Willerwald is a common French located in the department of the the Moselle and the basin of life of the Moselle-is.

Its inhabitants is Willerwaldois.

Geography

Willerwald is a commune of almost: 1470 inhabitants located at 12 km in the south of Sarreguemines. The highway A4 is 1 km from Willerwald. Located on a height between Sarralbe and Hambach, the village developed along a North-South axis represented today by RN 61. A dozen streets are perpendicular to this axis. This screen viaire weaves an original but very dispersed urban morphology. In parallel of the RN 61 but circumventing the village, the railway serving Europôle de Hambach crosses the commune.

In spite of its name, the commune does not have a forest. Three brooks cross the commune: the Hoppbach, the Waldscheingraben and the Dorrenbach. The commune is also crossed by the Canal of the collieries of the Saar and the the Saar.

History

A first village named Viller or Albeviller, is known as of XIIIe century. It was destroyed in XVIe century. Since 1601, a new village started to rise on the old cleared round of applause. In 1766, Willerwald passed with the duchy of Lorraine under the sovereignty of France; and the prince of Saarbrucken yielded to France the goods which it had in Willer.

A first church, dedicated to St Nicolas, was built in 1777. A new church of Gothic style, with a bell-tower of 60 m was built in the 1910-11, devoted solemnly on May 15th, 1911. Damaged by acts of war on June 6th, 1940, it was completely demolished during the occupation.

During the Second world war, the village was evacuated on September 1st, 1939 in the department of Charente (with Room-with Angles, then with Châteaubernard and Saint-Felix). The village was bombarded on June 14th, 1940 and was occupied by the German troops on June 15th, 1940. Also bombarded on December 4th, 1944, 47 houses were completely destroyed and the others strongly damaged. It was released by the American army on December 5th, 1944.

Administration

Demography

Associations

• Committee the Festivals

President: Josiane LAMPERT

• Friendly of the Municipal Harmony

President: Jean-Marc BIRCKEL

• Sporting Agreement of Willerwald - Football club

President: Muriel BODELOT

• Club Pongiste

President: Philippe GROSS

• Club of the Friendship (3rd age)

resident: Aldo GENOVESE

• Choral society co. Cecile

President: Yvette ADAM

• Club of walk “Tramps”

President: Jean-Paul GRIMONT

• Company of the Nurserymen

President: Christian SCHALLER

• Company of the Poultry breeders

President: Daniel WESOLEK

• Company of Mutual aid to the Minors

President: Walfried HAAG

• Friends of the Pinks

President: Jean-Paul HERBETH

• Cyclo-club “the Red Flame”

President: Gisele WEISSANG

• Fitness club “Muscular” the

President: Yves SCHAEFFER

Places and monuments

• Undertaken petrochemical INEOS
• Nursery school (2 classes) and primary education (3 classes)
• sociocultural Room
• communal Hearth
• Football fields (ground bleaches on grass some + training ground schist)
• Salle of table tennis
• Adventure playground

Personalities related to the commune

External bonds

• Willerwald on the site of the Community of Agglomeration Sarreguemines Conflences
• Willerwald on the site of the national geographical Institute
• Willerwald on the site of INSEE
• Willerwald on the site of Quid
• Localization of Willerwald on a chart of France and communes bordering
• Plane on Willerwald on Mapquest

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