Konz

Konz (from the Latin Contionacum ) is a town in the district of Trier -Saar castle in Rhineland- Palatinate. It is the administrative center of the municipality Konz, who also belongs. Konz is a nationally recognized tourist and reported as a secondary center in accordance with state planning.

  • 3.1 City Council
  • 3.2 Twin towns
  • 5.1 Established businesses
  • 5.2 Public bodies 5.2.1 schools
  • 5.2.2 Fire Department

Geography

Konz is located at the confluence of the Saar and Mosel, about eight kilometers from Trier.

Boroughs

The population of the inhabitants inventory statistics were taken.

Climate

The annual rainfall is 764 mm. The deposits are located in the middle third of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 55% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is April, the most rainfall comes in November. In November, falling 1.4 times more precipitation than in April. Precipitation varies only slightly and are distributed extremely evenly throughout the year. At only 1% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

History

Contionacum was the name of a Roman imperial villa ( the Imperial Villa of Konz ), the remains excavated and which is also mentioned in ancient sources. Special historical importance was the on August 11, 1675 at ausgefochtene Konz " Battle of the Bridge concerts " in the imperial troops under the command of General Grana an army of Louis XIV beat crushing under Marshal François de Bonne de Créqui. In memory of this battle was erected in 1892 at the height Grana, a low rocky terrace on the edge of the battlefield near the concerts bridge the Grana monument.

End of the 19th century, Konz developed by the convenient location at a railway junction. Here the lines of Saarbrücken, Metz, Luxembourg and from the Sauer Valley meet with the connection to Trier railway bridges span since Mosel and Saar.

On November 24, 1937, the community name Karthaus - Konz Konz has changed.

On July 20, 1946 Konz was attached together with a further 80 municipalities in the counties of Trier and the Saar castle on February 16, 1946, separated from the rest of the French occupation zone Saarland. On June 8, 1947, this French territorial expansion was taken back down to 21 municipalities again so Konz came to the 1946 newly formed state of Rhineland -Palatinate.

In 1959, Konz was raised to town. 2009, the 50-year anniversary of the city was celebrated.

On June 7, 1969, until then independent municipality Come Lingen was incorporated. On November 7, 1970, the incorporation of felts, Koenen, Mennig and Oberemmel was. The community felt had previously been re- formed on 7 June 1969 the municipalities felts and Hamm in felting, the community Mennig came on the same day from the communities and Krettnach Niedermennig.

The development of the inhabitants of Konz based on the current urban area; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

City ​​council

The City Council consists of 32 councilors Konz, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman city.

The distribution of seats in the City Council:

Twin Cities

  • Brienon (France), since 1966
  • Charny (Yonne ) (France ), since 1970
  • Koksijde (Belgium ), since 1973
  • Puck ( Poland), since 2003

Culture and sights

  • Open-air museum Roscheider yard
  • Kloster Karthaus
  • Evangelical Church Konz- Karthaus
  • Saar mouth
  • Sculpture " stones on the river"
  • Olmuhle in the district Niedermennig
  • Concerts doctor wells
  • Ruins of the Imperial Villa

See also: List of cultural monuments in Konz

Economy and infrastructure

The districts lying in the so-called " Konz valley " are significantly influenced by the Viticulture and cause Konz is 256 hectares under vine Piesport, cell and Leiwen fourth-largest wine-growing town on the Mosel. It is traditionally grown mainly Riesling, especially on steep slopes.

Industrial and urban development, the city developed in its origin by the railroad, although since the 1950s by the train at the railway stations in Konz most jobs were lost. The railways were dominant for Konz, which included assignments railway bridges over the River Moselle ( Mosel Bridge concerts ) and the Saar. The popularly referred to as the "Hindenburg Bridge " second railway bridge ( opened in 1912 ) led over the Moselle, was destroyed in the Second World War. Trier, Perl - - ​​Trier and Saarbrücken - In Konz, the railway lines meet Luxembourg Trier, so too is the number of four urban stations to explain.

In 1897 was founded by Hubert Zettelmeyer the road construction and engineering company Zettelmeyer. This operation was next to the railway a further guarantee for the industrial development of the city. In 1981 the traditional business was relocated from the city center in the industrial area Konz- Koenen.

The job losses in the railway were at least medium somewhat compensated by the settlement of two other companies in the plastics and textile processing industry ( Pegulan works and KUAG ) in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Established businesses

Public institutions

Train

  • Elementary School St. Johann Konz- Karthaus
  • Elementary School St. Nicholas
  • Primary school Konz- Koenen
  • Primary school Konz- Oberemmel
  • Realschule plus Konz
  • School Konz

Fire department

The volunteer fire department in the city of Konz is responsible for the city and the fire brigade for the community association. The fire department was founded in 1925. In the same year the fire department Merzlich was established in present-day district Karthaus. The fire departments merged 1929. 1991 the Youth Fire Brigade was founded. The fire department has 11 vehicles, including a change loader vehicle to MAN TGA 26.390 chassis, which was procured in 2007 due to a serious Zugunglückes through the country of Luxembourg and the district Trier -Saar castle. When loading a roll-off container AB setup are heavy and an AB logistics.

Personalities

  • Valentinian I ( 321-375 ), Roman emperor of the Western Empire
  • George Canaris (1740-1819), priest and archbishop electoral Schulvisitator of the Diocese of Trier.
  • Nicholas Valdenaire (1772-1849), French soldier, producer, member of the Rhenish Provincial Parliament, the landowner Roscheider court and revolutionary 1848/49
  • Viktor Valdenaire (1812-1881), producer, member of the Prussian National Assembly, owner of Roscheider court and revolutionary 1848/49
  • Hansjörg Kohlbecher (1895-1981), German entrepreneur and politician
  • Rolf Robischon (1907-1989), architect, architectural historian and founder of the museum Roscheider court in Konz
  • Otto van Volxem (1913-1994), winery owners and politicians
  • Max Gunther Piedmont (1916-1989), politician
  • Michael Kutscheid (1923-2009) former mayor, state representative, honorary citizen
  • Karl- Hans Riehm ( born 1951 ), hammer thrower
  • Alfons Berg ( born 1955 ), football referee
  • Karl -Heinz Peace ( b. 1957 ), Mayor
  • Reimund Dietzen ( born 1959 ), cyclist
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