Battweiler

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Zweibrücken-Land
Height :	310 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.67 km 2
Residents:	667 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	118 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66484
Area code :	06337
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 202
LOCODE :	DE BY7
Association administration address:	Landauer Strasse 18-20 ; 66482 Zweibrücken
Website :	www.vgzwland.de
Local Mayor :	Werner Veith ( SPD )
Location of the local community Battweiler in the district of Südwestpfalz

Battweiler is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Zweibrücken-Land .

geography

Battweiler is located in the Palatinate region on the Sickinger Höhe on a ridge between Auerbachtal and Schwarzbachtal . The Kühkopf with 357 m above sea level. NHN is a prominent elevation within the municipality. Battweiler also includes the Birkenbacherhof, Hanghof and Wiesenhof residential areas . The extreme west of the district extends as far as the Auerbach . Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Winterbach , Reifenberg , Contwig , Zweibrücken and Großbundenbach .

history

Battweiler was first mentioned in 1278. Until 1449 the place was jointly owned by the knights Flach zu Schwarzenberg and the Teutonic Order of Einsiedeln .

The village Battweiler belonged to the Zweibrücken Oberamt Zweibrücken until the end of the 18th century and was assigned to the Niederauerbach mayor's office .

In 1794 the left bank of the Rhine was occupied in the First Coalition War. From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the First French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the First French Empire, Battweiler belonged to the canton of Zweibrücken in the Donnersberg department and was subordinate to the Mairie Winterbach . In 1802 there were 269 inhabitants, 200 of them Reformed , 54 Lutherans and Catholics .

Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna , the area first came to Austria in June 1815 and was ceded to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816 on the basis of a state treaty . Under the Bavarian administration Battweiler belonged from 1817 to the state commissioner in Zweibrücken in the Rhine district , from 1862 to the district office of Zweibrücken .

In 1939 Battweiler was incorporated into the Zweibrücken district. After the Second World War , the municipality within the French occupation zone became part of the Palatinate administrative district in the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate . As part of the first administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate , she moved to the Pirmasens district in 1972 (from 1997 district of Südwestpfalz ) ; in the same year it was assigned to the newly created community of Zweibrücken-Land .

population

Population development

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

year	Residents
1802	269
1815	200
1835	341
1871	362
1905	493
1939	492
1950	578

year	Residents
1961	550
1970	612
1987	717
1997	806
2005	770
2011	719
2017	692

religion

The Catholics belong to the diocese of Speyer and are subordinate to the deanery of Pirmasens , the Protestants to the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate . In 1818 the previously independent Protestant parish in Battweiler, which had been founded in 1736, was assigned to that of Winterbach. There was already a church on site at the beginning of the 14th century, which was demolished in 1906.

politics

In state elections Battweiler belongs to the Zweibrücken constituency , in federal elections to the Pirmasens constituency .

Municipal council

The council in Battweiler consists of twelve council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FDP	total
2019	7th	1	4th	12 seats
2014	6th	2	4th	12 seats
2009	7th	2	3	12 seats
2004	5	2	5	12 seats

Local mayor

Werner Veith from the SPD became mayor of Battweiler in 2004. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of the vote of 65.54 percent.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “The shield is split. In the front half two golden horizontal bars on a black background, which frame a golden lion head - with a red tongue and silver teeth. In the back half a black cross on a silver field. " It was awarded in 1964 by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior .
	Justification of the coat of arms: The front half with the black background and the golden lion - the so-called Palatinate lion - is an indication of the former belonging to Pfalz-Zweibrücken.

Culture

Cultural monuments

Evangelical Church Battweiler

There are a total of seven objects on site that are under monument protection , including the Protestant church .

nature

The only natural monument within the municipality is the Luitpoldlinde . The Battweiler Höhe nature reserve is also located in the northeast of the district .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

The Traumzeit publishing house is located on site.

traffic

The junction of Kreisstraße 75 (right) and Kreisstraße 76 (left) within the town center

The district road 76 , which connects with Zweibrücken and Reifenberg, runs right through Battweiler . In the middle of the settlement area, Die Kreisstraße 75 branches off to Niederhausen . Pirmasens airfield is located about two and a half kilometers southeast of Battweiler . The closest train stop is Contwig along the Landau – Rohrbach railway line .

tourism

In addition, the Südwestpfalz-Tour cycle path leads right through Battweiler.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

March 1931: Konrad Loschky, on the occasion of his retirement. Loschky worked as a teacher in Battweiler from 1888 to 1931. In addition, he was administrator of the local savings and loan fund, organist in the church, cattle and chicken farmer, beekeeper, hunter and recorder at the council meetings of the community.

People who worked on site

Johannes Kriebitzsch (1857–1938), painted the windows of the local church in 1906.

Web links

Commons : Battweiler - Collection of Images

Battweiler local community on the website of the Zweibrücken-Land association
Short portrait of Battweiler on SWR television
Literature about Battweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 173 (PDF; 3 MB).
↑ ^a ^b Michael Frey : Attempt at a geographical-historical-statistical description of the king. bayer. Rheinkreises , Volume 4, F. C. Neidhard, 1837, p. 52 ( Google Books )
↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 155 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
↑ Mayor: Werner Veith runs again. Die Rheinpfalz, February 18, 2014, accessed on March 22, 2020 .
^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Zweibrücken-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved March 22, 2020 .
^ Report on the constituent meeting of the Battweiler local council. Verbandsgemeinde Zweibrücken-Land, July 16, 2019, accessed on March 22, 2020 .
↑ To the point: The loose hand of the teacher Konrad Loschky. In: The Rhine Palatinate . Retrieved April 24, 2019 .