Walpershofen
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Walpershofen
Community Riegelsberg
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| Height : | 237 (220-275) m | |
| Residents : | 1925 (Nov. 1, 2019) | |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 66292 | |
| Area code : | 06806 | |
Location of Walpershofen in Saarland |
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 View from the sports field to NW
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Walpershofen (in the local dialect: "Wallwaschoowe" ) is a village in the Köllertal . Since 1974 it has been a district in the northwest of the municipality of Riegelsberg in Saarland .
geography
Geographical location
Walpershofen is located in the middle of the Köllertal , which here - south of the wide Heusweiler basin - is narrowed by the Kurzenberg in the east and the foothills of the Poss and the Geisberg in the northwest and west. The Köllerbach flows through the middle of the village from north to south . This divides - just like the embankment of the Saarbahn or the former Köllertalbahn - the place into a southeastern (Etzenhofer Str., Kurzenberg) and a northwestern half (Heusweiler Str., Salbacher Str., Herchenbacher Str.).
Neighboring places
The local area of Walpershofen borders on the Heusweiler districts of Dilsburg (in the northeast) and Niedersalbach (in the northwest), in the west and south on the Köllerbach districts of Herchenbach and Etzenhofen , which now all belong to the city of Püttlingen , and in the southeast and east it borders on the Riegelsberg districts of Überhofen, Güchenbach and Hilschbach. At the local borders between Walpershofen and Hilschbach, Niedersalbach and Herchenbach, the buildings (mostly one- or two-family houses) have "grown together" on both sides.
Traffic routes
The main road from Walpershofen, the state road 136 (from Holz via Heusweiler to Völklingen ), runs in the valley - north of the town center (as Heusweiler Straße) to the right of the Köllerbach, south (as Etzenhofer Straße) to the left of the brook. The L136 crosses the Köllerbach and the railway embankment twice each (on the northern edge of the village and in the center of the village), which results in a road course with tight curves and underpasses. Three thoroughfares lead from the center of the valley: Kurzenbergstrasse (to the east), Salbacher Strasse (to the north-north-west) and the Herchenbacher Strasse (to the west and south-west).
Since October 30, 2011 the Saarbahn (line 1) has been running on the route of the former Köllertalbahn through Walpershofen. In addition to the Walpershofen-Mitte stop (former Walpershofen train station), there is another stop in Walpershofen north and south of the town center: Walpershofen-Mühlenstraße near the border with Dilsburg and Walpershofen / Etzenhofen on the southern outskirts of Walpershofen, where the Saarbahn takes the route of the former Köllertalbahn leaves to drive along the Russenweg (L267) in the direction of Güchenbach.
Between 2009 and 2013 the center of Walpershofen was redesigned: As part of the expansion of the Saarbahn line, the railway bridge was demolished in early 2009 and replaced by a new, wider bridge in June 2010. Under the bridge and on its east side, Walpershofen's “Dorfmitte am Bach” was built by 2013, a place to celebrate with benches on the Köllerbach and a footbridge over the brook to the children's playground on the other side. The confluence of Kurzenbergstrasse and Dörrwiesenstrasse with the L136 directly at the Köllerbachbrücke was designed as a roundabout.
Mining
On the Stehlsberg, on the south-eastern outskirts of Walpershofen, you can find the remains of former mining facilities. Coal had been dug there for centuries. The systems that are still standing date from the period between 1947 and 1963, when Dr. Schäfer hard coal was mined. With a workforce of 350 miners and a production volume of over 100,000 t, coal production on the Stehlsberg reached its peak in 1957.
Exactly opposite, northwest of the village, just beyond the boundary of Niedersalbach, the 666 meter deep south shaft of the Saar mine was sunk in 1984-86, which served as an extending weather shaft until the mine was closed in 2012. The south shaft was backfilled in spring 2013.
history
April 23, 1293 : In the oldest known document in which the place name Walpershofen is mentioned, a Johannes, Meier zu Walpershofen, declares that he was given by Duke Friedrich III. was rewarded by Lorraine for military service. This document is now in the National Library in Paris .
The history of the village of Walpershofen runs largely parallel to that of the other villages in the Köllertal: Walpershofen has remained a small farming village for centuries. After it was depopulated and largely destroyed in the Thirty Years War , Walpershofen had fewer than 100 inhabitants until the beginning of the industrialization of the region in the 19th century. However, from around 1850 onwards it developed into a place of residence for industrial workers and miners, which resulted in a multiplication of the population. Today Walpershofen is a place of residence in the immediate catchment area of the state capital Saarbrücken .
1542 : Nine families, a total of 50 people live in Walpershofen (according to the list of residents, which was drawn up on the occasion of the so-called " Turkish Estimate ").
1618 : With twelve households, Walpershofen is one of the largest towns in the Köllertal at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War . The houses are to the right of the Köllerbach in the area of the lower Herchenbacher Straße, the historic village center of Walpershofen.
