Erzenhausen

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Coat of arms of the local community Erzenhausen
Erzenhausen
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Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '  N , 7 ° 37'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Kaiserslautern
Association municipality : Weilerbach
Height : 247 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.63 km 2
Residents: 794 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 141 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 67685
Area code : 06374
License plate : KL
Community key : 07 3 35 005
Association administration address: Rummelstrasse 15
67685 Weilerbach
Website : www.erzenhausen-pfalz.de
Local Mayor : Klaus Urschel
Location of the local community of Erzenhausen in the Kaiserslautern district
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Erzenhausen is a municipality in the Kaiserslautern district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Weilerbach , within which it is the third smallest local community in terms of population.

geography

location

Erzenhausen is located 13 kilometers northwest of Kaiserslautern in the North Palatinate Uplands in its sub-area Upper Lauterhöhen . Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Rothselberg , Frankelbach , Sulzbachtal , Eulenbis , Weilerbach , Schwedelbach and Kollweiler . the soils in the municipality are very rich in ore .

Elevations and waters

In the north is the 452.4 meter high Perlenberg . In the northeast of the district on the border with Eulenbis the 422 meter high owl head extends . The Rischbach forms the boundary to Weilerbach in the south. From the left it takes up the Saubach, which flows through the middle of the settlement area.

history

Erzenhausen was first mentioned in 1445 in the property register of the Otterberg monastery as Atzenhauser Hof or Erzenhußen, which was owned by the monastery.

The place name changed over the centuries:

year Place name
1445 Erzenhußen
1592 Ertzenhausen
1768 Ertzenhaußen
1810 Erzenhausen

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Erzenhausen was incorporated into the canton of Kaiserslautern and was subordinate to the Mairie Weilerbach . In 1815 the place had 386 inhabitants. In the same year it was added to Austria . Just one year later, the place, like the entire Palatinate, changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria . Then Erzenhausen moved to the Kingdom of Bavaria. From 1818 to 1862 he was a member of the Land Commissioner in Kaiserslautern ; from this the district office of Kaiserslautern emerged.

From 1939 he was part of the Kaiserslautern district . After the Second World War , Erzenhausen 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 , the place became part of the newly formed community of Weilerbach in 1972 .

politics

Municipal council

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

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD FWG WGW total
2019 2 6th 4th 12 seats
2014 3 5 4th 12 seats
2009 2 5 5 12 seats
2004 4th 3 5 12 seats
  • FWG = Free Voters' Group Erzenhausen e. V.
  • WGW = voter group Wilking Erzenhausen e. V.

mayor

The local mayor of Erzenhausen is Klaus Urschel (FWG). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 87.39% of the vote.

coat of arms

Erzenhausen coat of arms
 Blazon : "Divided by black and gold, above a silver mining hammer, crossed diagonally with a silver mallet, below a blue ploughshare, each with a three-leaf clover with a stem."

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

Listed former schoolhouse

There are a total of two objects on site that are listed .

nature

The Magerwiesen nature reserve on the Eulenkopf extends within the municipal marker . There is also a natural monument with a stalactite cave in the north of the municipality .

Regular events

The village festival takes place every last weekend in June. At the end of August, the Kerwe takes place regularly in the community.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Erzenhausen is entitled to the Reichswald . Ore was mined on site from the Middle Ages.

traffic

The public transport in the transport association Rhein-Neckar integrated (VRN). The community is connected to the motorway network by the A 6 (junction: Kaiserslautern-West). The district road 18 connects the place with Schwedelbach and Weilerbach.

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

Web links

Commons : Erzenhausen  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ^ Ortgemeinde Erzenhausen, Mayor Klaus Urschel: Erzenhausen history. Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Erzenhausen. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
  5. ^ The State Returning Officer for Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Weilerbach, Verbandsgemeinde, first line of results. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .