Foeckelberg

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 29'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Kusel-Altenglan
Height :	450 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.97 km 2
Residents:	371 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	93 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66887
Area code :	06385
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 025
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 1 66869 Kusel
Website :	www.vg-kusel-altenglan.de
Local Mayor :	Frank Winter
Location of the local community Föckelberg in the district of Kusel

Föckelberg , a former mining village on Potzberg, is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Kusel-Altenglan .

geography

Föckelberg is located in the West Palatinate between 380 and 465  m above sea level. NHN . The summit of the 562 meter high Potzberg with the 35 meter high Potzberg tower is in the Föckelberg district as is part of the Potzberg wildlife park . To the east are Niederstaufenbach and Oberstaufenbach , to the south is Neunkirchen am Potzberg .

history

Föckelberg appears for the first time in 1393 as "Fockelnberg" in a letter to Wittum from Count Friedrich III. from Veldenz up. At that time Föckelberg belonged to the Reichenbach mayor's workshop. Further names are: 1460 Feckelnberg, 1482 Fuckelnberg, 1567 Feckelnbergk, 1571 Feckelburg, 1578 Feckelberg, 1588 Ferckelberg, 1593 Feckelberg, early 17th century Föckelburg, 1671 Vöckelberg and 1824 Feckelberg. The place name is made up of the basic word mountain and the personal name Folkilo, modified Fockilo. Thus the place name is interpreted as "Mountain of Fockilo".

In the 18th and 19th centuries, mining on cinnabar ore was carried out in the Föckelberger district. There were, among others, the following pits: Elisabethengrube (18th / 19th century), Hütschbacher Werk (1782–1783), Faulborn and Hellewalterdöll (1785–1786), Freier Wille (around 1787 to 19th century, Hutschbach tub), Imperial train (1780–1788, Gewannen Faulenborn and Bösenborn), David crown (1783 to 19th century, Gewanne Davidskron-Lichtenkopf), Sebastiansgrube (1787–1788, Gewannen Am Turm and Hazelrech) and Pottaschrecke, St. Christian (1774–1789), Vogelacker (1787–1789, Gewannen Vogelacker and Horst), Josephskron (1774–1783, Gewanne Vogelacker), Kloppwald (1781–1789), Im Segen Gottes (1774–1777), Die Langehohl (1781). Many of these pits were short lived due to poor yield. Of the above listed on Föckelberger district, only the Elisabethengrube (most productive mine on Föckelberg district), David crown and Freier Wille were operated in 1807.

Föckelberg built his own schoolhouse in 1824 and received his own teacher after the students had previously attended school in Neunkirchen am Potzberg. Jakob Braun, born on the Ritschmühle near Kusel, was the first teacher in Föckelberg. Since the school was built with community funds, they attended both Protestant and Catholic children. In 1897 the old schoolhouse was demolished and a new schoolhouse was built as a one-story classroom according to plans by district master builder Kleinhans and an additional storey was added in 1903. The school house is used today as a village community center.

Föckelberg belongs to the Protestant parish Neunkirchen am Potzberg and the Catholic parish Reichenbach-Steegen. In 1854 the municipality of Föckelberg laid out its own cemetery, which is still in use today.

In the monument topography of the Kusel district, the following is said about the expansion of the village: “The place, which was laid out as a street village, expanded in the 18th century about as far as it does today, because there are larger courtyards from this time both at its southern end (Brunnenstrasse 3 ) as well as on the northern one (Eckstrasse 9). The later development only led to greater densification along the street. Of these buildings that were added later, a single-storey, one-room-deep day laborer's house at the Vogelacker 6 estate is particularly noteworthy. It consists of two rooms arranged next to one another and has a small stable connected at right angles. The tiny property, which is now used as a sheepfold, was built in the second half of the 19th century. And shows the unimaginably simple living conditions of some villagers. "

The Kerwe was previously celebrated on the third weekend in October, today it takes place in July.

The former natural monuments include the "Kalescheiche" in the Potzbergwald (now replanted) and the three "Hutbuchen" at the north entrance to the community.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Föckelberg 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

Frank Winter became the mayor of Föckelberg on June 26, 2019. Since there was no candidate in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the upcoming election was made by the council. This unanimously decided in favor of winter and elected him for five years.

Winter's predecessor Henning Pallmann had held the office for 14 years, but did not take up again in 2019.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the local community Föckelberg is split in gold and black. On the right it shows a green tower on a green three-mountain, on the left a red armored, tongued and crowned golden lion. In the Palatinate colors, it connects the lion of the Palatinate lines Pfalz-Zweibrücken , Pfalz-Veldenz and Kurpfalz with the reference to the Potzberg in the Föckelberg district as one of the most prominent points in the West Palatinate. The coat of arms was approved on November 20, 1975 by the Neustadt district government.

Economy and Infrastructure

District roads 34 (main road) and 35 (road to the Potzberg summit) intersect in the village . In the southwest is the federal highway 62 . In Altenglan there is a train station on the Landstuhl – Kusel railway line .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Alois Kraemer (1899–1983), politician (CDU)

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Föckelberg

literature

• Jan Fickert: Around the Potzberg . Erfurt: Sutton-Verlag, 2010. ISBN 978-3-86680-675-7
• Jan Fickert: First mention and property tax cadastre (1845) of the municipality of Föckelberg. In: Westrichkalender. Kusel 2015, pp. 208-219.
• Literature about Föckelberg in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : Föckelberg  - collection of images

• Local community Föckelberg on the website of the association community Kusel-Altenglan
• Föckelberg at regionalgeschichte.net
• Short portrait of Föckelberg on SWR television

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Jan Fickert: First mention and property tax register (1845) of the municipality of Föckelberg . In: Kreis Kusel (ed.): Westrichkalender 2015 . 2014, p. 208-219 .
3. ↑ Christian Schüler-Beigang (arrangement): Kreis Kusel (=  cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 16 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1999, ISBN 3-88462-163-7 , p. 50-51 .
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Eric Sayer: Frank Winter is the new local chief of Föckelberg. Die Rheinpfalz, June 27, 2019, accessed on May 10, 2020 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer for Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Kusel-Altenglan, Verbandsgemeinde, 13th line of results. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .