Goecklingen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 10 '  N , 8 ° 2'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southern Wine Route
Association municipality :	Landau country
Height :	181 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.27 km 2
Residents:	894 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	123 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76831
Area code :	06349
License plate :	SOUTH
Community key :	07 3 37 031
Association administration address:	To 44 No. 31 76829 Landau in the Palatinate
Website :	www.goecklingen.de
Mayoress :	Manuela Laub
Location of the local community of Göcklingen in the southern Weinstrasse district

View from the south-southeast when approaching Heuchelheim over the vineyards.

View from the east when approaching Mörzheim over the vineyards.

Göcklingen ( Pfälz. Gecklinge ) is a municipality in the district of Southern Wine Route in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Landau-Land community .

geography

The wine village is in the Palatinate on the Kaiserbach. The Kaiserbach runs through the middle of the settlement area in a west-east direction . The Kapellenhof residential area also belongs to the community .

Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Ilbesheim near Landau in the Palatinate , Landau in the Palatinate , Heuchelheim-Klingen , Klingenmünster , Waldhambach (Palatinate) and Eschbach .

history

It was first mentioned in a document in 1254. Until the end of the 18th century, the place belonged to the Landeck sub-office , which was jointly owned by the Electoral Palatinate and the Speyer Monastery.

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Göcklingen was incorporated into the canton of Annweiler and was the seat of its own mairie , which also included Impflingen . In 1815 the place had a total of 1,100 inhabitants. After the Congress of Vienna , which took place in the same year, the place was added to Austria . Just one year later, the place, like the entire Palatinate, changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria . At the same time, Göcklingen moved to the canton of Landau . From 1818 to 1862, the place was part of the Landau Landau , which was then converted into a district office.

From 1939 the place was part of the Landau district in the Palatinate . After the Second World War , Göcklingen 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 . In 1972 the community was assigned to the newly formed Landau-Land association. In 2001 the municipality won the state winner in the competition Our village has a future .

religion

From the middle of the 19th century a synagogue existed for the local Jewish residents . It was already profaned towards the end of the century; the building still exists. The local Jews were buried in Annweiler . At the end of 2013, 52.4 percent of the population were Catholic and 33.7 percent Protestant. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational.

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Manuela Laub became local mayor of Göcklingen on August 13, 2019. In the runoff election on June 16, 2019, it prevailed with a share of the vote of 53.58%, after none of the original three applicants had achieved a sufficient majority in the direct election on May 26, 2019. Laub's predecessors were Fritz Garrecht (term 2004–2019) and Günther Löhlein (1989–2004).

coat of arms

	Blazon : "A silver neck iron in blue."
	Foundation of the coat of arms: It was approved by the Mainz Ministry of the Interior in 1961 and goes back to a seal from 1760.

Community partnerships

A partnership has been maintained with Soucy (Yonne) in France since 2006.

Culture

Göcklinger high altar picture, Martyrdom of St. Laurentius, by Claudius Schraudolph the Elder

Buildings

The Catholic Church of St. Laurentius was built in 1787 and has baroque altars. Its three altar leaves were subsequently changed in the 19th century. The ones still preserved today are from Claudius Schraudolph the Elder , a famous Nazarene who painted the Speyer Cathedral with his brother Johann von Schraudolph . The main picture with the martyrdom of St. Laurentius was donated in 1883 by Franziska Reither, a sister of Bishop Konrad Reither .

The cemetery is designated as a monument zone; In addition, there are a total of 18 individual objects that are listed , including the former synagogue .

Natural monuments

In Göcklingen there are two natural monuments: two linden trees and a sweet chestnut

Sports

The FFV Fortuna Göcklingen is based in the village .

Events

The Laetare parade takes place annually on Laetare , which is organized by the local band.

Economy and Infrastructure

Viticulture

The place is significantly influenced by viticulture and is one of the largest wine-growing communities in the Palatinate . The area under vines was 456 hectares in 2005. The Herrenpfad and Kaiserberg individual layers exist on site .

traffic

Göcklingen is connected to the local transport network via the 540 bus in the Rhein-Neckar transport association.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Aloys Schirmer (1911–1981), from Nussbach , became a pastor in Göcklingen in 1964, wrote an extensive local history and was made an honorary citizen of the place.
• Hermann Frech (* 1928), school principal, 20 years councilor and 45 years honorary church musician, was honored by his home parish for his diverse services.
• Günter Löhlein (* 1936), Vice Rector, Mayor from 1989 to 2004, after having been a member of the local council since 1974. In May 2016 he was made an honorary citizen of the community in recognition of his life's work.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Konrad Reither (1814–1871), Bishop of Speyer
• Jakob Dörler (1874–1957), politician (BVP)

People who worked on site

• Anton Forch (1785–1857), cathedral capitular and provost of the diocese of Speyer , pastor in Göcklingen from 1815 to 1821

Web links

Commons : Göcklingen  - collection of images

• Internet presence of the local community Göcklingen
• Since 2014 the venue for the German "Gockel-Crow championship"
• Literature about Göcklingen in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography
• 6th German Rooster Championship: Search for the most authentic animal voice Thai woman wins at Rooster Championship

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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 162 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2013
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ Constituent meeting on August 13, 2019. Göcklingen parish, accessed on April 10, 2020 . 
6. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Landau-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, seventh line of results. Retrieved April 10, 2020 . 
7. ↑ A photo for the history book. Local mayor and alderman of the community of Göcklingen, Memorial Day 2019. Local community of Göcklingen, accessed on April 10, 2020 . 
8. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .
9. ↑ Partner municipality Soucy. Göcklingen parish, accessed on May 26, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Website on the Schraudolph pictures in Göcklingen
11. ↑ Further website on the Schraudolph paintings in Göcklingen
12. ↑ Ernst Schworm: Nussbach. Personalities: Aloys Schirmer. In: regionalgeschichte.net. Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz eV, accessed on May 26, 2020 . 
13. ↑ On the 80th birthday of Mr. Hermann Frech. Göcklingen parish, accessed on May 26, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Paul Kleiner: Versatile. 90th birthday of Hermann Frech. Die Rheinpfalz, May 9, 2018, accessed on May 26, 2020 . 
15. ↑ Prudent and active. 80th birthday of Günter Löhlein. Die Rheinpfalz, March 21, 2016, accessed on May 26, 2020 . 
16. ↑ Strong words in a low tone. Honorary Citizen Günter Löhlein. Die Rheinpfalz, May 10, 2016, accessed on May 26, 2020 .