Wiebelskirchen

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Wiebelskirchen
City of Neunkirchen
Wiebelskirchen coat of arms
Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′ 24 ″  N , 7 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 260 m
Residents : 9076  (December 31, 2018)
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66540
Area code : 06821
Wiebelskirchen (Saarland)
Wiebelskirchen

Location of Wiebelskirchen in Saarland

Wiebelskirchen ( listen ? / I , in the local dialect Wiwwelskeije , listen ? / I ) is the largest district of the district town of Neunkirchen ( Saarland ) after the city center . Until the end of 1973 Wiebelskirchen was an independent municipality. Audio file / audio sample Audio file / audio sample

geography

Precipitation diagram

climate

The annual precipitation is 855 millimeters and is thus in the upper third of the values ​​recorded by the measuring points of the German Weather Service . 73% indicate lower values. The driest month is April; it rains most in December. In the wettest month there is around 1.6 times more rain than in the driest month. The seasonal fluctuations in precipitation are in the lower third. In only 22% of all places, the monthly precipitation fluctuates less.

history

Wiebelskirchen as a stamp motif, Saarland 1949
GDR State Council Chairman Erich Honecker and Lord Mayor Peter Neuber in Neunkirchen in 1987
Wibilohaus

The place name, mentioned for the first time in 765 , is the oldest recorded Christian place name in Saarland. It is believed that a Franconian named Wibilo built his own church on his property here in the early Middle Ages .

Wiebelskirchen possibly had its origin where the outdoor swimming pool is today (on Kirchberg), because here remains of a church, a Roman country house and other buildings from the early founding period were found, which are in the historical museum of Heimat und Kulturverein Wiebelskirchen e. V. are exhibited in the Wibilohaus. According to legend, a secret passage led from the church on Kirchberg to the Neumünster monastery in Ottweiler . The legend gave rise to an excavation campaign in the early 1980s. However, the secret passage could not be found. In later times, the settlement center was about 1 km southeast of it at the confluence of the Oster and the Blies . Another church was built here, today's Protestant church. Parts of three skeletons from the 15th century are on display in the church museum. They were found during excavation work in the passage between the tower and the church. The Catholic community built its own church from 1914 to 1916.

During the League of Nations -Mandats over the Saar (1920-1935) was to Wiebelskirchen a Domanialschule .

Fateful hours in Wiebelskirchen include the destruction in 1635 during the Thirty Years' War and in 1676 during the Dutch War . The floods of 1930, 1993 and 1995 flooded the streets and buildings in the Oster and Blies floodplains.

As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Wiebelskirchen was assigned to the city of Neunkirchen on January 1, 1974 .

today

Wiebelskirchen has three schools: the Friedrich von Schiller elementary school , the Freiherr-vom-Stein and the Maximilian-Kolbe school.

At the Catholic Trinity Church there is a work of art by the “painter pastor” Christoph März . In front of the church there is a statue of the Virgin Mary (so-called " Fatima Madonna") in a chapel, which a resident built in fulfillment of the vow that if Wiebelskirchen were spared the bombs of World War II, he would donate a chapel.

In Wiebelskirchen a distinction is still made between the “Seiters” and the “Dorfler”. The villagers are those who live around the evangelical church (on the right of the Blies) and the Seiters those on the left of the Blies.

Wiebelskirchen was connected to the Nahe Valley Railway in 1860 ; a 313 m long railway tunnel crosses under the Kirchberg.

After the settlement areas of Neunkirchen and Wiebelskirchen had grown together, they were also administratively united through the municipal reform in 1974. The ban border on the Kuchenberg is no longer recognizable today.

Wiebelskirchen has specialist shops and supermarkets in the redeveloped town center. In addition, it has a solar-heated outdoor pool, attractively located new development areas and a natural landscape for relaxation.

politics

Wiebelskirchen, together with Hangard and Münchwies, form a district of the city of Neunkirchen. Of the 15 seats in the local council, 9 belong to the SPD and 5 to the CDU. The left represents a local council member. Mayor is Rolf Altpeter (SPD).

Population development

Number of inhabitants
year 1840 1880 1925 1951 1977 1988 2000 2015
Residents 681 3,938 9,596 11,166 10,368 9,678 9,813 9,232

Personalities

Sons and daughters of Wiebelskirchen

Personalities who have worked in the place

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Neunkirchen: Population status 2018 , accessed on March 24, 2019
  2. ↑ Arnold Ilgemann: "French schools". The French domain schools during the League of Nations , lecture manuscript from June 22, 1993
  3. ^ 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 .
  4. ↑ Katrin Carl, Christian Reuther, Dennis Schuld: Kleine chroNiK. A journey through time through the history of Neunkirchen. District town Neunkirchen 2019. pp. 23–25

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