Weekers

Weekers Perl parish
	Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 10 ″ N , 6 ° 24 ′ 23 ″ E
Height :	248 m
Area :	3.88 km²
Residents :	192 (Jan. 1, 2020)
Population density :	49 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	66706
Area code :	06866
Location of Wochern in the Saarland

Wochern is part of the municipality of Perl in the Merzig-Wadern district ( Saarland ). Together with Tettingen-Butzdorf , the district forms a municipality. Until the end of 1973 Wochern was an independent municipality.

history

The Celtic name of the place was Wochera , which means at the sources . The place is embedded in a side valley sloping into the Moselle valley, surrounded by orchards and forests.

The most remarkable building is the Catholic branch church St. Nicolaus and Bernhard , a small hall building from 1789 with roof turrets , arched rectangular choir with tracery window , 15th century, furnishings from 15th to 18th century.

Wochern is a typical Lorraine farming village that won a gold medal at state level and silver at federal level in the 1987 competition “ Our village should be more beautiful ”.

In the state competition 2006 Our village has a future , Wochern was awarded third place and a silver medal.

As part of the regional and administrative reform in Saarland , the previously independent municipality of Wochern was assigned to the new municipality of Perl on January 1, 1974 together with 13 other municipalities .

Population development

The development of the population of Wochern, the values from 1939 to 1974 are based on censuses:

year	Residents
1939	213
1950	215
1961	203
1970	205
1974	190
2004	158
2010	188
2020	192

literature

Ernst Wackenroder : The art monuments of the Saarburg district . (= Paul Clemen (Hrsg.): Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz , Volume 15, III. Department). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1939 (reprint from the Academic Bookshop Interbook, Trier 1982), pp. 292–293.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Statistical overview of the municipality of Perl on www.perl-mosel.de
^ 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 .

[statistik-1] Statistical overview of the municipality of Perl on www.perl-mosel.de

[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 .