Sörgenloch
Sörgenloch is a municipality in Rheinhessen south of the city of Mainz. It is the smallest of the communities within the municipality Nieder-Olm. Sörgenloch is surrounded by vineyards on the Selz and is a place of pilgrimage of the diocese of Mainz.
- 2.1 Origin of the name
- 2.2 Early time
- 3.1 pilgrimage
- 4.1 municipal
- 4.2 Mayor
- 4.3 Partner community
- 5.1 monuments
- 5.2 Folk Music
- 6.1 traffic
Geography
Geographical location
Sörgenloch located on the banks of Selz in the wine growing region of Rheinhessen, about 14 km south of the city of Mainz. The landscape is strongly influenced by the wine and fruit-growing. Extensive restoration measures on the Selz and the anger Heimer mountain have but strongly enhanced the natural environment.
Neighboring communities
The following municipalities border on Sörgenloch, they are listed clockwise starting in the north:
History
The first documentary mention of the place Sörgenloch dates back to 1190th very little is known about the early history of the place, in the 13th century, the monastery of Saint Alban in Mainz probably had the lordship over Sörgenloch.
Origin of the name
The name Sörgenloch has evolved " from the term " Saligenloh ", which goes back to Roman times and composed of Latin Salis ( = pasture ) and Old German Loh ( = forest ). Thus the name means Willow Wood.
The following variations of the name were common in the past:
- Sulegloch ( 1190 )
- Surge holes (1200)
- Sulgeloch and Sorgenloch ( 1293 )
- Selge hole ( 1432 )
Breakfast time
1880 an iron hoe and two vessels were found, dating from the Iron Age, and suggest that the Celts had settled in what is now Sörgenloch. Likewise, the remains of a Vangionensiedlung were found.
In the 19th century a number of coin and grave finds from the Roman period have been made at Roden of the vineyards. These finds are kept in the Museum of Worms. Also, the field name " Hundred Acre " refers to a Roman settlement, as 100 acres the amount of land was, which was a Roman soldier after his term of service.
Sörgenloch belonged to the Frankish Urmark " Olm ". As settlements around the courtyards, where were the churches, formed the villages of Ober - Olm, Nieder-Olm, small winter home and Sörgenloch emerged in the Mark Olm. The borders and fixing the places were earthworks, which were reinforced by a hedge. Field names such as " upper tail " and " The Bock " ( Bock = bend a hedge ) refer to this time. Right above Sörgenloch of a cemetery from this period ( 6th and 7th centuries ) was found.
Religions
Sörgenloch is a place of pilgrimage. The population is predominantly Roman Catholic.
Pilgrimage
Sörgenloch celebrates on September 8 ( Nativity of Mary ) is a Marian pilgrimage. During the Palatinate War of Succession in the 17th century, the Sörgenlocher had to leave the village and hide in the area. To save the statue of the church, they buried them outside the village. When the war was over, no one could remember the exact place where the statue was buried. The Sörgenlocher prayed to God to reveal to them the place. There was an appearance on a meadow near the Selz and that's where they found buried the statue. Since then celebrated the Nativity of Mary, a pilgrimage in Sörgenloch. On Sunday after 8 September, the St. Mary is commemorated with a church and a procession through Sörgenloch and the statue of Mary carried through the streets.
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Sörgenloch consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the local council:
Mayor
Mayor is Frieder March ( FWG )
Partner community
Culture and sights
Monuments
- The Catholic parish church dominates the townscape since the 13th century. Its present appearance she received through rebuilding after a fire in the 17th century, the baroque interior construction dates from the 18th century. The parish church houses the miraculous image Sörgenlocher, a late Gothic Madonna.
- On the eastern edge of the historical center, the Sörgenlocher castle. The Renaissance castle was built by the Sörgenlocher local lords of the 18th century, the family of Köth - Wanscheid, built in the second half of the 18th century. Today it is used under the name " castle Sörgenloch " as a catering operation.
- The Old Jewish Cemetery lies in the northeast of the community. He was formerly used by the surrounding communities, but today only four grave stones have been preserved.
See also: List of cultural monuments in Sörgenloch
Folk Music
Sörgenloch is a center of the Rhine-Hessian folk scene. Several well-known groups rehearse, or recruit musicians from the city:
- Wild Rovers
- Goo Birds Flight
- Ilwetritsch
- At Thor
So also the St. Patrick 's Day at one of the following weekends in the club house will be celebrated at the castle.
Economy and infrastructure
The community Sörgenloch was predominantly agricultural until the last few decades. Today it is a modern residential community on the outskirts of the metropolitan area Rhein- Main.
In agriculture dominates the fruit and wine growing. The Sörgenlocher vineyard Moosberg has about 39 hectares of land.
Traffic
- Sörgenloch is located on the country road 432, the A 63 is accessible through this in a few minutes by car.
- The nearest railway Deutsche Bahn is located in the adjacent low -Olm.