Wörschweiler
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Wörschweiler
City of Homburg
Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ N , 7 ° 18 ′ 34 ″ E
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| Height : | 227 m above sea level NHN | |
| Residents : | 270 (Jun 1, 2020) | |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 66424 | |
| Area code : | 06848 | |
Location of Wörschweiler in Saarland |
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 View of Wörschweiler
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Wörschweiler (in the local dialect Werschwiller ) is a district of the Saarland district town of Homburg in the Saarpfalz district . Until the end of 1973, Wörschweiler was an independent municipality in the district of Sankt Ingbert , which today has the status of a municipality with its own mayor and local councilors, who only support the city council in an advisory capacity.
location
Wörschweiler is about 4 km southwest of Homburg in the valley of the Blies at an altitude of 227 m above sea level. NHN . Neighboring towns are Bierbach , Schwarzenacker , Beeden and Limbach . The place is affected by the Autobahn 8 .
history
Wörschweiler was first mentioned in history in 1131. At that time, the Wörschweiler Monastery was established , a foundation of the Count of Saar Werden . The remains of the Cistercian abbey and the ruins of its Gothic church are still today at 315 m above sea level. NHN high monastery mountain received.
As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Wörschweiler was assigned to the district town of Homburg on January 1, 1974 and has been a district and a municipality since then.
Attractions
In the local area of Wörschweiler is also a monument protected castle Gutenbrunnen with Walburgiskapelle of 1725/26.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homburg: Data and facts, residents by district , accessed on July 6, 2020
- ^ Statutes on the division of the area of the city of Homburg into municipal districts (PDF; 53 kB), accessed on December 17, 2018
- ^ 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. 803 .
