Fischbach near Dahn

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 5 '  N , 7 ° 43'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Dahn rock country
Height :	195 m above sea level NHN
Area :	32.88 km 2
Residents:	1464 (December 31, 2019)
Population density :	45 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66996
Area code :	06393
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 011
Association administration address:	Schulstrasse 29 66994 Dahn
Website :	fischbach-bei-dahn.de
Local Mayor :	Michael Schreiber
Location of the local community Fischbach bei Dahn in the district of Südwestpfalz

Fischbach near Dahn

Fischbach 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 ; Measured in terms of area, it is the second largest and measured in terms of population it is the third largest local community. Fischbach bei Dahn is a state-recognized resort and border town to France .

geography

Geographical location

Fischbach is located in the southern Palatinate Forest , the German part of the Wasgau in its sub-area Stürzelbronn-Schönauer Felsenland , which forms a sub-unit of the Dahner Felsenland . Only the north of the district belongs to the Wasgau subunit of the Southwest Palatinate Forest . The closest city is Dahn , in the northeast , which is eight kilometers away as the crow flies.

The German-French border with Alsace forms the southern local border, the next road border crossing is Hirschthal six kilometers away . The Petersbächel district , the Wappenschmiede residential area and some individual farms are attached to the main town of Fischbach , including the Unterpetersbächlerhof belonging to Petersbächel . Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Dahn, Bruchweiler-Bärenbach , Rumbach , Schönau , Niedersteinbach , Obersteinbach , Ludwigswinkel and Lemberg

Surveys

The depression in which Fischbach lies is enclosed by elevations about 400 meters high. The highest mountains in the wider area are the Große Eyberg (514 m) in the northeast and the Maimont (512 m) in the south, just beyond the French border . The peaks of both mountains are each about four kilometers from the village and are located on the other side of the boundary.

In the north of the district, not far from the border with Dahn, the 484.9 meter high Großer Mückenkopf , which forms the highest point within the municipality, and south of it the Nollenkopf (382 meters) and the Stolzenberg . The 415.6 meter high Mückenberg rises further to the southwest . In the northwest are the Großebet ( 387.4  m ) and the Kleinebet ( 362.5  m ) and in the far northwest the Dielkopf ( 413  m ). The Große Helmersberg ( 368.5  m ) and its south-east spur, the Kleine Helmersberg ( 315  m ), are further near the settlement . Immediately northwest of the settlement area rises the 344.3 meter high Great Samsberg .

In the north-east of the district, the 388-meter-high Great Ceiling Mountain and the Small Dahlberg extend ; Immediately to the south-east is the Lüderkopf, measuring 341 meters, and the Große Roßberg ( 417  m ) directly on the border with Rumbach . The Lindenfels ( 347  m ) and the Alte Kupp ( 277  m ) rise further to the west . In the south-west of the district there is also the 343 meter high Lindelskopf and in the south, not far from the border with France, the Große Florenberg (465 meters).

Waters

Pfälzerwoog in the southwest of the district

Fischbach spreads at a height of 200 meters in an extensive floodplain of the Saarbach , which runs west-east in this area and leaves Germany a few kilometers further towards France and is called Sauer in the neighboring country . The Fischbach , which flows into the Saarbach from the left, runs through the settlement area . A little later the Petersbächel comes from the right, which rises northeast of the Fischbacher district of the same name. Further east, the Brunnengraben and Spießbach follow one another from the left . The Roßbach forms in its upper reaches partly the Gemarkungsgrenze to Dahn and finally flows into the tables stream. Immediately on the boundary of Rumbach, the swamp hole ditch also flows from the left .

The Saarbach and its tributaries are dammed up in several places to form woogens that used to be used for wood drift or as mill ponds . The Wooge are now used as bathing ponds or fish ponds . The Spießwoog is located in the upper reaches of the Spießbach . In the southwest, not far from the border with Ludwigswinkel, is the Pfälzerwoog .

history

middle Ages

The place name emphasizes the abundance of fish that the Saarbach and its tributaries still have today. As a small settlement, Fischbach historically belonged to Obersteinbach , which was in the Lemberg office of the County of Zweibrücken-Bitsch and there belonged to the Lemberg official school of the same name .

