Erlenbrunn

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Erlenbrunn
City of Pirmasens
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Erlenbrunn
Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 17 ″  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 49 ″  E
Height : 430 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 1900
Incorporation : 7th June 1969
Postal code : 66955
Area code : 06331
Erlenbrunn (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Erlenbrunn

Location of Erlenbrunn in Rhineland-Palatinate

Erlenbrunn has been a district of Pirmasens since 1969 .

history

Early history

In 1930 a field of ten burial mounds was discovered between Erlenbrunn and the Kettrichhof . Local researcher Oskar Schäfer opened four of the mounds during excavations in the presence of the director of the Palatinate History Museum . Skeleton and incendiary graves were found in it, which also contained jewelry and weapons from various eras. The oldest finds were made in the Early Bronze Age (2000–1900  BC ), others in the Hallstatt (700–550 BC) and La Tène periods (5th – 1st centuries BC). ) dated. The finds were handed over to the Heimatmuseum in Pirmasens, the remaining burial mounds remained unopened.

Surname

In 1155 the place was mentioned as Hofgut Ettenburen . Here farmers settled at a well with the alders . It was called "Erlenborn", then "Erlenhof", as attested in 1534 and as the current district is still called in some places. The expanding settlement was called Erlenbrunner Hof in the 18th century and later Erlenbrunn, the name that has officially been kept.

middle Ages

The village of Erlenbrunn was in the Lemberg district of the County of Zweibrücken-Bitsch and there in the Vinningen district school .

Early modern age

Count Jakob von Zweibrücken-Bitsch (* 1510; † 1570) died in 1570 as the last male member of his family. The Lemberg office was inherited by his daughter, Ludovica Margaretha von Zweibrücken-Bitsch , who was married to the (heir) Count Philipp (V) von Hanau-Lichtenberg . Her father-in-law, Count Philipp IV. Von Hanau-Lichtenberg , gave the strict Roman Catholic Duke Karl III by immediately introducing the Lutheran creed . of Lorraine, the opportunity to intervene militarily, as the latter had suzerainty over the Bitsch rule, which was also part of the inheritance . In July 1572 Lorraine troops occupied the county. Since Philip IV was unable to cope with the overwhelming power of Lorraine, he chose the legal route. In the subsequent process before the Imperial Court of Justice, Lorraine was able to prevail with regard to the Bitsch rule, while the Lemberg office - and thus Erlenbrunn as well - was awarded to the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg .

The settlement was destroyed in the Thirty Years War . Resettlement did not begin until 1680.

1736 died with Count Johann Reinhard III. the last male representative of the Hanau family. Due to the marriage of his only daughter, Charlotte (* 1700; † 1726), with the Hereditary Prince Ludwig (VIII.) (* 1691; † 1768) of Hesse-Darmstadt , the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg fell there.

Modern times

In the course of the French Revolution , the part of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg on the left bank of the Rhine - and with it the office of Lemberg and Erlenbrunn - fell to France in 1794. After the end of Napoleonic rule, Erlenbrunn came to the Bavarian Rhine District .

Intensive arable farming on flat terrain and pasture farming on the slopes provided the rural settlers with a meager but adequate livelihood well into the 19th century. However, when the shoe factories in the neighboring town of Pirmasens promised higher wages, more and more Erlenbrunners turned to shoemaking. As part-time businesses, the farms usually only offered a welcome extra income. Little more than a dozen main farms remained. Erlenbrunn grew to 1,900 inhabitants.

In the wake of industrial shoe production, the social structure of the place changed fundamentally over time. Around 80 percent of the employees were employed in the shoe industry. The main place of work was the city of Pirmasens.

On June 7, 1969, the village was incorporated into Pirmasens. Erlenbrunn shows itself today as a district with a village character. With its location almost 450  m above sea level. NHN Erlenbrunn is the highest suburb of Pirmasens.

politics

Local advisory board

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

For more information on the local council, see the results of the local elections in Pirmasens .

Mayor

The mayor of Erlenbrunn is Christiane Mattill (FWGM). She was re-elected in direct election on May 26, 2019 with 80.49% of the vote.

Infrastructure

In Erlenbrunn there are various craft businesses and a well-known saddlery .

The district is connected to local public transport. There are 14 clubs in the district, such as the tennis, rabbit (KZV P104), singing or sports club SV Erlenbrunn with the departments football, table tennis and gymnastics.

Hiking trails around the village are looked after by the Palatinate Forest Association Erlenbrunn, which also includes the 16-kilometer hiking trail to all fountains and springs around Erlenbrunn. A Nordic walking course with three different routes leads through the Rodalbtal .

See also

literature

  • Official directory and statistics of the royal Bavarian administrative district of the Palatinate . Speyer 1870.
  • Friedrich Knöpp: Territorial holdings of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Hesse-Darmstadt . [typewritten] Darmstadt 1962. [Available in the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt , signature: N 282/6].
  • Alfred Matt: Bailliages, prévôté et fiefs ayant fait partie de la Seigneurie de Lichtenberg, du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg, du Landgraviat de Hesse-Darmstadt . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (Eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 7-9.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Julius B. Lehnung: Beloved Pirmasens . 1st edition. tape 1 (740-1790) . Komet-Verlag, Pirmasens 1978, ISBN 3-920558-00-6 , p. 15-17 .
  2. ↑ Knöpp, p. 12; Matt, p. 9.
  3. ↑ Directory of officials .
  4. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 155 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
  5. ^ City of Pirmasens: main statute. (PDF) § 4 and appendix. February 22, 2016, accessed October 25, 2019 .
  6. ↑ City of Pirmasens: Result of the Mayor of the Erlenbrunn District 2019. Accessed on October 25, 2019 .

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