Friedelsheim

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '  N , 8 ° 13'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Dürkheim
Association municipality :	Wachenheim on the Wine Route
Height :	117 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.16 km 2
Residents:	1446 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	348 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67159
Area code :	06322
License plate :	DÜW
Community key :	07 3 32 020
Association administration address:	Weinstrasse 16 67157 Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse
Website :	www.friedelsheim.de
Local Mayor :	Peter Fleischer
Location of the Friedelsheim community in the Bad Dürkheim district

Friedelsheim (Palatine: Frlsm ) is a municipality in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse .

Geographical location

The wine-growing location is in the Vorderpfalz .

history

Friedelsheim was first mentioned in a document on June 24, 770 in the Lorsch Codex . During the time of the tribal duchies, the place was in the Duchy of Franconia .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Friedelsheim consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FDP	FWG	total
2019	3	4th	1	8th	16 seats
2014	4th	4th	1	7th	16 seats
2009	4th	5	1	6th	16 seats
2004	4th	4th	3	5	16 seats

• FWG = Free Voting Community Friedelsheim e. V.

mayor

Local mayor is Peter Fleischer (FWG). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with 81.93% of the votes.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “In blue, a growing silver gate castle with a central round tower, inside a black round portal, flanked by two gable-roofed silver wich houses, and attached black-jointed ashlar wall, accompanied by two half-facing growing silver towers within the wall, all three black-windowed, red-roofed, kneaded with gold and with a golden weather vane waving to the left. "

Culture and sights

Buildings

• Protestant Church
• Friedelsheim Castle
• Friedelsheim transmitter

See also: List of cultural monuments in Friedelsheim

• Attractions
• 

  Friedelsheim Castle

• 

  Catholic Church of the Assumption

• 

  protestant church

• 

  Erbärmdebild, 14th century, prot. church

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  Citizen fountain by Gernot Rumpf

Regular events

• The bakery and the historic smithy are open on the last Saturday of the month (except December).
• The Friedelsheimer Weinkerwe , a wine festival , is celebrated on the third Sunday in August .
• As part of the Weinkerwe, the free Rock am Weiher festival has been taking place since 1995 .
• On the second Advent there is a Christmas market at the Protestant church.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The federal motorway 650 to Ludwigshafen am Rhein connects Friedelsheim to the national road network. In the direction of Bad Dürkheim , federal road 271 leads west of Friedelsheim and federal road 37 to the north .

The town is also connected to rail traffic by the Rhein-Haardtbahn ( Mannheim - Bad Dürkheim ), a narrow-gauge railway.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Gottfried von Goos (1776–1822), officer of the Bavarian Army ennobled for bravery
• Christian Philipp Koester (1784–1851), painter and restorer
• Jakob Latscha (1849–1912), merchant
• Hans Bonnet (1902–1963), politician (NSDAP)
• Ethelbert Stauffer (1902–1979), theologian
• Otmar Fischer (* 1934), pastor and dialect poet, founder of the Friedelsheim Foundation (2006)

People associated with the place

• Franz Joseph von Wiser (1679–1755), local lord and reconstructor of Friedelsheim Castle , around 1708
• Elisabeth Dorothea von Wiser (1718–1771), local ruler and benefactress of the community; Great-granddaughter of Elector Karl I. Ludwig von der Pfalz

literature

• Literature about Friedelsheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Friedelsheim  - Collection of Images

Wikisource: Friedelsheim in the Topographia Palatinatus Rheni (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

• Internet presence of the Friedelsheim parish

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [trans.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2074 June 24th 770 - Reg. 515. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 35 , accessed on January 20, 2016 . 
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Friedelsheim. Retrieved October 16, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Wachenheim adW, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved October 16, 2019 .