Kirkel
The community Kirkel lies to the east of the Saarland.
- 3.1 Mayor
- 3.2 municipal
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 3.4 community partnerships
- 4.1 traffic
- 4.2 Established businesses
- 4.3 Education 4.3.1 Primary Schools
- 4.3.2 Secondary Schools
- 4.4.1 bathing facilities
- 4.4.2 Sport and football pitches
- 4.4.3 tennis courts
- 4.4.4 equestrian facilities
- 4.4.5 Camping
- 4.4.6 Miscellaneous
- 5.1 Museums
- 5.2 Structures
- 5.3 Nature
- 5.4 Regular events
Geography
Community structure
The municipality consists of the three places Kirkel- Neuhäusel, Limbach and Old Town. To Kirkel- Neuhäusel part of the district Abstäberhof to the village of Limbach Bavarian cabbage yard and the Old Customs Station Limbach- old town.
In the course of the Saarland government reform in 1974, the above mentioned districts were combined to form a community.
Geographical location
Kirkel- Neuhäusel located in or on the Sankt Ingbert- Kirkeler forest area, the districts Limbach and center, are at the assemblies. The nearest large towns are the county seat Homburg about two kilometers to the east, St. Ingbert about eight kilometers west, Neunkirchen about nine kilometers north and Zweibrücken about eleven kilometers south.
Population
(As of December 31, 2007)
History
The community Kirkel is created on the occasion of municipal reform on 1 January 1974 from the previously independent municipalities Kirkel- Neuhäusel, Limbach at Homburg and Old Town. A branch of Kirkel- Neuhäusel with then more than 400 inhabitants ( Eschweilerhof ) was reclassified to Neunkirchen / Saar.
The urbanization Bavarian cabbage yard that belonged to the town of Limbach at Homburg, was also awarded the city of Neunkirchen / Saar on 1 January 1975. Against this assignment as well as against the cession of Eschweiler Court's new community Kirkel as well as the former municipalities Kirkel- Neuhäusel or Limbach had lodged a constitutional complaint with the Constitutional Court of the Saarland. This was rejected by the judgment of 17 November 1975. After the government of Saarland announced in 1979 to try to verify the controversial restructuring measures once again, it came in February 1980 to great efforts of the community Kirkel to regain the ceded territories. The town of Neunkirchen was not willing to negotiate. On 10 May 1983, the Government of the Saar issued an ordinance in the reclassification of the inhabited parts of the Bavarian cabbage farm in the municipality of Kirkel. The town of Neunkirchen, however, went to court and got on January 30, 1984 Legal; because the Constitutional Court upheld the action. Thus, the disputed territory remained in Neunkirchen. Finally, the Landtag of Saarland on January 30, 1984 passed a law with which the inhabited parts of the settlement Bavarian Kohlhof finally the community Kirkel were awarded with effect from 1 April 1985. The area came to the hamlet of Limbach.
The districts have a much longer history, the castle Kirkel was first mentioned in documents in 1075. Already existed in today's Holler Holler holes, the castle, which probably originated in the 9th century.
The village Kirkel- Neuhäusel emerged in the late Middle Ages, at the foot of the castle hill. The place Limbach was first mentioned in 1219. The Old Town is the original Limbach. In the 13th century shifted the center, so that the old place ( old site ) remained.
Policy
Mayor
In the runoff election on 23 November 2008, Frank John ( SPD) to 52.9 % compared Armin Hochlenert (CDU ) with 47.1 % through. John has taken office on 1 July 2009.
Parish council
After the local elections, most recently on 7 June 2009, the following distribution of seats was:
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was granted on 22 March 1981.
Blazon: ". Azure, on a raised ' lower right plate edge rising silver flourishes, a three beam as detected silver linden leaves Excessively high, bar- be -laid golden sword "
Community partnerships
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
The municipal area intersect the motorways A 6 and A 8 and form the interchange Neunkirchen. The Kirkel station is also on the railway Saarbrücken - Mannheim and maintenance of regional rail and regional express trains. The origin of the railway line dates back to 1879.
Established businesses
The DePuy GmbH with its more than 100 years of experience of the oldest and leading suppliers of orthopedic products in the fields of artificial joint replacement, spinal, accident and neurosurgery. The Company has a location in Limbach.
