Gerolsheim

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Coat of arms of the local community Gerolsheim
Gerolsheim
Map of Germany, position of the local community Gerolsheim highlighted

Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '  N , 8 ° 16'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Bad Dürkheim
Association municipality : Leiningerland
Height : 104 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.81 km 2
Residents: 1750 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 364 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 67229
Area code : 06238
License plate : DÜW
Community key : 07 3 32 021
LOCODE : DE GHP
Association administration address: Industriestrasse 11
67269 Grünstadt
Website : www.gerolsheim.de
Local Mayor : Erich Weyer ( FWG )
Location of the local community of Gerolsheim in the Bad Dürkheim district
Bad Dürkheim Grünstadt Grünstadt Haßloch Meckenheim (Pfalz) Niederkirchen bei Deidesheim Ruppertsberg Forst an der Weinstraße Deidesheim Wattenheim Hettenleidelheim Tiefenthal (Pfalz) Carlsberg (Pfalz) Altleiningen Ellerstadt Gönnheim Friedelsheim Wachenheim an der Weinstraße Elmstein Weidenthal Neidenfels Lindenberg (Pfalz) Lambrecht (Pfalz) Frankeneck Esthal Kindenheim Bockenheim an der Weinstraße Quirnheim Mertesheim Ebertsheim Obrigheim (Pfalz) Obersülzen Dirmstein Gerolsheim Laumersheim Großkarlbach Bissersheim Kirchheim an der Weinstraße Kleinkarlbach Neuleiningen Battenberg (Pfalz) Neuleiningen Kirchheim an der Weinstraße Weisenheim am Sand Weisenheim am Sand Weisenheim am Sand Erpolzheim Bobenheim am Berg Bobenheim am Berg Dackenheim Dackenheim Freinsheim Freinsheim Herxheim am Berg Herxheim am Berg Herxheim am Berg Kallstadt Kallstadt Weisenheim am Berg Weisenheim am Berg Landkreis Alzey-Worms Worms Ludwigshafen am Rhein Frankenthal (Pfalz) Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Landkreis Germersheim Neustadt an der Weinstraße Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße Landau in der Pfalz Kaiserslautern Landkreis Kaiserslautern Donnersbergkreis Kaiserslautern Landkreis Südwestpfalzmap
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Town hall of Gerolsheim

Gerolsheim is a municipality in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Bad Dürkheim . It is located in the north-west of the European Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region and is part of the Leiningerland community .

history

In 915 Gerolsheim was first mentioned in a document as Geroltesheimero . During the time of the tribal duchies, the place was in the Duchy of Franconia .

Until 1969 the place belonged to the (then dissolved) district of Frankenthal (Palatinate) . In 1972 it was assigned to the newly created community of Grünstadt-Land , which was merged into the community of Leiningerland in 2018.

The Gerolsheim hazardous waste dump was closed in 2003 after decades of efforts on the part of residents.

religion

In 2007, 41.2% of the population were Protestant and 29.5% Catholic . The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational .

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Gerolsheim 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 FWG total
2019 3 3 10 16 seats
2014 3 4th 9 16 seats
2009 4th 3 9 16 seats
2004 5 - 11 16 seats

mayor

The local mayor is Erich Weyer (FWG). He was last re-elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 with 80.17% of the vote.

coat of arms

Gerolsheim coat of arms
 Blazon : "A three-pronged silver fish spear in red, with a golden rose with blue clusters on both sides at the bottom."
Foundation of the coat of arms: It was approved by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior in 1926 and goes back to a seal from 1541. The trident stands for the church patron St. Leodegar .

Economy, culture and sport

In Gerolsheim there are small businesses as well as farmers and winegrowers. The regional winegrowers' cooperative Palmberg, founded in 1958, is half in Gerolsheim and half in Laumersheim and has its headquarters at the foot of the Palmberg . Due to the strong increase in population, conversions, extensions and new buildings were necessary at the cemetery, school, kindergarten and children's playgrounds. As a result of the increasing number of residents, associations that are active in many areas of interest have grown significantly or have been newly founded.

The construction of the village community center including sports and outdoor facilities, a biotope, the fairground and the renovated town hall enable sporting, social and cultural development.

The most well-known club in the community is the Turn- und Sportverein (TuS) Gerolsheim 1892, which has been playing bowling in the Bundesliga at DKBC for more than twenty years and in the DCU since 2012 . The bowling department is also represented at championships. The scissors bowler Holger Mayer also plays there .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • October 23, 2004: Adolf Buch, 40 years of local politician, of which almost 25 years as local mayor
  • October 23, 2004: Ilse Buch, wife of Adolf Buch, 40 years of social and association work

Other personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Gerolsheim  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2007.
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local council election 2019 Gerolsheim. Retrieved October 13, 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 Leiningerland, Verbandsgemeinde, ninth line of results. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
  6. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .