Diedesfeld

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Diedesfeld
Former municipal coat of arms of Diedesfeld
Coordinates: 49 ° 19 '28 "  N , 8 ° 7' 59"  E
Height : 185 m above sea level NHN
Area : 1.25 km²
Residents : 2048  (Jan. 12, 2012)
Population density : 1,634 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 7th June 1969
Postal code : 67434
Area code : 06321
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Diedesfeld (red) within the urban area of ​​Neustadt
Diedesfeld from a bird's eye view
Diedesfeld from a bird's eye view

Diedesfeld is a Palatinate winegrowing village and a district of the independent Rhineland-Palatinate city ​​of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse , the center of which is around 3 km to the north. Until 1969 the place was an independent municipality.

geography

Diedesfeld is on the German Wine Route . In the course of time, the district has grown together structurally with the neighboring Unterhambach to the northwest , which belongs to the neighboring Hambach district of Neustadt .

The location in the Vorderpfalz , on the western edge of the Upper Rhine Rift , results in a mild climate. The Haardt mountain range in the west also keeps out a large part of the precipitation and favors warm summer temperatures.

The Schlittgraben, which rises to the southwest of Hambach Castle, flows - partially piped - from west to east through Diedesfeld. Its water reaches the Kropsbach via Nellengraben and Altenbach , which flows into the Speyerbach near Hanhofen , a left tributary of the Rhine .

history

Until the end of the 18th century, the place belonged to the Speyer Monastery . On May 28, 1794, it was partially the scene of the battle of Kirrweiler .

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Diedesfeld was incorporated into the canton of Neustadt and had its own Mairie . In 1815 the place was added to Austria , just one year later, like the entire Palatinate, it moved to the Kingdom of Bavaria . In 1818 Diedesfeld was reclassified to the canton of Edenkoben . With this the community belonged to the Landau Landau until 1862 , from which the Landau District Office emerged .

From 1939 the place was part of the Landau district in the Palatinate . After the Second World War , Diedesfeld 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 , Diedesfeld was incorporated as a local district in the independent city of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse on June 7, 1969 .

population

Population development

In 1815 the place had 1,161 inhabitants. Today Diedesfeld is increasingly becoming a residential suburb of Neustadt. In 2011, the population had increased to 2030, then to 2048 in 2012.

religion

There was once a Jewish community on site , whose deceased members were buried in Essingen .

politics

Local advisory board

A local district was formed for the Diedesfeld district . The local council consists of eleven members, the chair of the local council is chaired by the directly elected mayor .

For the composition of the local advisory board, see the results of the local elections in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse .

Mayor

The mayor is Volker Lechner (FWG), who won the repeat election on November 10, 2019 with 55.3% of the votes against his competitor Sabine Baßler (CDU). Lechner is the successor to Roland Henigin (CDU), who did not take up office after 25 years. The re- election had become necessary because Stefan Krumm-Dudenhausen (FWG), who was originally elected in the direct election on May 26, 2019, could not take office as an employee of a municipal company for legal reasons.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Diedesfeld
 Blazon : "In red a black horseshoe with cleats turned downwards"

Sights and culture

  • Diedesfeld from the atonement cross on the Rittersberg

  • St. Remigius Church and Hambach Castle

  • St. Remigius Church

  • Remigius fountain

  • town hall

  • Fountain hall under the town hall

  • Zeter Berghaus with a view of Diedesfeld

Cultural monuments

The center of Diedesfeld is designated as a monument zone . It includes several representative half-timbered buildings , especially old wine farms , as well as historical fountains.

There are also numerous individual objects that are under monument protection . Noteworthy are the baroque Catholic parish church of St. Remigius from the 18th century, the town hall built in 1601 above a fountain hall with three arcades and the castle , formerly the seat of the episcopal bailiff.

1 km to the west is Hambach Castle , which has been a symbol of German freedom since the Hambach Festival in 1832.

Regular events

Every year the Weinkerwe takes place in August, the Federweiss Festival in October and the Diedesfeld Christmas market on the 1st weekend in Advent. The Diedesfeld winegrowers also organize the specialist wine fair . Numerous events take place at Hambach Castle all year round.

Club life

There are three sports clubs in Diedesfeld: TuS Diedesfeld (soccer, athletics, gymnastics, jazz dance), TTC Diedesfeld (table tennis) and TC Diedesfeld (tennis). Other associations that are active on site include the local group of the Palatinate Forest Association , the rural youth , the 1953 music association, the 1857 singing association, the playground sponsorship association, the daycare sponsorship association, the association for customs and homeland care and the Neustadt volunteer fire brigade. South.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Diedesfeld: Vineyards in the foreground, Haardt with Kalmit (left) and Hambacher Schloss (right) in the background
Diedesfeld from the Domblick viewpoint

The viticulture goes over nearly 2,000 years to the Roman times back. The local vineyards are Ölgässel, Johanniskirchel, Berg and Paradies, which belong to the large Pfaffengrund and Rebstöckel locations . Chestnuts , almonds , figs , kiwis and citrus fruits ripen in the open air .

At the time of the Haingeraide , which represented a kind of forest cooperative for farmers, Diedesfeld was involved in the so-called fifth Haingeraide . This was dissolved in the early modern period and the administration of the forest areas was partly subordinated to the municipality.

traffic

The Pfälzer Oberlandbahn , an overland tram , ran through Diedesfeld from 1912 to 1955 .

The three most important traffic routes in and around Diedesfeld are aligned parallel from north to south, as indicated by the location on the rift valley.

  • The supra-regional connection in the directions of Ludwigshafen am Rhein and Karlsruhe is via junction 13 (Neustadt-Süd) of Autobahn 65 , which passes around 2 km east of Diedesfeld.
  • The state road 516 running between the A 65 and the town leads north to Neustadt and south to Landau .
  • The German Wine Route connects Hambach and Maikammer through Diedesfeld .

tourism

Diedesfeld is at the center of the 85 km long German Wine Route and on the northern route of the Palatinate Way of St. James . The place is also the starting point of a hiking trail that is marked with a blue dot . To the west of the settlement area lies the Klausentalhütte and, at a height of 300 m, the Zeter Berghaus , a popular excursion destination , with a shaded terrace garden that offers a magnificent view of the Rhine plain .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Diedesfeld  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b City of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse: Figures-Data-Facts.
  2. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), p. 189 (PDF; 2.6 MB).
  3. ↑ General data on the Neustadt an der Weinstrasse service district. (No longer available online.) Rhineland-Palatinate police, archived from the original on January 5, 2012 ; Retrieved April 16, 2012 .
  4. ^ City of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse: main statute. (PDF, 134 kB) § 3 to August 5, 2019, accessed on October 18, 2019 .
  5. ^ Rheinpfalz online: Neustadt: election of the local council in Diedesfeld decided. Preliminary final result. Retrieved November 29, 2019 .
  6. ^ Annegret Ries: Neustadt: New mayor of Diedesfeld appointed and sworn in. Die Rheinpfalz, November 22, 2019, accessed on November 29, 2019 .