Bärenbach (Bruchweiler-Bärenbach)

Bärenbach Local community Bruchweiler-Bärenbach Coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 43 ″  N , 7 ° 48 ′ 16 ″  E
Postal code :	76891
Area code :	06394
Location of Bärenbach in Rhineland-Palatinate

Bärenbach is the smaller district, east of the Wieslauter , in the municipality of Bruchweiler-Bärenbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Südwestpfalz .

location

Bärenbach is located in the eastern municipality in the middle of Wasgau , as the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the adjoining northern part of the Vosges are also called. The place forms that part of the local community that is orographically to the left of the Wieslauter .

history

The first written mention of the place took place in 760 as Berenbach . In the Middle Ages the place belonged to the lands of the Weißenburg monastery . In 1764 Bärenbach belonged to the Fauthei Schlettenbach , which was subordinate to the aforementioned monastery. Around 1790 the place came to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt , within which it was from then on under the Wörth office .

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Bärenbach was incorporated into the canton of Dahn . In 1809 the place had a total of 108 inhabitants. In 1815 the place Austria was added. Just one year later, Bärenbach 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 1828 Bärenbach was merged with the neighboring community of Bruchweiler to Bruchweiler-Bärenbach . In 1969 the place became part of the local community of Wieslautern , before it was dissolved again 20 years later. In the meantime, Bärenbach is no longer perceived as an independent settlement.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bruchweiler-baerenbach.de: village history . Retrieved February 18, 2018 .