Schwanheim (Palatinate)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 10 '  N , 7 ° 53'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Hauenstein
Height :	237 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.96 km 2
Residents:	590 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	85 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76848
Area code :	06392
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 047
Association administration address:	Schulstrasse 4 76846 Hauenstein
Website :	www.schwanheim-pfalz.com
Local Mayor :	Herbert Schwarzmüller
Location of the local community Schwanheim in the district of Südwestpfalz

View of Schwanheim

Schwanheim is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hauenstein , within which it is the third smallest local community in terms of population.

geography

location

Schwanheim is in Wasgau , as the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the adjoining northern part of the Vosges are also called, at an altitude of 180  m above sea level. NHN and geologically belongs to the Trifels and Rehberg strata with the strata of the middle red sandstone . 71.8% of the district area is forested. Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Spirkelbach , Lug , Gossersweiler-Stein , Dimbach , Darstein , Oberschlettenbach , Busenberg , Erfweiler and Hauenstein .

Elevations and waters

The Rimbach runs right through the settlement area. In the east, on the border with Gossersweiler-Stein and Dimbach, is the 418 meter high Dimberg . The Hühnerstein extends on the border with Hauenstein .

history

Schwanheim was first mentioned in a document on March 25, 1135 in a deed of donation from Archbishop Adalbert I of Mainz to the Abbey of Klingenmünster . The place name Schwanheim does not come, as one might assume at first glance, from the animal of the same name, but from the old German word swanden, which means something like clearing . By the end of the 18th century, the community formed a condominium , as it belonged jointly to the Electoral Palatinate and the Speyer Monastery.

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Schwanheim was incorporated into the canton of Annweiler and was the seat of a mairie that also included Gossersweiler , Lug, Silz , Stein and Völkersweiler. In 1815 the place had a total of 403 inhabitants. In 1815 the place Austria was added. Just one year later, Spirkelbach moved to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 the place was part of the Landkommissariat Bergzabern , which was then converted into a district office.

In 1939 the place was incorporated into the Bergzabern district. After the Second World War , Schwanheim became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , the place moved in 1969 to the district of Pirmasens (from 1997 district of Südwestpfalz ) . Three years later it was incorporated into the newly created community of Hauenstein .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Herbert Schwarzmüller became mayor of Schwanheim in 1999. Since there was no candidate for the direct election on May 26, 2019, the upcoming election of the mayor was carried out by the council in accordance with the municipal regulations. He confirmed Schwarzmüller on August 12, 2019 for a further five years in his office.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "The coat of arms shows a golden deer head with a cross in the antlers, on a blue background."
	Justification of the coat of arms: The deer head with the cross symbolizes the patron saint of the local church, Saint Hubertus .

Culture

There are a total of 13 objects on site that are listed . In addition, the Wasgauhütte is located southwest of the settlement area .

Infrastructure

State road 490 and district road 54 run through Schwanheim . The place is connected to the local transport network via the bus line 525 of the transport association Rhein-Neckar , which leads to Bad Bergzabern and Annweiler am Trifels.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Ferdinand Riedinger (1844–1918), surgeon, full professor in Würzburg

People who worked in the place

• Bernhard Würschmitt (1788-1853), Catholic priest and sculptor, was pastor in Schwanheim from 1832 to 1836
• Karl Foltz (1865–1961), priest, worked as administrator from 1899 to 1907 and then as pastor on site

Web links

Commons : Schwanheim  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Schwanheim
• Local community Schwanheim on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Hauenstein
• Literature about Schwanheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
3. ^ Maria Hirsch: Schwanheim: Herbert Schwarzmüller starts his fifth term of office as local chief. Die Rheinpfalz, August 14, 2019, accessed on April 5, 2020 . 
4. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. Retrieved on April 5, 2020 (see Hauenstein, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth row of results). 
5. ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - District of Südwestpfalz. Mainz 2020, p. 45 f. (PDF; 8.7 MB).