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 Reich Chamber of Commerce, Lorraine was able to prevail with regard to the Bitsch rule, while the Lemberg office - and thus Fischbach as well - was awarded to the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg .

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 left bank of the Hanau-Lichtenberg county - and with it the Lemberg and Fischbach offices - fell to France in 1794.

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Fischbach was incorporated into the canton of Dahn and was elevated to an independent municipality during this time. After the end of Napoleonic rule, the place was added to Austria in 1815. Just one year later, the community moved to the Kingdom of Bavaria and was part of the Rhine District exclave . From 1818 the place was part of the Landkommissariat Pirmasens , which was converted into a district office in 1862. In 1828 the neighboring town of Petersbächel was incorporated into Fischbach. The place remained with Bavaria beyond the First World War until the State of Rhineland-Palatinate was founded after the Second World War .

In 1939 Fischbach was incorporated into the district of Pirmasens (from 1997 district of Südwestpfalz ) . After the Second World 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 administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate , Fischbach was assigned to the newly created community of Dahner Felsenland in 1972 . From 1967 to 1987 there were plans according to which a lake would be dammed in the area of ​​the municipality, which was to be named “ Wasgau Lake ”. For reasons of nature conservation, these efforts were finally given up at the end of the 1980s.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Fischbach consists of 16 council members who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Michael Schreiber became the local mayor of Fischbach in 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with 79.33% of the votes. His predecessor Josef Hammer had held the office since 2002.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Divided by silver and blue by a wavy line, above a left-facing blue, below a right-facing silver fish."
	Crest Rationale: It was established in 1951 by the Mainzer Interior Ministry approves and refers talking on the place name. The colors come from the coat of arms of the Hochstift Speyer.

religion

In 1487 a parish was formed for the first time on site. In 2012, 67.9 percent of the population were Roman Catholic and 18.7 percent Protestant . The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational . The Catholics belong to the Diocese of Speyer , the Evangelicals to the Protestant Church of the Palatinate .

Sights and culture

Buildings

Cultural monuments

Under monument protection standing stilted Einhaus in Fischbach

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Fischbach bei Dahn

The remains of Area I , a former NATO special ammunition dump from the Cold War era in the former Fischbach Ordnance Depot, are located in the middle of the forest and are designated as a monument zone . It consists of 19 ammunition stores (bunkers), two concreted fighting stalls and a striking guard building and was one of the ten large nuclear weapons depots in Germany.

There are also numerous individual monuments, including the Ulrich chapel in the cemetery from the 17th century . A statue from the first half of the 18th century represents the namesake of the chapel.

Other structures

In the south-west of the district there are also remains of Lindelskopf Castle .

nature

The area has bizarre rock formations made of red sandstone , which are the products of weathering and have given the region the name Dahner Felsenland ; three of them are declared natural monuments . The Königsbruch nature reserve begins east of Fischbach and is characterized by forest areas with embedded floodplains. Other nature reserves on the municipality markings are the Pfälzerwoog, the Wolfsägertal and the Faunertal . In the north of the district there is also the Ritterstein 202. It bears the name Here stood the Wolfsaegerhof and refers to the location of a farm that existed from the second half of the 18th century to the 20th century.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Biosphere house

Fischbach is almost exclusively a residential community that also focuses on tourism . In the period of the Cold War until 1993, Fischbach housed the Fischbach Ordnance Depot of the United States Army . This was part of the Pirmasens Military Community and was subordinate to the 59th Ordnance Brigade . The largest employer is the biosphere house . The community is also part of the VR Bank Südliche Weinstrasse-Wasgau business area .

traffic

Street

The place is reached via the federal road 427 running from Hinterweidenthal via Bad Bergzabern to Kandel ; State road 487 branches off from this , which runs over Salzwoog and joins State road 478 on the western edge of the district . The latter runs through the middle of the settlement area and runs from the state border with Saarland near Hornbach to the German-French border near Sankt Germanshof . The Petersbächel district is connected to the road network via the district roads 43 and 44 .