The Herweck AG is one of the largest ICT distributors in Germany. In Kirkel are both the logistics centers, as well as sales and management with over 100 employees.
The CAIGOS GmbH (a subsidiary of IDS Group ), developer of geographic information system CAIGOS, has its seat in Kirkel
Praktiker AG, operator of DIY and home improvement markets until the end of 2011 had its headquarters in Kirkel. This was moved to the restructuring of the company in Hamburg at the headquarters of the Praktiker, Max Bahr daughter.
The Casar Drahtseilwerk Saar GmbH has its headquarters in Limbach. Casar develops, manufactures and sells specialty wire ropes for cranes and other applications in the field of lifting equipment.
The education center Kirkel the working chamber of the Saarland Saarland trained annually about 20,000 workers.
Education
Primary schools
- Primary school Kirkel- Neuhäusel
- Primary school Limbach -Altstadt
Secondary Schools
- Advanced Realschule Kirkel -Limbach
Leisure and sports facilities
Bathing facilities
- Natural swimming pool in the district Kirkel- Neuhäusel
- Solar swimming pool in the village of Limbach
Sport and football pitches
- District of Old Town: a lawn and a hard place
- District Kirkel- Neuhäusel: three lawn and a hard place
- District Limbach: two grass and artificial turf
Tennis courts
- District Kirkel- Neuhäusel: a plant with six seats
- District Limbach: a plant with five seats
Equestrian facilities
- Old Town district: two plants ( and farm)
Campgrounds
- Camping in the area of leisure facility " mill pond " in the district Kirkel- Neuhäusel
Others
- In the area of the rock path, there are some suitable for climbing rocks.
Culture and sights
Museums
A home and a castle museum is in Kirkel- Neuhäusel.
Structures
- The Kirkel castle was built in 1075. The ruin is at 307 m above sea level. NN high Schlossberg, which can be seen from far away. The surviving tower of the castle landmark of Kirkel- Neuhäusel
- The Protestant parish church in the village of Limbach has a late Romanesque in the lower part of the tower.
- The clock tower in the district of Old Town was built in 1859 in what was then the center of the village. He is now the symbol of the smallest local part of the community Kirkel. The bell tower has a Zinnenbekrönung and a stony helmet.
Nature
- Designated as a nature reserve are the Kühn break and hell digging in old town. Both wetlands are particularly habitat for rare birds such as snipe, marsh harrier, Whinchat and Water Rail. The white stork, which was a regular breeding bird in this section of the valley Blew up in the 1960s is to observe as food guest all year round.
- The area of the former toll station, located old city district and subdistrict Homburg is known as " priority area for conservation ' reported. Extremely dry - hot, it is especially important for reptiles of great importance. Thus we find here a large population of the wall lizard. But numerous bird species and a variety of rare plants occur on the flat surface. A large part of the " customs station " was destroyed in 2005/ 06 by the settlement of a reprocessing plant for railway ballast.
- The Kirkeler Rock Trail is part of a 7 km long circular route in Kirkeler forest ( forest behind the castle hill ). The legendary rock misfortune and Holler pulpit are striking examples of the fascinating rock formations that can be found in Kirkeler forest. There is also the woman fountain at the rock path. Right at the Fountain recognize a passage. After the vernacular this should be the end of an underground escape tunnel from Wörschweiler monastery. Geographically, this is not possible. On the rocks behind the fountain you can see a woman's head to entwine themselves the mysterious stories.
- The geological nature trail can be reached on the same circular route, as the Kirkeler rocky path and the woman well.
- The silver sand source is an artesian spring in the forest between Kirkel- Neuhäusel and Furpach. A characteristic feature is the silver sand, from which the water is forced out.
- The Wolfgang Fountain is a fountain in the idyllic valley between Kirkel- Neuhäusel and Lautzkirchen. It is fed by fresh water from the depths of Kirkeler forest.
Kirkel is located on the Bliesgau loop of Saarland circular trail.
Regular events
- Volksfest Kirkeler Wurstmarkt: first weekend of August
- Kirkeler castle summer
- Pfingstquak: Whit Monday in Limbach, Old Town and Bavarian Kohlhof