Bottenbach

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

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 11 '  N , 7 ° 30'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Pirmasens land
Height :	341 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.15 km 2
Residents:	741 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	120 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	66504, 66482 (Pirmannsteinerhof)
Area code :	06339
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 205
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 19 66953 Pirmasens
Website :	www.bottenbach.de
Local Mayor :	Klaus Weber ( CDU )
Location of the local community Bottenbach in the district of Südwestpfalz

Bottenbach is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Pirmasens Land Association .

geography

Bottenbach is located about two kilometers north of the French border between Pirmasens and Zweibrücken in the southern part of the Palatinate Forest . It is the westernmost municipality in the Verbandsgemeinde Pirmasens-Land. The place is named after the stream of the same name, which can also be seen on the coat of arms.

The Bergwiesenhof, Gärtelbacherhof and Pirmannsteinerhof residential areas also belong to Bottenbach .

history

Until the end of the 18th century, the place belonged to the duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken .

After 1792 French revolutionary troops occupied the region and annexed it after the Peace of Campo Formio (1797) . From 1798 to 1814 the village belonged to the French department of Donnersberg and was assigned to the canton of Neuhornbach . Due to the agreements reached at the Congress of Vienna (1815) and an exchange contract with Austria , the region became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816 . From 1818 the community of Bottenbach was part of the Zweibrücken regional commissioner in the Bavarian Rhine district , later to the Zweibrücken district office, from which the Zweibrücken district emerged in 1938 . Bottenbach was added to the Pirmasens district (today: Südwestpfalz district ) as part of the administrative reform in 1972 .

politics

Municipal council

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

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	WGR	total
2019	Majority vote			12 seats
2014	Majority vote			12 seats
2009	-	7th	5	12 seats
2004	7th	5	-	12 seats

mayor

Klaus Weber (CDU) became the local mayor of Bottenbach on July 24, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 88.60% of the vote. Weber's predecessor Helmut Schmitt (CDU) had held the office for ten years.

badges and flags

	coat of arms
	Blazon : "In green a slanting silver bar, accompanied at the top by a gold B, at the bottom by a red tower growing out of the base of the shield with a golden helmet and golden edging stones."

	flag
	The flag is divided into red-yellow-red in a ratio of 1: 3: 1.

Economy and Infrastructure

State road 478 runs through the village . There is a connection to long-distance traffic via the nearby Walshausen driveway of federal motorway 8 .

There is a primary school and a kindergarten in Bottenbach.

Personalities

Born in Bottenbach

• Willi Rothley (* 1943), politician (SPD)

Connected with Bottenbach

• Steffen Korell (* 1971), soccer player, played in his youth for the local soccer club

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Bottenbach

Web links

Commons : Bottenbach  - Collection of Images

• Bottenbach (official website)
• Förderverein Dorfgemeinschaft Bottenbach e. V. (private website)
• Literature about Bottenbach 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 Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 109 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ↑ Schnur is First Alderman. Constituent meeting of the Bottenbach municipal council in 2019. The Rhine Palatinate, July 26, 2019, accessed on April 5, 2020 . 
5. ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Pirmasens-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, last line of results. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .