Erlenbach near Dahn

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '  N , 7 ° 52'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Dahn rock country
Height :	205 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.99 km 2
Residents:	331 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	25 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76891
Area code :	06398
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 010
Address of the municipal administration:	Schulstrasse 29 66994 Dahn
Website :	www.erlenbach-am-berwartstein.de
Local Mayor :	Dirk Eichberger
Location of the local community Erlenbach near Dahn in the district of Südwestpfalz

View from Berwartstein Castle to Erlenbach

Erlenbach bei Dahn is a municipality in the district of Südwestpfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Dahner Felsenland , which has its administrative seat in the city of Dahn and within which it is the fifth smallest local community in terms of population.

geography

location

Erlenbach is located in the German part of the Wasgau , as the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the adjoining northern part of the Vosges are also called, in the so-called Dahner Felsenland . 87.6 percent of the district area is forested.

Erlenbach also includes the Lauterschwan district and the Berwartstein - castle, including restaurant - and Seehof residential areas . Neighboring communities are - in a clockwise direction - Vorderweidenthal , Birkenhördt , Böllenborn , Bobenthal , Niederschlettenbach , Bundenthal , Bruchweiler-Bärenbach and Busenberg .

Surveys

The Grünberg is located immediately to the east of the settlement area . In the south of the district the total of 402  m above sea level extends . NN high Nestelberg , which is 304.6  m above sea level. NN measuring Mückenköpfel and on the border to Bobenthal the 490  m above sea level. NN high Hirzeck . In the east are located on the parish of the Kuhnenkopf and the western flank of 431  m above sea level. High head measuring NN . In the northwest on the border to Busenberg the 420  m above sea level extends . NN high Heidenberg .

Waters

The Erlenbach flows through the settlement area in a north-south direction; shortly before reaching the latter, he takes the Eisenbach from the right , which largely forms the boundary to Busenberg. Approximately two kilometers east of Erlenbach and west of Lauter Swan running in the same direction Portzbach . The latter is dammed up to several woog in the municipality, including the Frauenwoog and the Seehofweiher .

history

The Erlenbach brook was first mentioned in a document in 760. The place itself is only mentioned in 1348. From 1500 to 1650 it belonged to the Electoral Palatinate .

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Erlenbach was incorporated into the canton of Dahn . In 1815 the place Austria was added. Just one year later, Erlenbach moved to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 the place was part of the Landkommissariat Pirmasens , which was converted into a district office in 1862.

In 1939 Erlenbach was incorporated into the district of Pirmasens (from 1997 district of Südwestpfalz ) . Since the place was in the Red Zone , the residents were temporarily evacuated with the beginning of World War II . After the war, the municipality within the French occupation zone became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , Erlenbach was assigned to the newly created community of Dahner Felsenland in 1972 .

religion

Christianity

Catholic Church of the Assumption of Mary and Aegidius

In 2012, 60.2 percent of the population were Catholic and 16.7 percent Protestant. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational. The Catholics belong to the Diocese of Speyer and are subordinate to the Deanery Pirmasens , the Evangelicals to the Protestant Church of the Palatinate . The Catholic Church of St. Mary of the Assumption and Egidius is located on site .

Judaism

The Jewish community once resident there moved into a synagogue in 1842 , which no longer exists. Its members were buried in nearby Busenberg . On October 22, 1940, the Jews living in Erlenbach were deported as part of the Wagner-Bürckel campaign . In reminiscence of the Jews deported during the Third Reich, stumbling blocks were laid on site in November 2007 .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Erlenbach consists of eight 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

Dirk Eichberger became Mayor of Erlenbach on March 26, 2016. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for another five years with a share of 84.62 percent of the vote. Eichberger's predecessor, the long-time local mayor Bernd Arnold, died in February 2016.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In cleaved and right split of red and gold shield above fünfblättriger golden alder branch, holding down on red Dreienberg a standing black raven, a red ring in the golden beak, left in black on a red background a golden castle." The coat of arms was approved by the Mainz Interior Ministry in 1950 .

Community partnerships

A partnership exists with the Thuringian town of Gefell .

Culture

Cultural monuments

Berwartstein Castle

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Erlenbach near Dahn

The castles of Berwartstein and Little France, which are located within the municipality, are designated as monument zones .

The former is the only castle in Wasgau that is currently inhabited. Probably built around 1000, it was first mentioned in a document in 1152, when it was given as a gift by Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa to Günther von Henneberg, then Bishop of Speyer . After being destroyed and rebuilt several times, it was restored to its present form around 1900. Little France formed a so-called "gun turret" and served as the Vorwerk of Berwartstein.

In addition, there are a total of 15 individual objects that are listed .

nature

Erlenbach is located in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park , which in turn is part of the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord Biosphere Reserve . The Buchkammer rock formation on the Heidenberg is designated as a natural monument . The knight stone 29 is also located on the parish of the municipality . Bleierzgrube and is in Portzbachtal.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

State road 490 within Erlenbach near Dahn

State road 490 runs through the town in north-south direction and federal road 427 runs through Lauterschwan . The closest motorway is the A 65 in the east. The county road 50 connects the nucleus with the Berwartstein.

The local community is via the bus lines 525 and 545 of the Rhein-Neckar transport association , which connect you to Bad Bergzabern on the one hand and Dahn and Annweiler am Trifels on the other.

tourism

The southern route of the Palatinate Way of St. James also runs via Erlenbach . The prädikatswanderweg Pfälzer Waldpfad also leads through the community ; it is a stage destination between Dahn and Schweigen-Rechtenbach . Added the labeled with a blue bar Fernwanderweg Staudernheim-Soultz-sous-Forêts , the marked with a yellow bar Fernwanderweg Pirmasens-Belfort and another trail that with a blue-yellow bar is selected, the by Lauterecken until after Sankt Germanshof runs and one that is marked with a red dot .

Personalities

• Heinrich Voit (1834–1914), organ builder, equipped the local Catholic church in 1900 with a preserved organ that has since been restored

Web links

Commons : Erlenbach bei Dahn  - collection of images

• Internet presence of the municipality of Erlenbach near Dahn
• Brief portrait of Erlenbach bei Dahn on SWR television
• Literature about Erlenbach near Dahn 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 - regional data. Retrieved April 12, 2020 . 
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 171 (PDF; 3 MB).
4. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2012
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ↑ Dirk Eichberger is the new local mayor. Erlenbach parish, accessed on April 8, 2020 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Dahner Felsenland, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved April 8, 2020 . 
8. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .