Wehingen (Mettlach)

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Wehingen
municipality Mettlach
Former municipal coat of arms of Wehingen
Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 43 "  N , 6 ° 30 ′ 28"  E
Height : 332  (250-430)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.05 km²
Residents : 442  (Dec. 31, 2009)
Population density : 88 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66693
Area code : 06868
Wehingen seen from the southwest from the Kewelsberg
Wehingen seen from the southwest from the Kewelsberg

Wehingen is a part of the municipality of Mettlach in the Merzig-Wadern district ( Saarland ). From 1957 to the end of 1973 Wehingen was an independent municipality.

description

Until about 20 years ago, Wehingen had an agricultural village. Today there are only a few dairy farmers and one horse farm, as many farmers gradually gave up their farms.

history

A first Roman settlement around AD 200 was completely destroyed in 451 by the Hun king Attila . Only around the year 500, when the land around the Saar fell to the Franks, did the village come back to life. The Frankish past of Wehingen is confirmed by the discovery of a tomb.

The place was first mentioned in documents in 1030. Wehingen originally formed with the neighboring Bethingen the community Wehingen-Bethingen . This was split up on January 1, 1957 into the two communities Bethingen and Wehingen. On January 1, 1974, Wehingen was incorporated into the municipality of Mettlach.

Church without walls

Since 1994, the Christian community without walls has settled in Wehingen. In addition to the community center, the community operates a guest house. Many parishioners have settled in Wehingen. As a result, the population of Wehingen has increased significantly in a short period of time, and the influx triggered a real estate and construction boom in the village. The community in Wehingen leads a relatively isolated life.

politics

For the 2004 local elections, the municipality without walls had drawn up its own list for the local council. The Free List Wehingen then held a third of the mandates in the local council. For the local elections in 2009, members of the community ran for the 2008 newly founded party AUF - Party for Work, Environment and Family .

After the local elections on June 7, 2009, the nine seats in the local council are distributed as follows:

  • OPEN : 4 seats
  • CDU : 3 seats
  • Free Citizens Mettlach (FBM): 2 seats

The previous deputy mayor Stefan Ollinger (CDU) was elected as the new mayor.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved by the Ministry of the Interior on March 9, 1959 and was valid until the municipality was dissolved in 1974.

Blazon : "In black, a silver, gold-crowned, red-tongued lion."

Attractions

  • Chapel from 1773
  • Altar stone from 1707
  • Mary's Grotto
  • Kewelsberg, from there access to stones on the border

Regular events

  • Strawberry Festival in July
  • Elderly day in autumn (senior meeting)

Facilities

  • Community center

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official Journal of the Saarland 1956, p. 1647
  2. ^ 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. 804 .
  3. ↑ Germany: Wehingen - the most Christian village in Germany? Article in Dawn Friday Fax No. 45 of November 23, 2001
  4. ↑ At some point they will have the whole village. A place in Saarland feels overrun: by a Christian community that seems dubious to many , Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, October 9, 2005
  5. ↑ a b Community without Walls - "Foundation Community without Walls international", Mettlach-Wehingen info page of the Diocese of Trier, status: November 2006, accessed on January 10, 2011
  6. ^ Election result 2009 Wehingen ( memento from March 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) by the regional returning officer, Saarland statistical office