Perl, Saarland

Perl is a municipality in Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany. In 2010 its population was 7,593.

Perl
Coat of arms
Location of Perl within Merzig-Wadern district
Perl Perl
Coordinates: 49°28′N 06°22′E
Country	Germany
State	Saarland
District	Merzig-Wadern
Government
• Mayor	Ralf Uhlenbruch (CDU)
Area
• Total	75.06 km^2 (28.98 sq mi)
Highest elevation	429 m (1,407 ft)
Lowest elevation	146 m (479 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,581
• Density	110/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	66706
Dialling codes	06867
Vehicle registration	MZG
Website	Official website

A road in Perl

The Roman Villa Borg

The Schloss Berg at Nennig

Geography

Overview

It is situated on the right bank of the river Moselle, on the border with Luxembourg and France, approx. 25 km southeast of Luxembourg City. It is joined by a bridge across the Moselle River with Schengen in Luxembourg and by a second bridge between Nennig and Remich. A fine Roman mosaic has been found in the village Nennig, part of the municipality of Perl.

Subdivision

The municipality counts Perl and 13 villages (Ortsteil):[2]

Arms	Village	Area (km²)	Population (2010)
	Perl	2.96	2,129
	Besch	7.82	1,304
	Borg	7.98	390
	Büschdorf	4.23	303
	Eft-Hellendorf	9.92	312
	Keßlingen	2.34	126
	Münzingen	1.78	50
	Nennig	9.73	1,149
	Oberleuken	7.14	544
	Oberperl	3.05	483
	Sehndorf	2.73	227
	Sinz	6.72	331
	Tettingen-Butzdorf	4.77	374
	Wochern	3.88	188

Administration

• 1989 - 2007 : Anton Hoffmann, CDU
• 2007 - 2015 : Bruno Schmitt, SPD
• 2015 - : Ralf Uhlenbruch, CDU

Education

The municipality Perl can claim itself since more than 250 years as a school place. Oldest records about school teaching and school buildings date back to the year 1743. The Schengen Lyzeum Perl is the first cross-border grammar school which offers the German and Luxembourg diploma.

Day Care Centres

• Dayc Care St. Franziskus Besch
• Day Care Center St. Martin Nennig
• Day Care Center St. Quirinus Perl
• Day Care Center Leukbachtal Oberleuken

Primary school

• Primary school Dreiländereck Perl

Grammar school

• German-Luxembourgish Schengen-Lyzeum Perl

Main sights

Roman mosaic floor

The Roman mosaic in Nennig with a size of 160m², is the largest mosaic north of the Alps. It was rebuilt in 1874 and restored in 1960. The mosaic is with its 15.65 m x 10.30 m large, ornamental decorated surface a gem and exceeds all mosaics, which were found in the Moselle region in Roman palaces and mansions so far.

Roman Villa Borg

The Roman Villa Borg was reconstructed faithfully with lobbies, public baths, gardens and Roman tavern. In Borg they cook after original recipes of the Roman gourmet Apicius. In addition there is still another set of showcases in which presented the finds from the Roman and Celtic time.

Palace von Nell and parc von Nell

In 1733 the hereditary tenant of the Trier Cathedral Chapter constructed a stately house (palace), which changed later into the possession of the family from Nell. The residential building is a nine-axle, two-storey building with a front length from 24.30 m and a high kerb roof. Opposite the palace is a garden portal with double-barreled outside staircase that leads in the "Parc of Nell", which was transformed in the context of the project "Gärten ohne Grenzen" to the baroque garden.

Besch military cemetery

The military cemetery commemorates the fallen of the Second World War. Three large stone crosses stand atop a blown up bunker,. The cemetery is the last resting place of 1279 German dead and also 950 war victims of other nations.

Schloss Berg

Schloss Berg in Nennig actually consists of two castles, the lower and the upper castle. The lower castle is in private property and the upper castle was rebuilt later to the Renaissance-Schloss. Today it is a luxury hotel, a gourmet restaurant and a modern casino.

Personalities

Born in Perl

• Karl Eduard Heusner (1843-1891), Vice Admiral
• Albert Grégoire (1865-1949), Member of the Reichstag
• Nikolaus Simmer (1902-1986), politician (NSDAP) and mayor of Koblenz (1940-1945)
• Aloysius Winter (1931-2011), professor of theology
• Karl Peter Fixemer (born 1931), Entrepreneur
• Rudolf Heinz (born 1937), philosopher, psychoanalyst and musicologist
• Edmund Kütten (born 1948), politician, member of parliament (since 2004)

Connected to Perl

• Christian Bau (born 1971), cook

References

1. "Saarland.de – Amtliche Einwohnerzahlen Stand 31. Dezember 2019" (PDF). Statistisches Amt des Saarlandes (in German). July 2020.
2. (in German) Municipal statistics at www.perl.de

External links

• Perl official website