1648 : Like other villages in the Köllertal, Walpershofen was largely destroyed by imperial troops during the Thirty Years' War. At the end of the war nobody lives in the village: "Walpershofen, 13 houses (with a shepherd's house), stalls gantz oedt." (From a report on the conditions in the county of Saarbrücken at the end of the war)
1684 : Even 36 years after the end of the Thirty Years' War, its consequences have not yet been overcome: only three of the former twelve houses in the village are inhabited; of the others it says in the renovation protocol about the condition of the village of Walpershofen: "The house is a pile of stones ...".
1703 : Construction of the first school (Lutheran) in Walpershofen. In 1734 JD Horstmann, pastor of Kölln, wrote : “ When I arrived there was no school house in Cöllerthal. But it is in the year 1703 in Wallperßhofen, where the children from the whole Thall can most abundantly come together, one thing was built ... "
1758 : With the mine at Stehlsberg in Walpershofen, one of the three oldest coal mines in the Köllertal (next to Rittenhofen and Lummigart) is left to the subjects for six years to mine.
from 1800 : A new district on Kurzenberg is created.
1814/15 : After more than twenty years of turmoil ( coalition wars ) and French occupation , the Franco-Prussian state border between Walpershofen and Etzenhofen runs for a short time (between the First and Second Peace of Paris ).
1850 : The construction of the Geisberg (upper Herchenbacher Strasse) begins.
The increasing industrialization in the region around the middle of the 19th century led to rapid structural change: New coal mines in and around the Köllertal and the Völklinger Hütte , founded in 1873, needed workers. Many farmers and agricultural workers now find work and wages in the mines and in the ironworks. Agriculture is often only practiced as a sideline (" miners ' farmers ").
Because of the job opportunities, more and more people from the surrounding area come to the Köllertal and thus z. Sometimes also to Walpershofen, which is developing from a farming village to a place of residence for miners and industrial workers. - The number of inhabitants of Walpershofen alone reflects the dramatic development that characterized the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. As early as 1885, 75% of the meanwhile 606 inhabitants belong to the "mining population".
1872 : Construction of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at the foot of the Kurzenberg
1887/88 : Construction of the school building for the evangelical school in Herchenbacher Straße
1889 : Foundation of the Catholic school in Walpershofen and construction of the school building in Salbacher Straße
1893 : The “naue way”, Etzenhofer Straße, is laid out. Like Salbacher Strasse, it was not built until after the turn of the century.
1909 : Construction of the Köllertalbahn begins : the embankment is raised in the middle of the village in the creek bed of the Köllerbach, which had been moved a few meters to the east. The village bridge ("Hirtenbrücke") over the Köllerbach will be replaced by a new bridge, which will connect Kurzenbergstrasse and Herchenbacher Strasse in a straight line. The railway section from Etzenhofen through Walpershofen is double-track (and with it the railway overpass in the center of the village until it was destroyed in 1945), because a parallel track runs from Etzenhofen station through Walpershofen to the Dilsburg mine.
1911 : The Köllertalbahn goes into operation - presumably because of the parallel track, there is initially no stop in Walpershofen: The Walpershofers have to walk to the train station in Etzenhofen for another quarter of a century if they want to take the train.
1913 : Walpershofen is connected to the electricity network
1928 : Construction and consecration of the Catholic Church
1929 : Inauguration of the new Protestant church in Herchenbacher Strasse
1930 : Unemployed gymnasts build a gymnasium in Bellhumes am Kurzenberg
1936 : Walpershofen receives a railway stop after the parallel track of the mine connection railway has been dismantled.
1939 : (erroneous) evacuation of the village and evacuation of the population (especially to Hesse and Thuringia) at the beginning of the war (Sept. – Nov.)
March 20, 1945 : An American tank unit occupies the village from Herchenbach. Previously, retreating German troops had blown up the three railway overpasses in Walpershofen.
1946 : The first trains run to Heusweiler again (over iron girders as emergency bridges).
from 1947 : Coal mining at Stehlsberg in the private mine of Dr. shepherd
1952 : A citizens' assembly decides that Walpershofen will remain in the Mayor's Association ("Office") of Riegelsberg.
1953 : As the last of the three destroyed railway bridges, the overpass in the center of the village is rebuilt on a single track.
1957 : New construction of the road bridge over the Köllerbach in the center of the village
February 7, 1962 : Nine miners from Walpershofen are among the 299 fatalities in a firedamp explosion in the Luisenthal mine .
