Langsur
Langsur is a municipality in the Trier -Saar castle in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Trier -Land.
- 6.1 Today
- 6.2 Former railway connection
- 7.1 educational institutions
- 7.2 Leisure and sports facilities
Geography
The municipality is situated on the Sauer, the border river to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a few hundred yards from their confluence with the Moselle at low water.
Langsur divided into four local districts:
- Grewenich with living space Grewenichermühle (115 inhabitants)
- Langsur Louvain with the district Wasserbilligerbrück and living space mill ( 882 inhabitants)
- Mesenich ( 369 inhabitants)
- Metz village with the living quarters Kemper Born and Sonnenhof (265 inhabitants)
History
The first mention Langsurs found in the year 978, gave as Archbishop Egbert of Trier, the district Langsur the Church of St. Maternus in Trier.
In the following centuries Langsur belonged successively to Lotharingia, Luxembourg, Burgundy and Prussia. The border situation to Luxembourg existed since the Congress of Vienna in 1815, in consequence of the Sauer river as a border river.
On March 16, 1974, the formerly independent communities Grewenich, Mesenich and Metz village were incorporated.
Population
The development of the population based on the present-day municipality; the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Data source: Statistical Office of Rhineland -Palatinate
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Langsur consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Allocation of seats in the elected local council:
Economy
The economy of the town is, the craft industry, tourism and small scale retail determined by Viticulture ( Elfling ), agriculture. Other sources of income can also be found in nearby Trier and across the border in Luxembourg with its banks and European institutions.
Traffic
Today
The highway from Trier to Luxembourg (A 64 ) is located nearby. The distance to the Luxembourg -Findel airport is about 25 km. The railway network Langsur is served by the nearby places Wasserbillig ( Luxembourg ) and hedgehogs on the Mosel - Syretal route Luxembourg -Trier. The Trier city center is about 15 km away and can be reached several times daily by buses.
Former railway connection
The Langsurer districts Metz village and Mesenich were stations of the branch line Erdorf - Irrel - Hedgehog ( Nims Sauer Valley Railway ). The railway line was shut down and dismantled on its southern section already in 1968. In Mesenich the (now unused ) is 827 m long tunnel Mesenicher. The station building of the road Mesenich fell victim to the reception building in Metz village has long been integrated into a campsite. The former railway line has been developed since 2008 on the portion between Metz village and winter village as a bike path and integrated into the Sauer Valley Bike Trail.
Public institutions
Educational institutions
Daycare and nursery, primary school, community college
Leisure and sports facilities
Sports hall, football pitch, tennis court
Events
In November every year takes place the Deulux run. He was held for the first time in 1992. To the running event include several youth runs and a 10km run. In 2006 he was registered in 1455 with the goal of most participants runners run about 10 km away in Rhineland- Palatinate.