Nohfelden

Nohfelden is a municipality in the district of St. Wendel in the Saarland. It was in the context of the Saarland territorial and administrative reform on 1 January. 1974 newly formed from the merger of 13 previously independent municipalities.

  • 3.1 Mayor
  • 3.2 municipal
  • 3.3 community partnerships
  • 4.1 Museums
  • 4.2 Structures
  • 4.3 parks
  • 4.4 leisure destination
  • 4.5 traffic
  • 5.1 freeman
  • 5.2 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 5.3 Miscellaneous

Geography

Community structure

Climate

The annual rainfall is 1205 mm and is in the upper tenth of the covered by the monitoring stations of the German Weather Service values ​​. About 93 % indicate lower values. The driest month is April; most rains in December. The wettest month falls about 1.8 times more rainfall than the driest month. The seasonal fluctuations in precipitation are in the upper third. In over 89 % of all places in the monthly rainfall varies less.

History

Nohfelden was from 16 April 1817 in the Principality of Birkenfeld, a sub-province of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg.

Policy

Mayor

Parish council

  • CDU: 45.9 % - 16 seats
  • SPD: 36.5 % - 13 seats
  • UBNN: 9.6% - 3 seats
  • Left: 5.4% - 1 seat

Community partnerships

Nohfelden since 1996 partner community with Jeleśnia / Pl. In April 2006, 10 years partnership Nohfelden- Jelesnia could be celebrated in Nohfelden with a large delegation from Jelesnia.

Culture and sights

  • Bosener mill: Art and Culture Centre Bostalsee, between the hamlets of Bosen and Eckelshausen located directly on the lake. The art center Bosener mill plays host to a wide range of courses in almost all fields of artistic Visual Design for all ages at ( drawing / painting, ceramics, plastic design, stone sculpture, printmaking, mixed media, calligraphy ). Will be headed by distinguished professional faculty. The annual cultural program continues to offer numerous events from other sectors for ( literary readings, concerts, cabaret, etc.).
  • In Gonnesweiler and Sötern are two of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the Saarland ( created in 1800 ). In the Nazi cemeteries were heavily damaged and numerous grave stones removed.

Museums

  • Museum of Fashion and Dress: As the only museum in the Saarland, the Museum of Fashion and Costume busy with clothing and clothing habits of our ancestors. Currently, clothing and costume will be issued with the associated lingerie and accessories from 1845 to 1920. On an exhibition space of 123 sqm approx 200 exhibits are on display. The Saarland folk dance and costume Association Opened in September 2005, the museum in Nohfelden. It is located in the old administration building at the castle.

Structures

  • Nohfelden castle (castle Veldenz )
  • Protestant parish church Wolfersweiler: A historic church from 1788 whose tower foundations of the 12th century come. The tower itself is of 1586th It is a simple village church with old wooden seats and a silent organ from 1834. Guided tours are available for church and organ and there are regular concerts. From May to October, the church is open during the day. In the winter months it is possible to visit it by appointment.
  • Nepomukkapelle in Gonnesweiler
  • Jagdgut Bock Born to Gonnesweiler (more precisely, in the forest or on the silver mountain ), built in 1894 by engineer Fritz saarbrücker from Rexroth. It served as living, leisure, and work accommodation, but above all for the hunting guests. Today it is a private residence.

See also: List of monuments in Nohfelden

Parks

Nohfelden part of the Natural Park Saar -Hunsrück. Near the springs in the district Selbach.

Leisure destination

The Bostalsee at Nohfelden is a tourist attraction of national importance, to which in the summer of 2013 opened a Center Park.

Traffic

The municipality is crossed by the highway A 62 and has been with the junction Nohfelden- Türkismühle own connection to the higher local road transport network. With the B 41 is also a very busy trunk road passes through the municipality directly. The international airports Saarbrücken, Zweibrücken and Frankfurt-Hahn can be reached by car in less than an hour.

The Türkismühle station provides for the community to connect to the Nahe Valley Railway ( KBS 680/672 ) dar. on the track Saarbrücken-Frankfurt/Main In less than two hours, then the Frankfurt / Main airport by train reach, the journey time to Saarbrücken is only about 45 minutes.

Personalities

Freeman

  • Nicole Seibert, pop singer, who won " A little peace " as the first German Grand Prix Euro Vision Song Contest 1982.
  • Hermann Scheid, mayor of Nohfelden 1974-1988

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Christian Ludwig Hautt, (* March 15, 1726, † November 10, 1806 in Zweibrücken ), an important Baroque architect and Pfalz- Zweibrücken Planning Director
  • Dominik Schröder (1910-1970), Mongolist, Divine Word Missionary
  • Clemens Ganz ( born January 18, 1935), professor and organist at the Cologne Cathedral

Others

  • Meinrad Maria Grewenig ( born June 9, 1954 in Saarbrücken), Director General of the World Cultural Heritage Site, Meinrad Maria Grewenig lives since the 70's with his parents and brothers in Nohfelden- Selbach and designed the Nohfelder municipal coat of arms.
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