1962 : Construction of the school gym on Herchenbacher Straße
1963 : End of coal mining on Stehlsberg
January 1, 1974 : Walpershofen loses its independence and becomes part of the municipality of Riegelsberg in the course of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , although there had been considerable resistance to this incorporation: An opinion poll among the Walpershof population showed that a two-thirds majority would have preferred incorporation into Heusweiler, only 22% were in favor of Riegelsberg. - Heusweiler is closer, that's where you drove to the weekly market and to the doctor. At that time, Riegelsberg could only be reached from Walpershofen by public transport via Heusweiler. On the other hand, Walpershofen had belonged to the Riegelsberg office for decades, so that the administrative tasks in the new unified municipality could be continued without any break. Riegelsberg was only able to achieve the required minimum population of 15,000 through the incorporation of Walpershofen.
1985 : Passenger train traffic on the Köllertal route ceased
1990 : Completion of the Köllertalhalle (village community center and sports hall)
June 27, 2008 : With the closure of the Walpershofen elementary school, the village's 300-year tradition of schooling ends.
2009/10 : Demolition and construction of the railway overpass in the center of the village
October 31, 2011 : Start of regular Saarbahn traffic through Walpershofen
2013 : Opening of Walpershofen's "Dorfmitte am Bach"
2015 : Walpershofen takes first place in the regional association in the 25th competition " Our village has a future ". In the subsequent state decision, Walpershofen receives a silver medal.
politics
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on February 4, 1958.
Blazon : "In blue a golden zigzag bar in the shape of the letter W, accompanied by three (above 2, below 1) silver toe-leaf clover."
The colors of the district are blue and white.
At the time of the first mention of the town in 1293, the area belonged to the rule of the Counts of Saarbrücken-Commercy. The three crosses, which also symbolize the three local churches, were taken from their coats of arms. The bar should indicate the place name with its letter shape.
The coat of arms was designed by Karl Rug and Josef Gillet.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ortschronik Riegelsberg, Vol. 2, p. 157 ff.
- ^ Report of the "Saarbrücker Zeitung" (published on March 5, 2013)
- ↑ Festival book for the 700th anniversary, p. 13 ff.
- ↑ Gerhild Krebs: The Köllertal (1850–2000)
- ^ Dorfbuch, p. 13 and p. 52.
- ↑ Dorfbuch, p. 53.
- ↑ Ortschronik Riegelsberg, Vol. 2, p. 199.
- ↑ Festival book for the 700th anniversary, p. 23.
- ↑ Dorfbuch, p. 54 f.
- ↑ Dorfbuch, p. 162.
- ↑ Dorfbuch, p. 59.
- ↑ Ortschronik Riegelsberg, Vol. 2, p. 199.
- ↑ Dorfbuch, p. 59 ff.
- ↑ Ortschronik Riegelsberg, Vol. 2, p. 199.
- ↑ Gerhild Krebs: The Köllertal (1850–2000)
- ↑ Dorfbuch, p. 13.
- ↑ Ortschronik Riegelsberg, Vol. 2, p. 122.
- ↑ the data on the years 1872 to 1957 - unless otherwise noted: Dorfbuch, pp. 64–68.
- ↑ Ortschronik Riegelsberg, Vol. 2, p. 199.
- ↑ Ortschronik Riegelsberg, Vol. 2, p. 199.
- ^ Janson, The Etzenhofen - Walpershofen - Dilsburg mine railway. P. 83.
- ↑ Ortschronik Riegelsberg, Vol. 2, p. 230.
- ^ TV Walpershofen - club history website.
- ^ Janson, The Etzenhofen - Walpershofen - Dilsburg mine railway. P. 84.
- ^ 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. 806 .
- ↑ Ortschronik Riegelsberg, vol. 2, p. 50 ff.
- ↑ Ortschronik Riegelsberg, vol. 2, p. 42 f.
literature
- Heinrich Gerstner, Josef Gillet, Eugen Meyer, Karl Rug: Village book of the Walpershofen community , ed. 1958 by the municipality of Walpershofen - reprint 1999, revision: Helmut Lange
- History workshop Walpershofen of the VHS Riegelsberg: Walpershofen in the middle of the Köllertal 1293 - 1993 , festival book for the 700th anniversary ed. by the municipality of Riegelsberg, published in 1993 by the municipality itself
- Ortschronik Riegelsberg , ed. by the municipality of Riegelsberg, self-published by the municipality, vol. 1: 1980, vol. 2: 1993
- Karl-Heinz Janson: The Etzenhofen - Walpershofen - Dilsburg mine railway. in: Verein Jahrbuch Walpershofen eV (Ed.): Yearbook Walpershofen 2008. 5th year (published in 2009), pp. 82–85
- Helmut Lange: For the best of the children ... 300 years of school in Walpershofen , Riegelsberg 2003
- Helmut Lange, Hans-Georg Huber: Ein Schwarzer Freitag , in: Verein Jahrbuch Walpershofen eV (Hrsg.): Jahrbuch Walpershofen 2008. 5th year (published 2009), p. 121 ff.
