Biedesheim

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Coat of arms of the local community of Biedesheim
Biedesheim
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Coordinates: 49 ° 36 '  N , 8 ° 6'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Donnersbergkreis
Association municipality : Goellheim
Height : 262 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.32 km 2
Residents: 603 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 95 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 67308
Area code : 06355
License plate : KIB, ROK
Community key : 07 3 33 006
LOCODE : DE 5BI
Association administration address: Freiherr-vom-Stein-Strasse 1–3
67307 Göllheim
Website : www.vg-goellheim.de
Local Mayor : Holger Pradella
Location of the local community Biedesheim in the Donnersbergkreis
Obermoschel Niedermoschel Unkenbach Finkenbach-Gersweiler Waldgrehweiler Schiersfeld Sitters Alsenz Oberndorf (Pfalz) Mannweiler-Cölln Winterborn (Pfalz) Kalkofen (Pfalz) Niederhausen an der Appel Münsterappel Oberhausen an der Appel Gaugrehweiler Seelen Rathskirchen Teschenmoschel Bisterschied Ransweiler Stahlberg Bayerfeld-Steckweiler Sankt Alban (Pfalz) Gerbach Würzweiler Ruppertsecken Dielkirchen Katzenbach (Donnersbergkreis) Schönborn (Pfalz) Dörrmoschel Reichsthal Gundersweiler Gehrweiler Imsweiler Rockenhausen Höringen Schweisweiler Falkenstein (Pfalz) Winnweiler Lohnsfeld Wartenberg-Rohrbach Münchweiler an der Alsenz Gonbach Sippersfeld Breunigweiler Imsbach Börrstadt Steinbach am Donnersberg Ramsen (Pfalz) Kerzenheim Eisenberg (Pfalz) Göllheim Dreisen Standenbühl Lautersheim Biedesheim Ottersheim Bubenheim (Pfalz) Zellertal Einselthum Immesheim Albisheim (Pfrimm) Rüssingen Weitersweiler Marnheim Bennhausen Jakobsweiler Dannenfels Bolanden Kirchheimbolanden Mörsfeld Kriegsfeld Oberwiesen Orbis Morschheim Ilbesheim (Donnersbergkreis) Bischheim (Donnersberg) Rittersheim Stetten (Pfalz) Gauersheim Landkreis Bad Kreuznach Landkreis Alzey-Worms Landkreis Kusel Landkreis Kaiserslautern Landkreis Bad Dürkheimmap
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Biedesheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Göllheim community .

geography

The community is located on the upper reaches of the Brübelbach , north of the Palatinate Forest Nature Park , between Kaiserslautern and Worms . Biedesheim also includes the Neumühle residential area and the Schönblick estate.

history

Medieval remains of the Biedesheim Castle wall

Biedesheim is a Franconian foundation and was first mentioned in the year 782 as Bosinesheim in the Lorsch Codex . A later place name is also "Büdesheim" and in 1766 the place "Rüben-Büdesheim" (also "Rübenbüdesheim") was called to distinguish it from " Erbes-Büdesheim ". "Rübenbüdesheim" was in use until the 19th century.

In the western part of Biedesheim there was a moated castle , Biedesheim Castle , which was destroyed in 1470. Small remains of the wall still exist.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Biedesheim 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.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD FWG total
2019 by majority vote 12 seats
2014 by majority vote 12 seats
2009 5 7th 12 seats
2004 7th 5 12 seats
  • FWG = Free Voting Community Biebesheim

mayor

The local mayor is Holger Pradella. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with a share of 76.74% of the votes.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Biedesheim
 Blazon : "In red a silver St. Andrew's cross, in the upper and lower fields a six-pointed golden star."

Culture and sights

Prot.Church Biedesheim (medieval)

The Protestant church is a Romanesque building from the 10th century, which was renovated in 1498. Inside there are magnificent wall paintings, uncovered in 1964, which are assigned to the 13th to 15th centuries. To the east and south of the church is the old cemetery with some beautiful neo-classical tombs, including one for a Biedesheim veteran of the Napoleonic Wars.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Biedesheim

The Kerwe takes place every year on the third weekend in September.

Economy and Infrastructure

The A 63 in the west, the A 6 in the south and the A 61 in the east are just a short distance away .

Web links

Commons : Biedesheim  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 141 (PDF; 3 MB).
  3. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 3), Certificate 1097, February 27, 782 - Reg. 1680. In: Heidelberg historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 114 , accessed on February 22, 2016 .
  4. ^ Eberhard Ref: Directory of the Palatinate mills. Section Biedesheim. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
  5. ^ Entry by Reinhard Friedrich on Biedesheim Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute, accessed on August 23, 2016.
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Biedesheim. Accessed August 31, 2019 .
  7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
  8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Göllheim, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Accessed August 31, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Website on the Biedesheim church and its paintings (with interior photo)