Wattweiler (Zweibrücken)
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Wattweiler
City of Zweibrücken
Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 3 ″ N , 7 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E
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| Height : | 268 m above sea level NHN |
| Residents : | 827 (Jun 30, 2013) |
| Incorporation : | April 22, 1972 |
| Postal code : | 66482 |
| Area code : | 06332 |
 Location in Zweibrücken
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Wattweiler (in the local dialect Wattwiller ) is the westernmost district of Zweibrücken in Rhineland-Palatinate . The Mölschbacherhof and the Kettersberger Hof belong to Wattweiler.
geography
Wattweiler lies in a side valley of the Blies . While the floodplain with its rich meadows is suitable for cattle breeding, the valley slopes in the lower part are sandy and water-rich (Upper Buntsandstein ), on the plateau they are marly ( Lower Muschelkalk ) and suitable for arable farming. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the area was known as "cherry country".
history
Burial mounds indicate settlement in prehistoric times. The place name on "-weiler" belongs to a place name type that was often chosen in the early Middle Ages . The written tradition begins in the 12th century. A priest and a distinguished man from Wattweiler attested to the confirmation document of the Wörschweiler monastery in 1180 . Wattweiler was thus already the seat of a parish.
After the precious Sasser Chronicle of Bernhart Hertzog the battle of 1276 will, in which Count Henry II. Of Zweibrücken defeated the Duke of Lorraine, on the Wattenweiler level have taken place. He may mix this up with the site of the battle that took place in 1413 between Count Palatine Stefan von Pfalz-Simmern-Zweibrücken and Nassau-Saarbrücken on the Wattweiler Höhe. In 1609 Wattweiler was Mimbach's branch . Only the family of Hofmann Johannes Klein on the Mölschbacher Hof survived the Thirty Years' War . The old tithe barn has been preserved, while the archway of the Gothic church was demolished in 1971.
A new settlement took place at the end of the 17th century. In 1715 a brickworks was built in the Wattweiler valley; The Kettersberger Hof was also built in the 18th century. With the intensification of agriculture at the end of the 18th century, more fruit trees, especially cherries, were planted. Since the middle of the 19th century, jobs in industry have been created primarily in nearby Zweibrücken.
In the 20th century, the inhabitants were confronted with the two-time separation of the Saarland , which resulted in a customs border at the end of Wattweiler, the construction of the western wall from 1936/37, the evacuation in 1939/40 and again in 1944/45, and finally the passage of the main battle line in 1945. The Mölschbacherhof was run as an independent village until January 15, 1963, at least as a civil registry office.
On April 22, 1972 Wattweiler was incorporated into Zweibrücken.
politics
Local advisory board
A local district was formed for the Wattweiler district . The local council consists of eleven members, the chair of the local council is chaired by the directly elected mayor .
For more information on the local council, see the results of the local elections in Zweibrücken .
Mayor
The mayor is Thomas Körner (FWG). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 72.24% of the vote. Körner was first elected on September 24, 2017 after his predecessor Reinhard Kunze (CDU) resigned.
Economy and Transport
After the decline in agriculture, Wattweiler only has a few jobs. The working people commute to Zweibrücken and other places. Conversely, the attractive residential area between 1950 and 2000 led to a large number of new buildings.
Leisure and Tourism
- Culinary flower hike through Wattweiler cherry country on May 1st
- Wattweiler Kirchweih (Kerwe) on the 1st weekend in October
See also
Web links
- Literature about Wattweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Document from 1180 ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2017 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.
- ↑ Heinrich Damm; Roland Damm; Klaus Küssner: Blooming Zweibrücken , Zweibrücken 1983, p. 211
- ↑ Registry office data Wattweiler / Zweibrücken
- ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 183 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
- ^ City of Zweibrücken: Main Statute. (PDF) § 2 and § 5. November 18, 2018, accessed on October 26, 2019 .
- ^ City of Zweibrücken: Result of the Mayor Wattweiler 2019. Accessed on October 26, 2019 .
- ^ Press service Schwarz GbR: Körner is the new mayor. Pfälzischer Merkur, September 25, 2017, accessed October 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Information on the hike on wattweiler.de ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2017 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.
