Erlenbach near Kandel

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Erlenbach near Kandel
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Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '  N , 8 ° 11'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Germersheim
Association municipality : Candelabra
Height : 120 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.47 km 2
Residents: 705 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 129 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 76872
Area code : 07275
License plate : GER
Community key : 07 3 34 004
LOCODE : DE SFBC
Association administration address: Gartenstrasse 8
76870 Kandel
Website : www.erlenbach-pfalz.de
Local Mayor : Maik Wünstel
Location of the local community Erlenbach near Kandel in the district of Germersheim
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Erlenbach bei Kandel is a municipality in the district of Germersheim in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Kandel .

geography

Erlenbach, one of the smaller towns in the Kandel community , is located between Karlsruhe and Landau in the Palatinate . The Erlenhof and Waldhof residential areas also belong to the community . In the south of the village flows the Erlenbach , which forms the boundary to the city of Kandel .

history

Erlenbach is one of the smallest communities in the district of Germersheim. In the past, Erlenbach was often referred to as "Irlenbach". When it was first mentioned in 1330, the original imperial village was already in pledge ownership of the Electoral Palatinate .

Population development

If not listed separately, the source of the data is the State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate.

year Residents
1802 722
18150 842
18350 932
1849 752
1861 692
1871 643
19050 680
year Residents
1939 538
1950 579
1965 513
1970 576
1975 610
1980 621
1985 605
year Residents
1990 608
1995 650
2000 740
2005 742
2010 692
2015 743
2017 766
Population development of Erlenbach near Kandel from 1802 to 2017 according to the table below

religion

In 2012, 52.8 percent of the population were Protestant and 24.4 percent Catholic. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational. In 1871, 569 of a total of 643 inhabitants were Protestant (88 percent) and 74 Catholic (12 percent).

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Erlenbach consists of twelve council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. In the election in 2009, the council members were elected in a personalized proportional representation.

mayor

Maik Wünstel (independent) became mayor of Erlenbach in 2018. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with a share of 92.66% of the votes. His predecessor Klaus Bolz died in office in 2018.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Erlenbach near Kandel
 Blazon : "Split by silver and black, on the right a green alder tree on a green background, on the left a red-armored and tongued golden lion."

It was approved by the Mainz Ministry of the Interior in 1955 and goes back to a court seal from 1753.

Justification of the coat of arms: The Palatinate lion symbolizes the former affiliation to the Electoral Palatinate .

traffic

Erlenbach is connected to the regional transport network via the A 65 . The closest train station is Kandel on the Winden – Karlsruhe line .

See also

Web links

Commons : Erlenbach bei Kandel  - Collection of images

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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 147 (PDF; 3 MB).
  3. ↑ Erhard Nietzschmann: The free in the country. Former German imperial villages and their coats of arms. Melchior, Wolfenbüttel 2013, ISBN 978-3-944289-16-8 , p. 30.
  4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Erlenbach
  5. ↑ a b c List of officials and statistics of the Royal Bavarian Government District of the Palatinate. 1863, p. X of the appendix.
  6. ↑ a b Results of the census in the Kingdom of Bavaria from December 1, 1871 according to individual communities. 1873, p. 65.
  7. ↑ Ewois, as of July 31, 2012
  8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  9. ↑ a b Lothar Nernn: A time-consuming honorary position. Die Rheinpfalz, September 25, 2018, accessed on April 25, 2020 .
  10. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Kandel, Verbandsgemeinde, first line of results. Retrieved April 25, 2020 .
  11. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Gräber, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .