Werlau

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Werlau
City of Sankt Goar
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 24 ″  N , 7 ° 41 ′ 7 ″  E
Height : 220 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 820
Incorporation : 7th June 1969
Postal code : 56329
Area code : 06741
Werlau (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Werlau

Location of Werlau in Rhineland-Palatinate

Werlau is a district of Sankt Goar in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The Rheinhöhendorf is located directly on the steep slope to the Rhine Valley on the left bank of the Rhine. The place has about 820 inhabitants. Werlau was an independent municipality until June 7, 1969, which was then dissolved as part of an administrative reform and incorporated into the city of St. Goar.

geography

Geographical location

Werlau is located in the outflowing northeastern Hunsrück above the Middle Rhine Valley in close proximity to the Loreley . The center of the village lies in a slight hollow, while the district lies in a partly flat, unwooded area that extends to the edge of the Rheinengtal, partly a hilly landscape that climbs towards the wooded Hunsrück. The core city of St. Goar is 3 km away.

Werlau also includes the Boxberger Hof, Forsthaus Brandswald, Hof auf der Schanz, Prinzenstein and Marienhof residential areas .

history

The first traces of settlement can be found from the Franconian times. The often quoted first documentary mention in the year 992 is based on a document handed down by Georg Friedrich Schott , one of the archivists who was found to have falsified many documents. There is therefore a justified suspicion of forgery in this document as well.

Around 1200 the St. Kastor monastery in Koblenz was the main landlord . In the following period Werlau belonged to the County of Katzenelnbogen , which came into the possession of the Landgraves of Hesse in 1479 after the death of the last Count of Katzenelnbogen, Philip the Elder . When Hesse was divided up in 1567, Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels a . a. the left bank of the former Lower County of Katzenelnbogen . After the Hessen-Rheinfels line died out , Werlau belonged alternately to Hessen-Kassel or Hessen-Darmstadt until 1795 .

On October 27, 1794, French troops also entered Werlau. Werlau came to France through the separate peace treaty of August 28, 1795 between France and Hesse-Kassel. From 1798 to 1814 Werlau belonged administratively to the canton Sankt Goar , the arrondissement Simmern and the Rhine-Mosel department . Due to the 1815 at the Congress of Vienna agreements reached Werlau came as a separate municipality for the Kingdom of Prussia in 1816 part of the newly formed circle St. Goar in Koblenz .

As part of the Rhineland-Palatinate municipal reform , the previously independent community was dissolved on June 7, 1969 and incorporated into the city of St. Goar as a district.

Mining

Mining was of great importance well into the 20th century. Lead and zinc ores have been mined in the pits of the Gute Hope mine since the 18th century. A steel winding tower was the landmark of the Werlauer Schacht, which was inaugurated on May 1, 1936 under the name Adolf-Hitler-Schacht.

Religious communities

Various religious communities have gained a foothold in Werlau, which is reflected, among other things, in the various church buildings in the town. The majority of the residents belong to the Evangelical Church .

The Reformation was introduced in 1527, but until the Union of 1817 the Werlau Protestants were divided into Lutherans and Reformed . Due to the feudal dependence on the St. Kastor monastery in Koblenz, however, 15 residents remained Catholic when the Reformation was introduced .

Jews also lived in Werlau from the Middle Ages to 1942 .

politics

Local advisory board

Werlau is designated as a local district and therefore has a local advisory board and a local councilor .

The local council consists of nine local council members. In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , the advisory board members were elected in a personalized proportional representation. The distribution of seats in the elected local council:

choice SPD CDU FDP total
2019 4th 4th 1 9 seats
2014 4th 5 - 9 seats
2009 4th 5 - 9 seats

Mayor

The mayor is Dieter Langenbach (CDU). In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with 55.89% of the votes.

Culture and sights

Buildings

  • Churches:
  • other structures:
    • Werlauer Pilz lookout point with a view of St. Goar and St. Goarshausen

Sports

With the Rheingoldbad, Werlau has a public outdoor pool as well as tennis courts and a soccer field.

societies

In Werlau following clubs are located: TuS Werlau 1912, DLRG , Country Women's Association, Möhnen Company , riding club, glee club, Förderverein Rheingoldbad, Heimatfreunde, VVV Werlau, development association of volunteer firefighters Werlau

Regular events

traffic

Road traffic

Landesstraße 213 leads through the Werlau district, which leads to the motorway junction with the A 61 Ludwigshafen-Cologne near Emmelshausen , 8 km away , and branches off from Bundesstraße 9 in the Rhine Valley. Because of the steep slope of the place, the L 213 has a gradient of 21%.

economy

Established businesses

There is an industrial area in Werlau. Several businesses are located there, including a haulage company, a horticultural company, a heating and plumbing company, a graphics company and a software company.

Well-known sons and daughters

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 61 (PDF; 3 MB).
  2. ^ J. Heinzelmann : The way to Trigorium . In: Yearbook for West German State History . Volume 21, 1995, p. 30th f .
  3. ^ Before the pit closes - Heimatfreunde Werlau.
  4. ^ City of Sankt Goar: main statute. (PDF) § 2. City of Sankt Goar, August 12, 2019, accessed on October 2, 2019 .
  5. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council Election 2019 St. Goar. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .
  6. ^ Verbandsgemeinde Sankt Goar-Oberwesel: Local Advisory Board Werlau 2014. May 26, 2014, accessed on October 2, 2019 .
  7. ^ Verbandsgemeinde Sankt Goar-Oberwesel: election results. 2009 local elections. Accessed October 2, 2019 .
  8. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, Verbandsgemeinde, 32nd line of results. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .