Bobenthal

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 4 '  N , 7 ° 51'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Dahn rock country
Height :	221 m above sea level NHN
Area :	21.24 km 2
Residents:	295 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	14 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76891
Area code :	06394
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 001
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Schulstrasse 29 66994 Dahn
Website :	www.bobenthal.de
Local Mayor :	Markus Keller
Location of the local community Bobenthal in the district of Südwestpfalz

View of Bobenthal

Bobenthal is a municipality in the district of Südwestpfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Dahner Felsenland , which has its administrative seat in the city of Dahn ; Within the former it is the fourth largest in terms of area, but the fourth smallest in terms of population. Bobenthal is a border town with France .

geography

location

Bobenthal is located directly on the German-French border , as the most southeastern municipality in the district of Südwestpfalz. In addition, Bobenthal is part of the Upper Mundat Forest . The local community consists of the main town of Bobenthal with around 250 inhabitants and the Sankt Germanshof district five kilometers away , where there used to be a German-French border crossing, with around 40 inhabitants. Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Erlenbach near Dahn , Böllenborn , Oberotterbach , Schweigen-Rechtenbach , Wissembourg  (F), Climbach  (F), Wingen  (F), Nothweiler , Bundenthal and Niederschlettenbach .

Surveys

The Bobenthaler Knopf , which at 534  m is the highest mountain in the region, extends around two kilometers east of the town center . The Alschberg ( 420  m ) and the Probstberg ( 297  m ) lie further to the south-east, while the 316  m high Mittelberg extends directly to the west of the town . The Hohe Kopf ( 418  m ) is located north of St. Germanshof on the border with Schweigen-Rechtenbach . In the extreme northeast of the district, not far from the border with Böllenborn and Erlenbach, the 514.7  m high Krumme Ellenbogen extends , directly on the border with Erlenbach, the 490  m high Hirzeck , in the south the 423  m high Hasenknopf and in the north-west on the border Bundenthal the 455  m high Great Humberg .

Waters

The central flowing water is the Wieslauter , which flows from northwest to southeast and into which several tributaries flow locally. The Portzbach coming from the left forms the border to Niederschlettenbach, which is then continued for a kilometer through the Wieslauter. The Eulenbach , the Woogbach and the Alschbächel follow from the right within the development of the core town . Then follow from the left the only one kilometer long Bockbach and the Reisbach ; the latter also forms the border to Oberotterbach and Schweigen-Rechtenbach.

history

The oldest mention of Bobenthal so far comes from the year 1316.

At the end of the 15th century, knight Hans von Trotha dammed the Wieslauter near Bobenthal in the course of his feud with the abbot of the Weissenburg monastery and had the dam torn down again later. This initially led to a lack of water and then to severe flooding in Weißenburg . After his death, his son Christoph had to give the place back to the Weißenburger Stift.

Wonderfully country belonged Bobenthal until the end of the 18th century for Prince Provost White Castle .

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Bobenthal was incorporated into the canton of Dahn . In 1815 the place Austria was added. One year later, Bobenthal moved to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 the place was part of the Landkommissariat Pirmasens , which was converted into a district office in 1862.

In 1939 Bobenthal was incorporated into the district of Pirmasens (from 1997 district of Südwestpfalz ) . After the war, the municipality within the French occupation zone became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , the community was assigned to the newly created community of Dahner Felsenland in 1972 .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 297 1835 433 1871 383 1905 396 1939 481 1950 406

year Residents 1961 383 1970 399 1987 373 1997 366 2005 336 2019 295

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Bobenthal consists of six council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Markus Keller became the local mayor of Bobenthal in 2012. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of 84.92% of the votes. Markus Keller's predecessor was Werner Hey.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Of blue and red, split by a curved golden tip, inside above a blue wavy bar, a leafy green oak branch, top right a continuous silver cross, top left a growing golden crook."

Culture

Buildings

Cultural monuments

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Bobenthal

Catholic Church of Saint Michael

In Bobenthal itself, within the historic town center, there are several half-timbered houses from the 17th and 18th centuries and the now disused mill and mill wheel are listed as historical monuments .

The Catholic Church of St. Michael was rebuilt in the 19th century in the neo-Romanesque style. The church houses a rococo - pulpit from the 18th century and a listed organ from Wendelin Ubhaus from the year 1817. In 2010, the church by church painter was Vitus Wurmsdobler painted artistic; It also received new liturgical furnishings, which were made by Klaus Ringwald and formerly stood in the hospital chapel in Dahn .

Southeast of Bobenthal is located in the district Seven part the ruins of a farmhouse, the forester's lodge Seven part, which was built in 1865 and in St. Germanshof the remains of the castle of St. German .

In the district there are also a total of five listed knight stones . Ritterstein 1 is called Trift-Holzhof and marks an earlier wood storage area. 2  Schanze 1704 refers to a hill in the War of the Spanish Succession. 3 bears the inscription Löffels-Kreuz and represents the reminiscence of a murdered clergyman. 4  Eselsschleif refers to a slide on which the wood was dragged by donkeys into the Wieslautertal. 17  Biberkopf site in 1902 is a reminder of the discovery of a presumed Biberkopf during road construction.

Other structures

European monument

The remains of a Celtic ring wall can be found on the Hasenkopf north of the ruins of the forester's house Siebsteil . The disused iron ore mine Silbergrube is on the bike path to Niederschlettenbach . There is also a so-called European monument on the border with France .

nature

The community is located in the middle of the Palatinate Forest Nature Park and therefore also in the middle of the cross-border Palatinate Forest-Northern Vosges biosphere reserve . There are various red sandstone rocks around the place . Around the Bobenthaler Knopf lies the 319 hectare core zone of the same name, which is largely located in the municipality , a zone for the natural development of the nature park.

societies

There are several clubs in Bobenthal. These include the volunteer fire brigade, the Catholic women's community in Germany and some other local groups for joint activities such as sports.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

State road 478 in the center of Bobenthal

Due to the geographic conditions, the forest and timber industry dominated the area for centuries.

traffic

The state road 478 runs through Bobenthal, which runs in an easterly direction to Wissembourg and in a westerly direction, always close to the French border, via Hornbach into the Saarland. The Pamina cycle path Lautertal , which runs from Hinterweidenthal via Dahn and Wissembourg to Neuburg am Rhein , also leads through Bobenthal. The closest train stations are Bundenthal-Rumbach and Wissembourg .

tourism

Hirzeck House

In the north of the district, the Hirzeck House , which opened in 1959, is a hut belonging to the Palatinate Forest Association , which is operated by its local group Bad Bergzabern .

In general, the local community has a well-developed network of hiking trails. By the district of Bobenthal whose surface area is approximately 2,100 hectares, leads to that of Kaiserslautern to silence law Bach extending Pfälzerwald path a predicate trail. There is also a hiking trail leading from Zweibrücken to the Rhine , which is marked with a green bar and one that is marked with a red dot ; both run through the middle of the settlement area of ​​the Bobenthal core town.

The district of Sankt Germanshof forms the southern end point of one marked with a blue-yellow bar and the one marked with a white-blue bar ; the latter also leads through the Hirzeck House. There are also the so-called Twelve Apostles circular hiking trails on site, which were created in 2010 at the suggestion of Herbert L. Breiner .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Kurt Zentner (1903–1974), editor and publicist
• Herbert L. Breiner (* 1929), special educator

People who worked on site

• Karl Gayer (1822–1907), forest scientist, worked from 1843 in Bobenthal as a forest assistant
• Rolf Gentz (* 1939), painter and sculptor, lives and works on site
• Klaus Ringwald (1939–2011), sculptor, was responsible for the liturgical furnishings of the St. Michael's Church

literature

• Literature about Bobenthal in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Bobenthal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local community Bobenthal
• Local community Bobenthal on the website of the Dahner Felsenland community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ↑ Markus Keller: Information on the person. Markus Keller, accessed April 7, 2020 . 
5. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Dahner Felsenland, Verbandsgemeinde, first line of results. Retrieved April 7, 2020 . 
6. ^ Wasgau-Anzeiger: Bobenthal: Determination of the annual accounts. Financial years 2010 to 2012 (weekly newspaper for the community of Dahner Felsenland with the official announcements, edition 12/2012, p. 5). Geiger print, accessed April 7, 2020 . 
7. ^ Associations in Bobenthal