Ginsweiler

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 39 '  N , 7 ° 39'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Lauterecken-Wolfstein
Height :	180 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.99 km 2
Residents:	268 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	67 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67742
Area code :	06364
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 029
Association administration address:	Schulstrasse 6a 67742 Lauterecken
Website :	www.ginsweiler.com
Local Mayor :	Roland Bender
Location of the local community of Ginsweiler in the Kusel district

Ginsweiler is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Lauterecken-Wolfstein association.

geography

Geographical location

Ginsweiler is located in the North Palatinate Uplands in the Odenbachtal , which can be found between Lautertal and Alsenztal . The Naumburgerhof and Ölmühle residential areas also belong to Ginsweiler .

The region is also called the "Old World" by many.

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities are Adenbach , Becherbach , Reipoltskirchen and Cronenberg in the north, starting clockwise .

history

Ginsweiler was first mentioned in a document in 1379. It initially belonged to the county of Veldenz , then to Pfalz-Zweibrücken .

To the northeast of the Naumburger Hof near Ginsberg was the medieval Naumburg .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Ginsweiler 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

Roland Bender became local mayor of Ginsweiler in summer 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 59.87% of the vote. His predecessor Wolfgang Neu had held the office for 11 years.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In a split shield on the right divided twelve times by silver and blue, on the left in black a golden branch of gorse."
	Foundation of the coat of arms: It was awarded in 1978 by the Neustadt district government . The twelve-fold division in the front half comes from the coat of arms of the Lords of Boxberg , the colors of the County of Veldenz . At the back the place name is shown in the Rhineland-Palatinate state colors.

Economy and Infrastructure

The federal highway 420 runs in the northwest .

Ginsweiler is part of the Rhein-Neckar transport association . The next train station is Lauterecken-Grumbach on the Lautertalbahn to Kaiserslautern ; Some busses on the 268 run there on weekdays. In addition, on weekdays there are direct connections from Ginsweiler to Kaiserslautern Hbf with the 131 bus .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Ginsweiler

Web links

Commons : Ginsweiler  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Ginsweiler
• Local community Ginsweiler on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein
• Ginsweiler at regionalgeschichte.net
• Literature about Ginsweiler 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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 154 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections .
4. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Verbandsgemeinde, eighth line of results. Retrieved April 29, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Dennis Bachmann: Writing has no consequences: Ginsweiler can choose. Die Rheinpfalz, May 10, 2019, accessed on April 29, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Dennis Bachmann: Moderator should arbitrate. Die Rheinpfalz, August 21, 2017, accessed on April 29, 2020 .