Flemings

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '  N , 8 ° 6'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southern Wine Route
Association municipality :	Edenkoben
Height :	196 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.87 km 2
Residents:	394 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	102 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76835
Area code :	06323
License plate :	SOUTH
Community key :	07 3 37 025
Association administration address:	Poststrasse 23 67480 Edenkoben
Website :	www.flemlingen.de
Local Mayor :	Peter Henrich
Location of the local community of Flemlingen in the southern Weinstrasse district

Flemlingen from a bird's eye view

Flemlingen is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstrasse district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Edenkoben , within which it is the second smallest local community in terms of population.

geography

location

The place is 8 km south of Edenkoben between the Haardt and the Rhine within the Weinstrasse region . The municipality also includes two exclaves within the Palatinate Forest . Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Hainfeld , Roschbach , Walsheim , Böchingen and Burrweiler .

Elevations and waters

The Kalkofenberg rises within the eastern forest enclave . The one further to the west includes the northeast flank of the 502.4 meter high Kesselberg ; it is also located on the upper reaches of the Eusserbach , which in this area is called Katzenbach .

history

timeline

In 767, Flemlingen was first mentioned in the Lorsch Codex on the occasion of a donation to the Lorsch Abbey. In the 13th century, the village was part of the Geisburg rule . From 1279 the place belonged to a knight of Tan as an imperial fief. After the Tan family died out , Flemlingen passed to the Lords of Schönenburg in 1603 and, thirty years later, in 1633, the property passed to the Counts of Trautmansdorf. In the Thirty Years' War , the town was like so many others heavily damaged. In 1675 Flemlingen passed to the nobles von der Leyen , who from then on owned the place as Count von der Leyen until the end of the 18th century.

After 1792 French revolutionary troops occupied the region and annexed it after the Peace of Campo Formio (1797) . From 1798 to 1814 the village belonged to the French department of Donnersberg and was assigned to the canton of Edenkoben and was subordinate to the Mairie Burrweiler . In 1815 the community had a total of 362 inhabitants. Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna (1815) and an exchange treaty with Austria , the region came to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816 . From 1818 the municipality of Burrweiler was assigned to the Landau Landau commissioner in the Bavarian Rhine District, later to the Landau district office.

From 1939 the place was part of the Landau district in the Palatinate . After the Second World War , Flemlingen became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . During the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform changed the community on June 7, 1969 in the newly created district Landau-Bad Bergzabern, in 1978 in South County Wine Trail is renamed . 1972 Flemlingen was assigned to the also newly formed community of Edenkoben .

Surname

Flemlingen was called 767 Flameringen and 1250 Vlemeringen or Vlameringen . In 1313 the place is called Flemirkeim and in 1334 it appears as Flemeringen. At the beginning of the 19th century the community was called Flömmlingen . It has been officially called Flemlingen since 1825.

religion

In 2013, 64.8 percent of the population were Catholic and 15.0 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 .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Flemlingen 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

Peter Henrich became the local mayor of Flemlingen in 2009. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of the vote of 74.70%. His predecessor was Franz Weber.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Divided and split at the top,a silver eagle in red at thetop right , a silver pole in blue at the top left, a blue horseshoe with the studs turned downwards in silver."
	Justification for the coat of arms: It was approved by the Mainz Ministry of the Interior on November 19, 1951 . The horseshoe is the place name of Flemlingen. The eagle reminds of the Lords of Dahn. Subsequently, the place belonged to the office of Burrweiler von der Leyen, which the silver stake refers to.

Culture

Cultural monuments

Ruin of Neuscharfeneck Castle

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Flemlingen

The ruins of Neuscharfeneck Castle located within the eastern forest enclave are designated as a monument zone . In addition, there are a total of five individual objects that are under monument protection .

nature

The only natural monument on site is the Feldkreuz ensemble with a group of horse chestnuts on Kirchweg . The entire municipality - including the area beyond the Palatinate Forest with buildings and surrounding vineyards - is part of the Palatinate Forest Nature Park , which in turn belongs to the cross-border Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord Biosphere Reserve .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Vineyards in the district of Flemlingen

Flemlingen is a wine-growing town and as such part of the Palatinate wine-growing region . The individual layers Herrenbuckel , Vogelsprung and Zechpeter are located on site . In the course of the Haingeraide , the place was involved in the so-called second Haingeraide - alternatively called Mittel-Haingeraide - which was dissolved in the early modern period and which was partially subordinated to the community.

traffic

The Palatinate Oberland Railway ran through Flemlingen from 1913 to 1953 . The community is located on the state road 512 , which runs right through the settlement area. The place is connected to the local transport network via the bus route 501 of the transport association Rhein-Neckar , which leads to Landau and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse.

tourism

The Landauer Hütte of the Palatinate Forest Association is located in the eastern forest enclave .

Web links

Commons : Flemlingen  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Flemlingen
• Literature about Flemlingen 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. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2163, August 767 - Reg. 213. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 60 , accessed on May 7, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Source: community archive
4. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2013
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ↑ Gerhard Sommer: Quite a few village chiefs undecided. Die Rheinpfalz, August 17, 2018, accessed on April 12, 2020 . 
7. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Edenkoben, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth result line. Retrieved April 12, 2020 . 
8. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 , p. 237.