Waldhambach (Palatinate)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 10 '  N , 7 ° 59'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southern Wine Route
Association municipality :	Annweiler am Trifels
Height :	230 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.92 km 2
Residents:	369 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	94 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76857
Area code :	06346
License plate :	SOUTH
Community key :	07 3 37 080
Association administration address:	Messplatz 1 76855 Annweiler am Trifels
Website :	www.waldhambach.de
Local Mayor :	Michael Martin ( CDU )
Location of the local community Waldhambach in the district of Südliche Weinstrasse

Waldhambach quarry

Waldhambach is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstrasse district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Annweiler am Trifels , within which it is the second smallest local community in terms of population.

geography

location

The place is on the eastern edge of the Wasgau , as the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the adjoining northern part of the Vosges are also called, between Annweiler am Trifels and Bad Bergzabern . Neighboring municipalities are - clockwise - to Landau belonging exclave Wollmesheimer Forest , Eschbach , Göcklingen , Klingenmünster , Münchweiler am Klingbach , Waldrohrbach and exclave of Ilbesheim bei Landau in der Pfalz .

Waters

The municipality is traversed by the Kaiserbach , which flows into the Klingbach as Elsenbach near Steinweiler ; In the middle of the settlement area the Wolfsbach flows into it from the left .

geology

The rocks agate and granodiorite also occur on site.

history

In the 13th century the community was under the sovereignty of Count Emich IV from Leiningen . Until the end of the 18th century, Waldhambach belonged to the Madenburg rule .

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , the municipality was incorporated into the canton of Landau . In 1814 she moved to the canton of Annweiler . A year later it was added to Austria . Just one year later, the place, like the entire Palatinate, changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 the "Wald-Hambach" - as it was spelled at the time - belonged to the Bergzabern Land Commissioner ; The Bergzabern district office emerged from this .

From 1939 the place was part of the Bergzabern district . After the Second World War , Waldhambach became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . During the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform changed the place on 7 June 1969 in the newly created district Landau-Bad Bergzabern, in 1978 in South County Wine Trail is renamed . 1972 Waldhambach was assigned to the also newly formed community of Annweiler am Trifels . In addition, the hamlets of Frauenlob and Kaiserbacher Mühle , which had previously belonged to Waldhambach, were moved to Klingenmünster.

population

Population development

The development of the population of Waldhambach. Since 1871 the values ​​are based on censuses.

year Residents 1815 373 1835 422 1871 392 1905 328 1939 296

year Residents 1950 313 1961 320 1970 363 1987 358 2011 362

religion

The Jews who once lived in the village were buried in Annweiler .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Michael Martin (CDU) became mayor of Waldhambach in 2017. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with a share of the vote of 89.55%. His predecessors were Christian Burkhart (CDU, local mayor 2014–2017, from January 1, 2018 mayor of the community of Annweiler am Trifels) and previously Günter Foltz (CDU), who had not run again after ten years in office for health reasons.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Divided by a slanting wave bar divided by green and silver of silver and blue, top left three rooted green trees, bottom right a floating silver cross with equal arms, underneath a silver shepherd's staff and a silver cross lance crossed at an angle."

Culture

Cultural monuments

Listed Catholic parish church of St. Wendelin

On site there are a total of three objects that are under monument protection: the Catholic parish church of St. Wendelin and two crossroads .

nature

With the Hundsfelsen in the south of the municipality marker, there is also a natural monument . The community is also part of the Südpfalz climbing area .

Infrastructure

economy

Due to the geographic conditions, the forest and timber industry dominated the area for centuries. There is a quarry in the south-east of the district.

traffic

The place can be reached via the B 48 . The closest train station is Annweiler am Trifels . Waldhambach is connected to the local transport network via bus line 524 of the Rhein-Neckar transport association , which runs from the Pfalzklinikum via Waldrohrbach and Annweiler to Albersweiler.

Honorary citizen

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• Ludwig Schlink (1922–2007), former mayor
• Willi Mandery (* 1930), former mayor
• Günter Foltz (1954–2020), former mayor

literature

• 650 years of Waldhambach. From the story of a forest village in the south of the Palatinate. Local community, Waldhambach 1997
• Alfons Helfrich, Bernhard Braun, Emil Bernhard: Family registers for the Catholic church records of Waldhambach and Waldrohrbach. 1735-1875. Pirmasens Working Group for Family Research, Pirmasens 2002

Web links

Commons : Waldhambach  - Collection of Images

• Waldhambach parish
• Ortgemeinde Waldhambach on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Annweiler
• Literature about Waldhambach 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. ^ State Chancellery Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city (template). Retrieved June 30, 2018 . 
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ↑ Gerhard Sommer: On Case II: Which local chiefs in Trifelsland are running again. Die Rheinpfalz, September 14, 2018, accessed on April 18, 2020 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Annweiler am Trifels, Verbandsgemeinde, eleventh line of results. Retrieved April 18, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Mayoral election: Christian Burkhart wants to run for office. Die Rheinpfalz, March 1, 2017, accessed on April 18, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Verkehrsverbund Rhein Neckar: VRN | Home page. Retrieved June 30, 2018 .