Dunzweiler

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 25 '  N , 7 ° 18'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Upper Glantal
Height :	352 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.52 km 2
Residents:	864 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	157 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66916
Area code :	06373
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 017
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 8 66901 Schönenberg-Kübelberg
Website :	www.dunzweiler.de
Local Mayor :	Volker Korst ( CDU )
Location of the local community Dunzweiler in the district of Kusel

View of Dunzweiler

Dunzweiler is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Upper Glantal .

geography

The place is in the Kuseler Musikantenland on the border with Saarland . In the northwest there is Breitenbach , in the east Schönenberg-Kübelberg with its district Schmittweiler , in the southeast Waldmohr and to the west lies Lautenbach (Ottweiler) .

history

Dunzweiler was first mentioned in a document in 1247. In the 17th and 18th centuries it belonged to the Waldmohr mayor in the Principality of Pfalz-Zweibrücken .

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Dunzweiler consists of 12 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	total
2019	5	7th	12 seats
2014	7th	5	12 seats
2009	7th	5	12 seats
2004	7th	5	12 seats

Due to the population decline, the number of seats on the municipal council decreased from 16 to 12 in 2004.

mayor

Volker Korst (CDU) was confirmed in his office as local mayor for another five years in the direct election on May 26, 2019 with a share of the vote of 83.73%.

Economy and Infrastructure

There is a junction to the A 6 to the south-east . In Homburg there is a train station on the Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Dunzweiler

literature

• Literature about Dunzweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Dunzweiler  - Collection of Images

• Website of the local community Dunzweiler
• Local community Dunzweiler on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Oberes Glantal
• Dunzweiler at regionalgeschichte.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Oberes Glantal, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth result line. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .