Forest hamlet

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Coat of arms of the local community Waldweiler
Forest hamlet
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Waldweiler highlighted

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '  N , 6 ° 48'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Trier-Saarburg
Association municipality : Saarburg-Kell
Height : 497 m above sea level NHN
Area : 11.08 km 2
Residents: 826 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 75 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 54429
Area code : 06589
License plate : TR, SAB
Community key : 07 2 35 142
Association administration address: Schlossberg 6
54439 Saarburg
Website : waldweiler.jimdofree.com/
Local Mayor : Manfred Rauber ( SPD )
Location of the local community Waldweiler in the district of Trier-Saarburg
Luxemburg Saarland Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm Landkreis Birkenfeld Trier Bescheid (Hunsrück) Beuren (Hochwald) Damflos Geisfeld Grimburg Gusenburg Hermeskeil Hinzert-Pölert Naurath (Wald) Neuhütten (Hochwald) Rascheid Reinsfeld Züsch Baldringen Greimerath (bei Trier) Heddert Hentern Kell am See Lampaden Mandern Paschel Schillingen Schömerich Vierherrenborn Waldweiler Zerf Kanzem Konz Nittel Oberbillig Onsdorf Pellingen Tawern Temmels Wasserliesch Wawern (Saar) Wellen (Mosel) Wiltingen Bonerath Farschweiler Gusterath Gutweiler Herl Hinzenburg Holzerath Kasel (bei Trier) Korlingen Lorscheid Mertesdorf Morscheid Ollmuth Osburg Pluwig Riveris (Gemeinde) Schöndorf (an der Ruwer) Sommerau (an der Ruwer) Thomm Waldrach Ayl Fisch (Saargau) Freudenburg Irsch (bei Saarburg) Kastel-Staadt Kirf Mannebach (bei Saarburg) Merzkirchen Ockfen Palzem Saarburg Schoden Serrig Taben-Rodt Trassem Wincheringen Bekond Detzem Ensch Fell (Mosel) Föhren Kenn Klüsserath Köwerich Leiwen Longen Longuich Mehring (Mosel) Naurath (Eifel) Pölich Riol Schleich Schweich Thörnich Trittenheim Aach (bei Trier) Franzenheim Hockweiler Igel (Mosel) Kordel (Eifel) Langsur Newel Ralingen Trierweiler Welschbillig Zemmermap
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Waldweiler is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Saarburg-Kell association.

Geographical location

Waldweiler is located on the Black Forest high forest and in the Saar-Hunsrück nature park . It is located at the northwest foot of the Teufelskopf ( 695  m above sea  level ) and on the upper reaches of the Burkelsbach near the source .

Waldweiler also includes the residential areas Haus Bilstein and Mühlscheid as well as a few houses in the hamlet of Niederkell , which is otherwise within the boundaries of the Mandern community .

history

The prehistory of life around the devil's head goes back to the time of the Celts who mined iron ore in this area . The first evidence of settlement of the current location of Waldweiler comes from Roman times , from which seven Roman settlements have been localized so far.

Until the end of the 18th century the place belonged to the imperial direct rule of Schillingen of the Trier cathedral chapter . In 1794 the Left Bank of the Rhine was taken by French revolutionary troops. From 1798 to 1814 Waldweiler belonged to the canton Hermeskeil in the Saar department . Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region came under the Kingdom of Prussia . The community was assigned to the mayor's office of Kell in the district of Trier , established in 1816, and belonged to the Rhine province from 1822 until the end of World War II . Waldweiler has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

Population development

The development of the population of Waldweiler, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1815 242
1835 425
1871 503
1905 433
1939 616
1950 629
year Residents
1961 714
1970 844
1987 874
2005 900
2011 838
2017 806

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Waldweiler consists of twelve council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

choice SPD CDU WGR 1 WGR 2 total
2019 1 - 4th 7th 12 seats
2014 5 - 3 4th 12 seats
2009 7th - 5 - 12 seats
2004 3 5 4th - 12 seats

Attractions

The church of St. Willibrord was built from 1969 to 1973 according to plans by the architect Heinz Bienefeld as a brick building on a polygonal floor plan. The Gothic choir of the previous church was integrated into the new building. In 1977 the church was awarded the prize for exemplary building in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Devil's head transmitter

Web links

Commons : Waldweiler  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 126 (PDF; 3 MB).
  3. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations for the Historical Atlas of the Rhine Province. The map from 1789 (2nd volume), Bonn 1898. pp. 168, 491.
  4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved July 13, 2019 .
  5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections