Eppelborn

Eppelborn is a municipality in the district of Neunkirchen in Saarland with almost 18,000 inhabitants.

• 2.1 Local History
• 2.2 Kaisereiche

• 3.1 Mayor
• 3.2 municipal
• 3.3 parties
• 3.4 Political youth organizations
• 3.5 partnerships

• 4.1 traffic
• 4.2 Local businesses
• 4.3 educational institutions
• 4.4 Volunteer Fire Department

• 5.1 Structures
• 5.2 Museums
• 5.3 associations 5.3.1 Hume
• 5.3.2 Dirmingen
• 5.3.3 Habach

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.2 Other

Geography

Location

The community Eppelborn located in the center of the Saarland and hosts its geometric center. The geometric center of the Saarland, also referred to as the focus of the polygon Saarland, the State Office for cadastral, surveying and cartography calculated ( LKVK ). By averaging of about 9428 outside points of the irregular polygon in the geometric sense Saarland a focus was determined and the geometric center of the Saarland revealed with the coordinates 49 ° 23.0582 ' N latitude and 6 ° 57.2200 ' E longitude. These are precisely in the district Habach.

Districts

The community was divided in the administrative and territorial reform of 1974 in eight municipal districts. All of today's municipal districts were previously independent communities. The population figures from August 1, 2013 refer to the principal residences:

Mayor is Peter Dörr ( CDU), whose party has in Ortsrat via a two - thirds majority. The population amounts to about 800

Mayor Edgar Kuhn (SPD). Humes has 1,980 inhabitants.

History

History

The space Eppelborn has already been inhabited in Roman times, it suggests excavations. Eppelborn was first mentioned in documents in 1235. The present-day districts Hierscheid (1200 ), Meadow Brook (1201 ) and Dirmingen ( 1281 ) were also first mentioned in the 13th century. The individual districts the church today belonged for centuries to the different reigns of Lorraine, Nassau -Saarbrücken, Pfalz -Zweibrücken, France and the Electorate of Trier. After the French Revolution Eppelborn formed with neighboring communities Bubach, Calmesweiler, Macherbach and Habach a mayor, while in Dirmingen with Berschweiler, Hierscheid, Humes and Wiesbach a second mayoralty was formed. As a result, the Congress of Vienna, the area came in 1815 to Prussia and was part of the Rhine Province since 1816 to the circle Ottweiler in the Trier region as well as from 1822 on.

As part of the administrative and territorial reform, the municipality on 1 January 1974 was given its present extent.

Kaisereiche

Located next to the Town Hall was the landmark Eppelborns, the old imperial oak of 15,60 m. To this oak wood a frame to Climb the tree was built in 1870.

Based on designs by Mayor Eugene swan wood scaffolding was removed in 1884. A massive wooden staircase that led up to the crown, surrounded the trunk, because seven podium floors were fitted with railings. The largest was a 10 square foot platform with a three -meter high floor room as the taproom. It contained a table, a coffee cabinet, a mirror and a bank, and it could be tapped from a barrel four different beverages. When decorating a miniature cannon, a replica of a fort and cages with birds were incorporated into the oak.

In the journal " The Gazebo " 1886 Picture and description of the emperor oak has been published. There is also described that the highest height a Aeolsharmonika was appropriate, and this " sends its melodic sounds into the valley, particularly the nocturnal wanderer surprising".

In 1900 the entire complex was renovated under Mayor Ballcke. The Emperor Oak rotten become was finally on 9 February 1930 " for security reasons " like.

In 1921, the mayor of Eppelborn - Dirmingen own Token Print with images of the emperor oak on the backs of the 10 -, 25 - and 50 - Pfenning vouchers. The Foundation for History and Historic Preservation in 1981, elected the Emperor oak as a motive for the commemorative sheets and reminder letters on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the post.

Policy

Mayor

• Of the local government reform 1974-1984: Charles Eckert (CDU )
• 1984 to September 2012: Fritz Hermann Lutz (CDU )
• Since September 2012: Birgit Müller- Closset (SPD )

Birgit Müller- Closset (SPD ) could prevail in the mayoral election on October 23, 2011, 52.4 % of the votes against a contestant Gaby their shepherd ( CDU). The current incumbent Fritz -Hermann Lutz (CDU ) was not taken up. The inauguration of the new mayor, the first time a member of the SPD in Eppelborn is at the head of the church, was held in September 2012.

Parish council

Parties

CDU: The CDU currently has a total of nearly 600 members in the community Eppelborn. It provides in five of eight municipal districts majorities in Ortsrat and the mayor and the council has Eppelborn currently has 16 of 33 seats. It forms with the representative of the FDP parliamentary group a.

SPD: it represents in the community Eppelborn three of eight notables, and is represented with 12 of 33 seats in the municipal council.

There are municipal or local chapters of the FDP, the Greens and the Left.

Political youth organizations

In addition to the Junge Union in Eppelborn there is also the Young Socialists in Dirmingen. As party Neutral youth organization, there is the youth council in Eppelborn.

