Bridges (Palatinate)
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Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ' N , 7 ° 22' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Kusel | |
Association municipality : | Upper Glantal | |
Height : | 247 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 8.12 km 2 | |
Residents: | 2075 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 256 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 66904 | |
Area code : | 06386 | |
License plate : | KUS | |
Community key : | 07 3 36 011 | |
Association administration address: | Rathausstrasse 8 66901 Schönenberg-Kübelberg |
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Local Mayor : | Pius Klein ( CDU ) | |
Location of the local community of Brücken (Pfalz) in the district of Kusel | ||
Brücken (Pfalz) is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Upper Glantal .
geography
The place is in the Ohmbachtal in the West Palatinate . To the north is Ohmbach , northeast Steinbach am Glan and Börsborn , south Schoenberg Kübelberg and west is Dittweiler .
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council in Brücken consists of 16 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 | FWG | WGR | total |
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2019 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 16 seats |
2014 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 16 seats |
2009 | 5 | 11 | - | - | 16 seats |
2004 | 5 | 11 | - | - | 16 seats |
- FWG = Free Voting Group Bridges / Palatinate e. V.
mayor
Pius Klein (CDU) became mayor of Brücken on July 11, 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with 79.29% of the votes.
Toni Guhmann, as the predecessor of Pius Klein, held the office of mayor until 2014.
Economy and Infrastructure
Before the Second World War, Brücken was the economic center of the Palatine diamond grinding trade . In the Diamond Grinder Museum in Brücken there are original workplaces from different times and regrinding of the 35 largest and most important diamonds in the world. In front of the museum there is a statue of a diamond cutter, designed by the Lustadt sculptor Peter Brauchle .
- traffic
The place is connected to the national traffic by the federal road 423 ( Mandelbachtal - Altenglan ). The A 6 is to the south and the A 62 to the northeast . In Glan-Münchweiler there is a train station of the Glantalbahn .
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- August Spies (1893–1972), politician (CDU)
- Karl August Geimer (* 1943), politician (CDU)
- Marcella Berger (* 1954), author
People who worked in the place
- Franz Gillmann (1865–1941), priest, was temporarily pastor in Brücken.
See also
literature
- Literature about bridges in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography
Web links
- Internet presence of the local community of Brücken
- Local community bridges on the sides of the Verbandsgemeinde Oberes Glantal
- Tower recording with full bells of the Catholic parish church St. Laurentius in Brücken (Palatinate)
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
- ↑ a b Minutes of the resolution of the local council on July 11, 2014. Bridges community, August 29, 2019, accessed May 3, 2020 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Oberes Glantal, Verbandsgemeinde, fourth line of results. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Reinhard Schmidt: No other councilor for bridges. Die Rheinpfalz, August 29, 2019, accessed on May 3, 2020 .