Nonnweiler

Nonnweiler is the northernmost municipality in Saarland and is located about 30 km southeast of Trier. Its members include the towns of beer box, Braunshausen ( with Mariahütte ), Kastel, Nonnweiler, Otzenhausen, Primstal, Schwarzenbach and Sitzerath to. Nonnweiler is a climatic health resort.

  • 4.1 District Elections 2007
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 7.1 "Structure Plan 2020 "
  • 8.1 Museums
  • 8.2 Structures
  • 9.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 9.2 freeman

Geography

The municipality is crossed by the prim, which is dammed in the district Nonnweiler to Primstalsperre.

History

The first written reference to Nonnweiler located on the in the possession of the parish community " Hubertus Horn " and dated on 1182nd The manifesting itself in the form of the 1516 first mentioned Hubertus Hubertus Brotherhood cult was associated with the development of Nonnweiler place of pilgrimage. Pilgrims were the Hubertus with the key from the " hydrophobia " healed. The Hubertus Brotherhood was certified in 1759 by a bull of Pope drain. 1828, the application of Hubertus key and the pilgrimage was banned after Nonnweiler from the Episcopal Vicar General. From the Office Nonnweiler was issued in 1974, the community Nonnweiler with the places Bierfeld, Braunshausen, Kastel, Otzenhausen, Primstal, Schwarzenbach and Sitzerath.

Policy

Mayor

The first four mayors were elected by the municipal council, the following then by persons elected by the citizens.

Parish council

The municipal elections on 7 June 2009 was as follows:

  • CDU: 36.0 % ( -10.2 % ) - 10 seats (-3)
  • SPD: 46.8 % ( 2.8 %) - 13 seats ( 1)
  • FWG: 6.8% (-1.9 %) - 2 seats (± 0)
  • FDP: 3.8% ( 2.7 %) - 1 seat ( 1)
  • Left: 4.8% ( 4.8 %) - 1 seat ( 1)
  • Green: 1.8% ( 1.8 % ) - 0 seats

The CDU lost its -won at the 2004 election position as the strongest party in the local council back to the SPD. In the villages of Bernkastel ( -13.3 % ), beer box ( -10.6 %), Braunshausen (-10 %), Primstal (-14 %) and Sitzerath ( -20.5 %) had the CDU suffered the greatest losses, based on the local council. The SPD lost in some places slightly votes, but was in contrast to the CDU, which lost votes in all places, also posted gains, as in Primstal ( 8.9 %), Kastel ( 6.8 %), Braunshausen ( 4.1 %) and Nonnweiler ( 1.7 %).

The Free Voters were able to keep two seats, despite a slight vocal losses. They received the most votes in Nonnweiler with 30.8 %, as well as in beer box with 14.4%.

The other smaller parties benefited from the elimination of the five-percent hurdle in municipal elections. The FDP in Sitzerath with 22.6 % of the vote, the best result in a district, also in beer box she cut to 4.7% from good. The Left won the most votes in beer box with 7.5% in Braunshausen with 7% and 6.6% in Nonnweiler. FDP and Left thus each got a seat on the council. With the establishment of AfN (Action Community for Nonnweiler ), an association with " The Left " and FDP, a well -off group was founded.

The Greens were able to record their best result in Nonnweiler with 4.3 %, also in Sitzerath they reached 3.2% of the vote. But since they received only a few votes in the other districts, they could not achieve a seat in the municipal council.

Election results

District election 2007

On 1 July 2007 was elected the new District Administrator for the district of St. Wendel Udo Recktenwald ( CDU). In the community Nonnweiler native of Bernkastel Magnus Jung scored the most votes in his hometown impressive 79.2 %. He received the majority of votes in all places except Sitzerath.

Was strikingly low turnout in the district Nonnweiler with only 39.6 %, here were only 362 of 914 eligible voters to vote. The highest turnout there was in Kastel, at 72.2 %.

Economy and infrastructure

One of the largest manufacturers of frozen pizzas in Europe, the Wagner GmbH, has its headquarters in Nonnweiler and employs about 1,100 people there. In addition, the spa business is a major industry in the town.

Traffic

The community is on the motorways 1 ( Holy harbor - Saarbrücken) connected 52 (44 E) to the national road network and 62 ( Nonnweiler Pirmasens ), as well as the main road. The BAB 1 operates within the community four connection points: Nonnweiler beer box (135 ), Nonnweiler - Otzenhausen (136) Nonnweiler - Braunshausen (137) and Nonnweiler - Primstal (138). The Nonnweiler connects the BAB BAB 1 and 62, the " Oak Street " runs through several districts of the municipality.

Leisure

In the district Braunshausen is the leisure and winter sports center Petersberg. In summer, the longest 1.8 kilometers southwest German summer toboggan run, as well as other recreational facilities can be as an adjacent slide paradise or a bungee trampoline used.

In the winter, is used on the Petersberg especially the 370 meters long and 60 meters wide slopes for winter sports. The slope has a height difference of 63 meters. In the vicinity, there is a 330 meter long toboggan run.

Religion

In the district Mariahütte is a Protestant church, built in 1956 according to plans by Baurat bird. In any other district, there is a Roman Catholic church, with only the in Primstal Nonnweiler and parish churches. In Schwarzenbach the Church both by Catholics and Protestants used. Here the old memberships are still visible today, as the residents of the lower village to the Protestant rule Eberswald belonged, while the upper village was predominantly inhabited by subjects of the Archbishopric of Trier and the population therefore remained Catholic.

"Structure Plan 2020 "

On 28 June 2007, Bishop Reinhard Marx the "Structure Plan 2020 " came into force. Thus the parish in the diocese of Trier landscape is rearranged. This structure plan provides Primstal before official residence of the pastor and the parish office from 2011.

This decision was welcomed by the parish councils of Nonnweiler beer box, Otzenhausen and Sitzerath and in the population of these places to violent protest.

Culture and sights

Nonnweiler Saarland is situated on the loop trail.

Museums

  • From Nonnweiler runs a museum railway after Hermes wedge in Rhineland- Palatinate.
  • At the Primstalsperre in the district Nonnweiler there is a planet trail.

Structures

  • Ring Wall of Otzenhausen in the same district, a Celtic fortification.
  • Hochwald Dom St.Hubertus Nonnweiler / high altar
  • Stausee-/Damm ( Primstalsperre ) Nonnweiler, 20 million m³ of water resources with circular trail 12 km
  • Historical Nagelschmiede in Sitzerath

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Gerd Fuchs ( born 14 September 1932), German writer
  • Sabine Hark ( born August 7, 1962), German sociologist
  • Martin Weiler (1923-1993), local historian, local politicians and agencies of the Federal Cross of Merit

Freeman

  • Reinhold Weiler (1907-1995), Braunshausen, master carpenter, entrepreneur and founder of R. Weiler kitchen furniture factory GmbH (1977 )
  • Alois Kasper () Primstal, entrepreneur and founder of Alois Kasper Elevator Factory ( 1983)
  • Karl Diehl, Nuremberg, entrepreneur and founder of the company Diehl, Diehl Defence today (1985 )
  • Ernst Wagner (1929-1999), Braunshausen, entrepreneur and founder of Wagner GmbH, winner of the Order of Merit (1994 )
  • Egon Meier () Otzenhausen, former mayor of the municipality (1995 )
  • Mrs Annette ( née Wagner) and Gottfried Hares, Braunshausen, entrepreneur and CEO of Wagner GmbH (2014)
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