Darstein

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 9 '  N , 7 ° 53'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Hauenstein
Height :	300 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.39 km 2
Residents:	200 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	84 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76848
Area code :	06398
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 005
Association administration address:	Schulstrasse 4 76846 Hauenstein
Website :	www.darstein-pfalz.de
Local Mayor :	Armin Ladenberger
Location of the local community Darstein in the district of Südwestpfalz

Darstein - view from the Hahnenstein

Darstein is a municipality in the district of Südwestpfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hauenstein , within which it is the second smallest local community in terms of population.

geography

The small community is located in the east of the Südwestpfalz district, right on the border with the Südliche Weinstrasse district . It lies between Pirmasens and Bad Bergzabern in the Dahner Felsenland in Wasgau , as the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the adjoining northern part of the Vosges are also called. 61.2% of the district area is forested. Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Schwanheim , Dimbach , Gossersweiler-Stein , Vorderweidenthal and Oberschlettenbach . The Rimbach rises in the north-west of the district.

history

Darstein belonged to the domain of Lindelbrunn Castle of the Leininger family . The castle ruins are located above the village.

The name of the place probably goes back to Heinricus dictus Darstein de Büdenkeim, who is mentioned in 1309. In 1386 sources mention the name Daxstein, which is probably based on a typo. Because in 1411 the personal name Henne Darstein is recorded and in 1428 as the place name again Darstein. Until the end of the 18th century the community belonged to the Prince of Leiningen-Dürkheim .

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Darrstein was - as the spelling at the time - incorporated into the canton of Annweiler and was subordinate to the Mairie Oberschlettenbach . In 1815 the place had a total of 97 inhabitants. In 1815 the place Austria was added. Just one year later, the community moved to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 the place was part of the Landkommissariat Bergzabern , which was then converted into a district office.

In 1928 Darstein had 157 residents who lived in 38 residential buildings. While the nearby Catholic Hauenstein developed into a bastion against National Socialism in 1933, the Protestant Darsteiners, according to the analysis by Theo Schwarzmüller, were the first parish in Germany to vote in the Reichstag election in 1930 - with all 106 voters - for the NSDAP . The village was then made an honorary member of the NSDAP. On this occasion, the former Postlandweg in the Müggelheim district of Berlin's Treptow-Köpenick district was given the name Darsteiner Weg on June 13, 1936 .

In 1939 the place was incorporated into the Bergzabern district. After the Second World War , Dimbach became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In the following period the SPD became the dominant party in Darstein, but in the Rhineland-Palatinate state elections in 1967, the NPD received almost half of the votes in town. In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , the place moved in 1969 to the district of Pirmasens (from 1997 district of Südwestpfalz ) . Three years later it was incorporated into the newly created community of Hauenstein .

religion

In 2012, 60% of the population were Protestant and 19% Catholic. The rest belonged to other religions or were non-denominational. The Catholics belong to the Diocese of Speyer , the Evangelicals to the Protestant Church of the Palatinate .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Armin Ladenberger became mayor of Darstein in 2009. Since there was no candidate for the direct election on May 26, 2019, the upcoming election of the mayor was carried out by the council in accordance with the municipal regulations. He unanimously confirmed Ladenberger on June 24, 2019 for another five years in his office.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Divided obliquely by blue and silver, on the top right a red-armored silver eagle, on the bottom left a floating, straight-armed, touched blue cross angled by four red spheres." It was approved by the Neustadt district government in 1984 .
	Reasons for the coat of arms: The eagle refers to the former belonging to the Leiningen family . The lower half of the coat of arms shows the seal of Mayor Stoffel von Darstein from 1750.

Culture

In Darstein there are a total of ten objects that are under monument protection . In addition, a church called St. Johann Baptist existed on site for a time .

Economy and Infrastructure

Tourism is an important industry in the town .

The L 490 runs through the village . The closest motorway is the A 65 in the east of the town. The place is connected to the local transport network via the bus line 525 of the transport association Rhein-Neckar , which leads to Bad Bergzabern and Annweiler am Trifels. A hiking trail marked with a red dot also leads through Darstein .

literature

• Theo Schwarzmüller: Hauenstein against Hitler . The story of a denominational world. District Association Palatinate Institute for Palatinate History and Folklore , Kaiserslautern 2007, ISBN 978-3-927754-62-1 .

Web links

Commons : Darstein  collection of images

• Local community Darstein on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Hauenstein
• Literature about Darstein 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. ↑ Darstein. In: My village, my city. State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate, accessed on September 2, 2017 (land use on December 31, 2015). 
3. ↑ Darsteiner Weg. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near  Kaupert )
4. ↑ daten.digitale-sammlungen.de: List of localities for the Free State of Bavaria . Retrieved July 28, 2018 . 
5. ^ Theo Schwarzmüller: Hauenstein against Hitler: ...
6. ↑ Kleine Straße, Difficult History , Berliner Zeitung of October 30, 2007, No. 253 HA, page 1
7. ↑ http://www.mueggelheimer-bote.de/0712/seite3.shtml
8. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2012
9. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
10. ↑ Agnes Fazekas: Darstein: City council re-elects Ladenberger as local mayor. Die Rheinpfalz, June 26, 2019, accessed on April 4, 2020 . 
11. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. Accessed on April 4, 2020 (see Hauenstein, Verbandsgemeinde, first line of results). 
12. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate . Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .
13. ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - District of Südwestpfalz. Mainz 2020, p. 11 f. (PDF; 8.7 MB).