Kasel
Kasel ( Moselle Franconian: Kosel ), at least wrote railway authorities to November 1935 Casel, is a municipality of the municipality in the district of Trier Ruwer -Saar castle in Rhineland -Palatinate ( Germany ).
Geography
Chasuble is between Mertes village and Waldrach in the Ruwer valley, surrounded by steep vineyards. To place a part of the living space Benninger farm, which is situated at the height between chasuble and Trier- Tarforst.
About the provincial road 149 (the former national road 52), the municipality has connection to the national road network. There is also a connection over the county roads 140 and 77 to the main road 52
Chasuble is a well known wine village and belongs to the Moselle Franconian language area.
By Kasel the Ruwer flows with tributary streams Benninger Bach and Kundelbach.
History
Settlement remains and a burial ground from the Roman period show an at least sparseness of population in this period. The place chasuble is the first time. Confirmation in a document of Emperor Otto II of 973, issued to the monastery Oeren in Trier, as Casella (latin " Casale " = homestead ) mentioned
Population
The development of the population, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Data source: Statistical Office of Rhineland -Palatinate
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Kasel consists of 16 elected members and the mayor as chairman.
Allocation of seats in the elected local council:
(As at municipal election 2009)
Coat of arms
Coat of Arms Description: The coat of arms is divided and split up into two fields. In square one in silver with a red cross. In two field in a green diagonally left running silver wave band, diagonally overlaid with a golden shepherd's staff. Down in a hanging gold green bunch of grapes with two green leaves.
Coat of Reason: The Red Cross in silver is the symbol of the Electorate of Trier, one of whose possession chasuble from the Middle Ages to the Napoleonic period. The silver wave band in green represents the Ruwer dar. The shepherd's staff has the Trier wife Abbey Oeren -St. Irminen out possessed in Kasel, as well as the Trier monastery of St. Paulin Hofgüter and the basic jurisdiction held. The grape refers to the cultivation of vines until today determined the economic development of the community since the Middle Ages.
Economy and Tourism
Main sources of income of the village are the wine growing and tourism.
Chasuble is considered the most famous wine-producing town in the Ruwer valley, the (formerly " Mosel -Saar- Ruwer " ) to the wine growing region " Mosel " part. It is - as for the typical Ruwer - Riesling grown mainly.
The vineyards of the village are:
- Kaseler Kehrnagel
- Kaseler Herrenberg
- Kaseler Dominican mountain
- Kaseler Timpert
- Kaseler Nies'chen, the most famous vineyard of Ruwertal
- Kaseler Hitzlay, the steepest vineyard of Ruwertal
The town lies on the Saar -Hunsrück -Steig and the Ruwer -Hochwald - bike trail that is created on the former railway line from Trier -Ruwer by Hermes wedge.
Chasuble is the seat of the central tourist information the municipality Ruwer. The town has several hotel and restaurant establishments and wine shops.
Resident companies:
- Dominican - Winery C. von Nell- Breuning
Attractions
- Parish Church of St. Nicholas " Double Church ", derived from the extension of the old chapel from 1781 to the three-aisled basilica in the years 1926/27,
- Baroque tabernacle altar from the 18th century
- Oldest Christmas crib in the lower Ruwertal
- Wood carved, life-sized baby Jesus figure to the Bavarian tradition - a parting gift from Rudolf Voderholzer, Bishop of Regensburg, at his home parish (see figures )
- Lourdes chapel and the Crossroads " On Hex", so-called " witches Cross"
- Pauline yard
- St. Irminenhof
- Sauerbrunnen
See also: List of cultural monuments in Kasel
Personalities
- Rudolf Voderholzer ( b. 1959 ), Bishop of Regensburg, lived from 2005 to the beginning of the year 2013 in Kasel. During this time, who worked as a confidant of Pope Benedict XVI. applicable Voderholzer as professor of dogmatics at the Theological Faculty of Trier and as Director of the Institute Benedict XVI. in Regensburg. At the same time he was engaged as pastor of the parish of St. Nicholas Kasel, where he celebrated his silver anniversary as a priest in June 2012. On 6 December 2012, he was beatified by Benedict XVI. appointed 78th bishop of Regensburg, his episcopal ordination in the Regensburg Cathedral took place on 26 January 2013.
- This Helmut ( b. 1962 ), auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Trier, lived from 1998 to 2004 in Kasel. At this time he was curate entitled priest in chasuble, Waldrach and Morscheid.
- Thomas Happe (born 1958 ), former German handball player and Olympic silver medalist, lived during his engagements as coach of the DJK / MJC Trier (1st Handball Bundesliga ladies) in Kasel.
- Sascha Becker ( * 1975), German television presenter and journalist (BWR)
- Arno Michels (1967 ), assistant coach of the football Bundesliga 1 FSV Mainz 05
- Heinz winds ( b. 1942 ), Vice President of Legal German Handball Federation
Sports
Local sports club is the SG Ruwertal 1925 eV, which emerged from the former sports clubs SV Waldrach and Spvgg chasuble.
The sporting highlight on the grass sports facility in Kasel was on 10 November 2011, a test match of Bundesliga 1 FC Kaiserslautern against the Luxembourg national football team in front of 1,400 spectators, the first division of the 2-0 could decide for themselves.
Street names worldwide
The wine town of Kasel is named the following roads: