Blaubach

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Blaubach (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '  N , 7 ° 24'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Kusel-Altenglan
Height :	280 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.14 km 2
Residents:	389 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	124 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66869
Area code :	06381
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 006
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 1 66869 Kusel
Website :	www.blaubach.de
Local Mayor :	Andreas Lutz
Location of the local community Blaubach in the Kusel district

Blaubach in West Palatinate is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Kusel-Altenglan .

geography

Blaubach is located above Kusel in the Blaubachtal on the edge of the Saar-Nahe mountainous region .

The Rothengründerhof residential area also belongs to Blaubach .

history

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1436 in an interest book of the Remigiusberg monastery.

Initially belonging to the County of Veldenz , the place fell to the newly formed County of Pfalz-Zweibrücken , whose further fate Blaubach now shared, with the extinction of its male line in 1444 . In 1480 there are four taxable families, which indicates about 20, maximum 40 residents.

In the centuries that followed, Blaubach did not initially expand as it suffered significant population losses several times, which were subsequently offset by immigration. The plague claimed numerous lives, especially in 1574 and 1597. Subsequently, both the Thirty Years' War and the Palatinate War of Succession caused severe devastation and victims in the 17th century . After the Thirty Years' War, only the names of two previously resident families can be found in the church register, all the others are new.

In the 18th century, the population began to grow steadily, despite the fact that they emigrated to America at the same time.

From 1801 to 1814 Blaubach belonged to France as part of the Saardepartement , Arrondissement Birkenfeld , Canton and Marie Kusel. At the Congress of Vienna , the Palatinate on the left bank of the Rhine fell to Austria in 1815 and to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816 on the basis of an exchange contract . The place has now been assigned to the Kusel Land Commissioner in the Bavarian Rhine District.

A significant structural change began in the 19th century. Blaubach increasingly developed from a farming village into a purely residential area. In 1882 95% of the population lived from agriculture, in 1937 it was 40%, in 1975 only 2.5%.

After the Second World War , Blaubach 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 was assigned to the Kusel Association in 1972 , which was merged into the Kusel-Altenglan Association in 2018 .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Andreas Lutz became local mayor of Blaubach on January 9, 2017. Since there was no candidate in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the upcoming election was carried out by the council in accordance with municipal regulations. He confirmed Lutz on September 26, 2019 for another five years in his office.

Lutz's predecessors were Manfred Trotsky, elected by the council on September 17, 2014, who had to resign on March 31, 2016 for health reasons, Stefan Spitzer for a few weeks as the welfare officer appointed by the local authority, and Martin from 1999 to June 25, 2014 Pfeiffer.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "In blue a standing, gold-horned and hoofed, silver goat."

traffic

The A 62 runs to the south . In Kusel there is a train station on the Landstuhl – Kusel railway line .

Personalities

Born in Blaubach

• The professional soccer player Philipp Hoffmann was born in Blaubach in 1992.

Connected to Blaubach

• Franz Dietrich (1935–2009), grammar school teacher in Kusel, lived in Blaubach and was temporarily mayor. He wrote some folk plays and three books in which he humorously glossed people from the Westrich landscape ( “Vom Schmeltzer Karl and von other people” ).
• Miroslav Klose , national soccer player and world champion, was the most famous citizen of Blaubach. In his youth he played for SG Blaubach-Diedelkopf, which was dissolved in 2014.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Blaubach

literature

• Literature about Blaubach in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Blaubach  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Blaubach
• Local community Blaubach on the website of the association community Kusel-Altenglan
• Blaubach at regionalgeschichte.net

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. 157 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ Franz Dietrich: Blaubach. Surname. In: regionalgeschichte.net. Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz eV, accessed on May 19, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Franz Dietrich: Blaubach. Outline of the local history. In: regionalgeschichte.net. Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz eV, accessed on May 19, 2020 . 
5. ^ Franz Dietrich: Blaubach. Residents. In: regionalgeschichte.net. Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz eV, accessed on May 19, 2020 . 
6. ^ Franz Dietrich: Blaubach. Economy and Transport. In: regionalgeschichte.net. Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz eV, accessed on May 19, 2020 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
8. ↑ The local mayor election is pending . Die Rheinpfalz, December 14, 2016, accessed on May 9, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Portrait: Thoroughly considered. Andreas Lutz. Die Rheinpfalz, January 11, 2017, accessed on May 9, 2020 . 
10. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Kusel-Altenglan, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved May 9, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Susanne Cahn: Blaubach: Andreas Lutz is in his second term as local mayor. Die Rheinpfalz, September 27, 2019, accessed on May 9, 2020 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b} Everything is fine again. Die Rheinpfalz, September 19, 2014, accessed on May 9, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Manfred Trotsky resigns on March 31st. Die Rheinpfalz, March 3, 2016, accessed on May 9, 2020 . 
14. ↑ "Blaubacher Model" even possible? Die Rheinpfalz, July 26, 2014, accessed on May 9, 2020 . 
15. ↑ Ernst Schworm: Blaubach. Personalities: Franz Dietrich. In: regionalgeschichte.net. Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz eV, accessed on May 19, 2020 .