Wiltingen

Wiltingen on the Saar is a municipality in the Trier -Saar castle in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Konz.

Location

Wiltingen located about nine kilometers southwest of Trier on the lower Saar and is connected by the National Road 149 to the higher local road network. The place is railway breakpoint on the Saarstrecke.

History

The name Wiltingen is first mentioned in a confirmed by the Archbishop of Trier, Poppo possession directory of Mergener monastery from the year 1030. Later, in the Middle Ages to the late 18th century, Wiltingen was shared with the neighboring community Kanzem own rule that in an enclave Electorate Trier Duchy of Luxembourg belonged. The Barons of Warsberg were those of the high, middle and primary jurisdiction.

On July 20, 1946 Wiltingen was attached together with a further 80 municipalities in the counties of Trier and the Saar castle on February 16, 1946, separated from the rest of the French occupation zone Saarland. On June 8, 1947, this French territorial expansion was taken back down to 21 municipalities again so Wiltingen came to the 1946 newly formed state of Rhineland -Palatinate.

The development of the population of Wiltingen, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Wiltingen consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Coat of arms

Coat of Arms Description: The coat of arms shows a golden plate under the main, is a green vine with grape, in a black box with a silver, gold-crowned and doppelgeschwänzten lion with red claws.

Coat of Reason: The silver lion is the emblem of the Baron of Warsberg who had invested since 1547 to the fall of the old empire with the rule Wiltingen. The vine branch with grape in chief points to the importance Wiltingens as the largest wine-producing town in the Saar wine region. It is particularly noteworthy that the Warsberger coat of arms - with the family was the community Wiltingen centuries connected - comes into its own and the Wars salvors thereby honor the memory is created.

Economy

Wiltingen is considered the center of the Riesling cultivation on the lower Saar. With over 160 hectares under vine (2006), the place devoted to the wine industry. The Wiltinger Scharzhofberg is one of the most famous and best Riesling layers of the Saar. In contrast, the band Zberg is no single location, but the major site designation for the entire growing area of the Saar.