rail

A rail connection existed from 1921 in the form of the Wasgauwaldbahn leading from Bundenthal to Ludwigswinkel , on which additional passenger services were offered from 1924. It was discontinued as early as 1930 and subsequently dismantled.

tourism

The biosphere house is located on the northeastern edge of the village and has been providing information about the Palatinate Forest-Northern Vosges biosphere reserve since 2000 . Among other things, it houses a multimedia exhibition and a 270-meter-long and 35-meter-high treetop path . Immediately the Biosphärenhaus is adjacent that of the Society of Conservation and Ornithology Rheinland-Pfalz borne nature center Wappenschmiede which includes a health food store and accommodation. Within the settlement area of ​​the Petersbächel suburb there is also the Walthari-Klause , inaugurated in 1979 , which was managed by the Palatinate Forest Association until 2010 ; meanwhile this is done by a private person. In the north of the municipality mark, there is also a campsite not far from the border with Dahn.

Biosphere adventure trail

Fischbach is also on Deutsche Schuhstrasse . The southern route of the Palatinate section of the historic Way of St. James leads across the municipality . In addition, the place is on the route of a hiking trail, which is marked with a green-yellow bar and which runs from Kirchheimbolanden to Hirschthal. Another is marked with a yellow point and connects Fischbach with the Kettrichhof , there is also another one marked with red and white bars and leading from Niederwürzbach to Böchingen . One of the so-called Saar-Rhein hiking trails is the route from Niederauerbach to the Bienwald , marked with a green bar , which runs through the Petersbächel district.

In addition, with the biosphere tour and the Hornbach-Fleckenstein cycle path, two cycle paths lead through Fischbach; the former runs in a circle between Dahn, Bruchweiler-Bärenbach and Rumbach, the latter from Hornbach to Bundenthal and partially crosses French territory. There is also a so-called water experience path , or alternatively known as the biosphere adventure path , near the treetop path . The Wasgau Lakes Tour is a circular route that leads through Fischbach and Ludwigswinkel. In the area of ​​the disused Area I, there is also a signposted historical circular route with 13 stations, which leads over the terrain that has now largely been reclaimed by nature.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

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• Wolfgang Frary
• Fritz Ramstetter
• Dieter Schehl
• Daniel Theysohn (1904–1980), entrepreneur
• Ruth Theysohn (1913–1997), first Palatinate wine queen

Sons and daughters of the church

• Fred Weinmann (1908–1991), teacher, folklorist and local history researcher

More people

• Günter Barudio (* 1942), historian and author, grew up in Fischbach.
• Joseph Eduard Konrad Bischoff (1828–1920), priest and writer, lived temporarily in Fischbach in his youth.
• Martin Hirsch (1913–1992), lawyer and politician (SPD), signed an appeal for a seated demonstration in front of the US poison gas storage facility.
• Dorothee Sölle (1929–2003), theologian and poet, took part in a sit-in in front of the US camp in the late 1960s
• Johannes Storck (1829–1914), priest, died in Fischbach.

literature

• Official directory and statistics of the royal Bavarian administrative district of the Palatinate . Speyer 1870 ( limited preview in Google book search).
• Friedrich Knöpp: Territorial holdings of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Hesse-Darmstadt . Ed .: Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt . Darmstadt 1962 (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 (ed.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980) . 1980, p. 7-9 .

Web links

Commons : Fischbach bei Dahn  - collection of images

• Biosphere house
• NaturErlebnisZentrum Wappenschmiede
• Literature about Fischbach 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
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. ↑ Knöpp, p. 11; Matt, p. 9.
5. ↑ Directory of officials .
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Dahner Felsenland, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth line of results. Retrieved April 8, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Josef Hammer turns 60. Local politician from the Dahner Felsenland celebrates his birthday. District Association of the Palatinate, March 3, 2011, accessed on April 8, 2020 . 
9. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Gräber, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .
10. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2012
11. ↑ Nuclear Weapons AZ: Fischbach near Dahn, former nuclear weapons location
12. ^ KuLaDig: Area One special weapons storage facility in Fischbach near Dahn. Munitions depot Fischbach Ordnance Depot. Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR), corporation under public law, accessed on April 8, 2020 .