Wemmetsweiler
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Wemmetsweiler
Community Merchweiler
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| Height : | 296 (277-390) m | |
| Area : | 7.76 km² | |
| Residents : | 5006 (Jun 30, 2009) | |
| Population density : | 645 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 66589 | |
| Area code : | 06825 | |
Location of Wemmetsweiler in Saarland |
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 View of Wemmetsweiler. In the center of the picture is the Catholic parish church of St. Michael .
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Wemmetsweiler ( ) is a district of the municipality Merchweiler in the district of Neunkirchen , Saarland . Until the end of 1973 Wemmetsweiler was an independent municipality.
history
The Wemmetsweiler district was already settled in Roman times. Archaeological finds testify to the presence of a Roman villa. The Wemmetsweiler settlement emerged as a Franconian clan village, the name probably derived from the clan elder Wimmo .
The first houses were built on the Sabelbach and the Wiesenthal behind it. The first chapel was built around 1750. On the occasion of the renovation and enlargement of the chapel around 1770, the town of Wimmeswiller was mentioned for the first time in a decree of the Bishop of Metz.
Wemmetsweiler belonged to Illingen until 1794 and then came under French administration. From 1798 Wemmetsweiler belonged to the mayor's office Uchtelfangen, which in 1877 became the mayor's office of Illingen. In 1815 Wemmetsweiler became Prussian. In 1841 Wemmetsweiler was named in a description of the Trier administrative district with a chapel, a school, 55 houses and 445 inhabitants.
After 1862 the settlement of the Michelsberg began with the steady influx of miners. In 1876, Wemmetsweiler became a railway station with the construction of the Fischbachtalbahn . After the double-track expansion in 1892 and the construction of the Primstalbahn in 1897, Wemmetsweiler became a railway junction.
In 1897 the construction of the parish church of St. Michael began and was completed in 1899. From 1908 Wemmetsweiler was an independent parish.
In 1921 Wemmetsweiler broke away from the mayor's office Uchtelfangen-Illingen and formed the Wemmetsweiler office together with today's Schiffweiler district of Heiligenwald until the end of 1973 . The construction of the town hall began in 1922 and was completed in 1926. Until December 31, 1973 Wemmetsweiler was an independent municipality. In the course of community reform, Wemmetsweiler became a district of Merchweiler on January 1, 1974 .
Population development
| year | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1925 | 1935 | 1939 | 1961 | 1970 |
| Residents | 1759 | 2140 | 2956 | 4450 | 5055 | 4872 | 6189 | 6255 |
politics
Mayor
- since July 4, 2019: Marlo Christiaens (SPD)
- 2009–2019: Michael Marx (CDU)
- 1999–2009: Gerhard Bermann (CDU)
- 1999: Werner Joachim (SPD)
- 1993–1999: Joachim Jochum (SPD)
- 1984–1993: Gerhard Kleer (SPD)
Local council
- 7 seats (3 CDU, 3 SPD, 1 Bündnis90 / Die Grünen)
coat of arms
From 1964 to 1973 Wemmetsweiler had its own coat of arms as an independent municipality. It shows a golden gopel on a black field accompanied by a silver flaming sword and a silver hoe.
Worth seeing
Worth seeing in Wemmetsweiler are the town hall of Wemmetsweiler , built between 1925 and 1927 by the district architect Otto Eberbach, and the Catholic parish church of St. Michael, built in the neo-Gothic style in 1899 . Both structures are listed as individual monuments in the Saarland monuments list. Also listed on the list of monuments are the "Maria Hilf" chapel in the rose garden with a war memorial from 1936, the old mill from 1804, which was rebuilt around 1900 , as well as several crossroads and a boundary stone from 1753.
The Wemmetsweiler rose garden was laid out by miners between 1925 and 1929. The rose garden has a restaurant and a mini golf course. It is planted on an area of approx. 1,500 m² with thousands of roses of different varieties. The rose garden in Wemmetsweiler is one of a total of nine rose gardens in the Neunkirchen district . The war memorial chapel "Maria Hilf" is located in the immediate vicinity of the rose garden.
Economy and Transport
Wemmetsweiler has a train station on the Neunkirchen – Illingen railway line . Until the Wemmetsweiler curve was built in 2004, Wemmetsweiler was a railway junction. In 2006, the new Wemmetsweiler-Rathaus stop was set up on the Fischbachtalbahn , which is closer to the town center, and the previous station for passenger traffic was given up.
Wemmetsweiler is of the national road traversed L128 (Riegelsberg-Ottweiler), L294 and L295.
Personalities
- Balthasar Woll (1922–1996), SS-Oberscharführer of the Waffen SS and tank commander during the Second World War
swell
- School and local history by Joseph Vogtel Rector i. R., copy from 1924, with additions
- Memorandum on the establishment of the mayor's office in Wemmetsweiler
- Parish anniversary 1925 of the parish Wemmetsweiler
literature
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 805 .
- ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list of the Neunkirchen district (PDF; 1.3 MB), accessed on August 26, 2012