Partnerships

The municipality maintains Eppelborn twin city relationships with cities:

• Outreau France (France): The signing of the twinning agreement between the municipality and Eppelborn Outreau found on July 15, 1989 in Outreau and on 27 October 1989 in Eppelborn instead.
• Israel Kfar Tabor (Israel ): Since 1987, there are the contacts of the community Eppelborn and the district of Neunkirchen Kfar Tabor in Israel. The signing of the twinning agreement by the two mayors and the District Administrator of Neunkirchen on 20 March 1988, Kfar Tabor and on April 18, 1990 in Neunkirchen.
• Germany Finsterwalde ( Germany / Brandenburg ): The first contacts between the once to the district Cottbus in the GDR and today the federal state of Brandenburg belonging Finsterwalde and the community Eppelborn Born in 1987, the partnership agreement was on 17 July 1988 Eppelborn and on 22 September. 1988, signed in Finsterwalde. After the reunification of Germany was the signing of the new partnership deed on 14 December 1991 in Eppelborn and on 13 June 1992 Finsterwalde.
• Italy Real Monte ( Italy / Sicily): On September 15, 2013 signed by Mayor Birgit Müller- Closset and her Italian counterpart sindaco Piero Puccio the partnership deed in Eppelborn

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Eppelborn is through the Federal Highway 1 ( Sacred Harbor - Saarbrücken) and the Federal Highway 10 ( Lebach - Karlsruhe, Germany) connected to the national road network.

Local businesses

In the district Wiesbach Siebertstraße group of companies is headquartered. Siebert is the leading manufacturer of digital display and information systems. The Juchem Group, a company for food and feed production is based in Eppelborn. In the building of the old Koßmannschule in Eppelborn the company Krämer IT Solutions has its new headquarters since early 2008. The computerized system house is one of the leading service providers in the Saarland.

Educational institutions

In the districts Eppelborn, Dirmingen and Wiesbach are primary schools.

In the parts of the municipality Eppelborn and Wiesbach are also each a voluntary day school in Eppelborn the advanced junior high school Eppelborn, in Dirmingen a special school mental development, the private Rothenberg school with kindergarten, life coaching Neunkirchen. Kindergartens: Eppelborn, Bubach - Calmesweiler, Hierscheid with daycare, Dirmingen ( 2), Hume, Wiesbach

Volunteer Fire Department

The volunteer fire department Eppelborn is composed of the eight districts extinguishing Eppelborn, Bubach - Calmesweiler, Dirmingen, Habach, Hierscheid, Hume, Wiesbach and Macherbach. She has to take care of about 18,000 citizens, with around 330 active fire fighters. The fire department, a total of 19 fire-fighting and special vehicles. The fire department of the municipality Eppelborn is responsible also for a portion of federal highway 1.

Cultural and social life

Structures

Museums

Eppelborn has three museums. In the former girls' vocational school, the museum " Jean Lurçat " is housed. It has the almost complete oeuvre of French artist from all his creative periods. Noteworthy are his oversized tapestries.

The same building houses the local history museum with exhibits of the region from the 19th and 20th centuries.

In the district Habach a farmhouse has been converted into a museum. Here is documented how the country 's population lived in the 19th century.

Clubs

In Eppelborn itself there are several sports clubs, with some clubs in senior leagues are active. The KSV 1910 Siegfried Eppelborn is active in the sport of wrestling and has teamed up to RKG Illtal with the SCE Humes and KSV Wiesbach 2013. The FV Eppelborn was 2007 Cup Winners Cup Futsal in the DFB. In 2010, the elderly gentlemen could ( Ü32 ) of the FV Eppelborn in the unofficial German Championship for AH- Teams ( Ü32 ) only be stopped in the finals by Bayern Munich and German were runners-up.

The dodgeball youth team in 2010 after 2006 and 2008 for the 3rd time in a row, German champion.

Humes

In February 2011, the Friends of First Responders Humes - Hierscheid eV was founded in Hume. This association organized with paramedics from DRC and fire a first-aid system, the paramedics move out at the same time following an emergency call to the emergency services have also been alerted. In life-threatening emergencies, they provide medical care and bridge the time until the ambulance arrives. Together with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Culture and Europe and the purpose association for emergency medical services and fire alarm Saar ( TNS ), the corresponding concept was developed and implemented. The unique in the Saarland model project goes into operation on 1 March 2012. The Foundation received in the competition " startsocial - Help for Helpers " 2011 is one of 100 counseling scholarships and was awarded following as one of the 25 best projects by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The competition was attended by a total of 440 volunteer initiatives.

Dirmingen

In the district Dirmingen the sports club Dirmingen is mainly active in the division soccer. In addition to the active men ( District League Neunkirchen ), the women's team is the sporting showpiece ( masters and rising stars of the South West Regional League 06/ 07, then 2nd Bundesliga South until 2009, then back down to the Regionalliga West ) of the association.

In the field of handball, which belongs to the division of the Tv 04 Dirmingen, especially the men's team of RF Illtal is to say, that plays in the Rhein-Pfalz -Saar- League.

The Catholic Church of St. Wendalinus was built in 1954.

Habach

For club life is a sports club, a tennis club and a carnival club. At sports venues are to be found two places in Habach a natural grass field and a tennis court. The assets of the SV Habach could after championship and promotion to the County League ( Season 2007/ 2008) in the following season ( 2008/ 2009) once again celebrate the championship and the direct ascent associated in the national league. In addition, the SV Habach every year organizes a fun run over a distance of 5 km.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Amand von Buseck, civil: Friedrich Franz Ludwig (1685-1756), formerly Prince Abbot and then first Prince-Bishop of Fulda, builder, among others, the summer palace Fasanerie-Adophseck/Nähe Fulda, now owned by Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse
• Bartholomew Kossmann (1883-1952), politician ( center, CVP), MdR, MP, Minister of State ( 1924-1935 )
• Hans -Joachim Müller ( * 1947 ), University Professor iR
• Gaby Shepherd ( b. 1957 ), politician (CDU ), MP, Secretary of State
• Hans Georg Wagner ( * 1938 ), politician ( SPD), Member of Parliament, MP,

Other

• Peter Müller ( * 1955), politician ( CDU), Minister-President of Saarland 1999-2011; residing in Eppelborn