: www.gersheim.de, accessed on June 28, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gersheim.de
  6. ^ Restructuring Act - NGG of December 19, 1973, § 16, published in the Saarland Official Gazette 1973, No. 48, p. 855 (PDF page 26; 499 kB)
  7. ^ 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. 809 .