Weiskirchen

Weis Churches is a municipality in the district Merzig- Wadern (Saarland) with around 6400 inhabitants in 5 districts.

Almost half of the municipal area ( 47.2 %) is forested, 37.6 % of the area is agricultural land, 7.5 % is cultivated, and 3.5% are traffic area.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 partnerships
  • 5.1 Structures
  • 5.2 Regular events
  • Born in 6.1 Weiskirchen
  • 6.2 connected with Weiskirchen

Geography

Location

Weis churches located in the west of the Black Forest High Forest.

Districts

  • Konfeld
  • Rappweiler - Zwalbach is the westernmost district of the municipality Weis churches. Him inhabit 1600-1700 inhabitants.
  • Thailen
  • Weierweiler
  • Weis churches

Climate

The annual rainfall is 1158 mm. The rainfall is in the upper third of the measuring points of the German Weather Service. More than 92% show 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 87% of all places in the monthly rainfall varies less.

History

First traces of settlement date back to the early Stone Age. In the 19th century three burial mounds from the early La Tene period were discovered with valuable grave goods. Weis churches mentioned in documents in 1030 for the first time. In 1974, the five previously independent municipalities were merged to form the new community -oriented churches. see also Finke, Burg Weierweiler (hunger Castle ), Castle Rappweiler

Incorporations

On January 1, 1974, the formerly independent communities Konfeld, Rappweiler, Thailen and Weierweiler were incorporated.

Policy

Parish council

Since the local elections of 7 June 2009, the council is composed as follows:

  • CDU - 13 seats ( 44.9%)
  • SPD - 6 seats (23.5%)
  • FWG - 4 seats (13.7%)
  • GAL - 3 seats (11.1%)
  • FDP - 1 seat ( 6.7%)

Mayor

Partnerships

  • Bourbonne -les- Bains (France), since 1997

Economy and infrastructure

Weis Churches is a station of the Saarland circular hiking trail and the Saar- Hunsrück- Steig. In addition, located 4 kilometers north of Weis churches on the border to Rhineland- Palatinate is the second highest peak of the Saarland, the mold head.

Culture and sights

  • Kurpark Weiskirchen

View of Park Hotel

Pavilion

Church tower and city hall

  • In Rappweiler is the "Wild and Nature Park Weis Church Rappweiler " whose stock consists mainly of deer. The park is also the information center of the Saar -Hunsrück is a permanent exhibition.

Structures

See: List of monuments in Weiskirchen

Regular events

  • James - fair (last weekend in July )
  • Kurpark Festival (first weekend in August )
  • Big flea market around the park pond ( under the spa park festival)

Personalities

Born in Weiskirchen

  • Ferdi Behle's (* 1929), Saarland politician ( CDU)

Connected to Weiskirchen

  • Heinrich Wilhelm Breidenfeld (1794-1875), organ builder, built in 1844, the organ in churches Weis
  • Helma Kuhn- Theis ( born 1953 ) worked as a politician (CDU ) in Weiskirchen
  • Klaus Steinbach ( born 1953 ), swimmers, sports official and physician, has worked since 1992 as a specialist in orthopedics and physical and rehabilitative medicine for the Hochwald clinics as chief physician and since 1997 also as Medical Director
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